LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 161
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma
  • Description: A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does laundry in a metal bath. Men reaching for fruit on a tree. A local boy washing cups and dishes. Tents flapping in monsoon conditions; a Union flag strains on its flagpole. Two airmen, seated in a tent, drink tea. Airmen show a drawing to the camera. An improvised shower made of petrol tins and a bamboo pole. Man asleep in a tent. An Australian Flying Officer, wearing his rank on a wristband, sets an alarm clock. An airman sits in a bath and another pours water over his head. Another airman has a shower by means of a punctured bucket hung between two trees.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Australian Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Burma (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 183 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Notes: This film an identical copy of ABY 118, but possibly reappears at this point in the sequence so as to be taken in conjunction with ABY 159 and 160. This footage apparently shot by an unnamed Royal Australian Air Force cameramen. Dopesheets undated and no details of location.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 161

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 159 (CHINA INDIA BURMA: RAF OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA [Allocated Title])
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