| CHRISTMAS IN NAVY HMS HOOD The Armed Forces celebrate Christmas in style with plenty of food and drink | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5240 |
| Catalog #: | 241214 | |
| Clip Number: | 241214-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 940 | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:30 - 01:31:48 | |
| Location: | Plymouth, Devon. | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Christmas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Devon MILITARY: Navy, British MILITARY: Rest & Recreation | |
| Description: | Christmas celebrated in real Navy style - Devonport. Sailors take turns stirring a large kettle, then eat dinner. In the Army a chef presents soldiers with a tray full of cakes. Plymouth, Devon. M/S as the sailors all take a turn at stirring something in a big barrel (Christmas pudding mix ?). M/S of sailors stood next to lifebelt of H.M.S. Hood. L/S of meat and sausages as well as other edible goodies on the deck, sailors stand guard over them. L/S of H.M.S. Hood, the camera pans down the guns to a sailor ladling rum (?) out of a big barrel into the containers the other sailors have brought along, these range from cups to buckets, however they all get the same amount! C/U of one sailor drinking his out of a bowl, he smiles and rubs his stomach. ' ... "come to the Cookhouse door" boys, is real music to Tommy Atkins' ears at Christmas time.' L/S of the soldiers lined up outside the cookhouse, the cook emerges with a big tray and they all eagerly follow him, it looks to have pies or puddings on it. C/U of the chef holding the tray, there is holly stuck in the top. | |
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