| FRENCH OR BELGIAN TROOPS RESTING Nice footage of soldiers eating some British Christmas pudding. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5156 | |
| Catalog #: | 515043 | |
| Clip Number: | 515043-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 173 Q | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:45 - 01:23:21 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Christmas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: R & R, Rest and Relaxation | |
| Description: | French or Belgian troops resting. Location of events unknown - France or Belgium. Pan across a group of soldiers sitting on the ground in a field or forest clearing, eating something. Their rifles are stacked together, wigwam style. A soldier walks amongst them, cutting up bits of a Christmas pudding (with Union Jack flag on top - gift from Allies?) and handing it out. M/S of soldiers posing for camera, sitting on ground. One, standing at the back, balances a German helmet on their stacked rifles. Two men on the right take off their caps and put on paper hats. M/S of more soldiers, having paper hats put on their heads by their friends. One of them is the pudding-cutting soldier we saw earlier. He has the pudding on his lap and cuts a piece for the man beside him. Nice footage of soldiers celebrating Christmas - rather poignant. | |
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