Portable Baths For British Soldiers (1914 1918)
Portable bathtubs for soldiers. Location of events unknown. Opens with trucks driving up; Roulotte de Bains on side from the Wounded Allies Relief Committee. British soldiers opening door on truck; revealing stack of bathtubs. They unload bathtubs. Two French soldiers filling bathtub with hot water from hoses. The bathing scene: here comes the wacky part. Line of men wearing only small white towels around their waists come trotting, prancing round the side of a tent to a group of bathtubs waiting for them. They take off their boots. Shot of the men in the tubs; with steam all around; pan across more tubs. A hilarious shot: a chubby man in the tub; washing his hair and body; covered with suds he is laughing wildly and full of joy like this is the most fun he has ever had in his life. He throws more water over his head; laughing all the while. Finally just sits there (still in tub) looking delightedly straight at camera; the water dripping off him. Funny; wacky; silly. And definitely clean
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