Allied Services Christmas Celebrations Greetings (1944)
Item title reads Allied Services Christmas celebrations greetings. Various shots of Destroyer Number 561 sailing in heavy sea. Various shots as a sack of mail is slung from ship to ship by breeches buoy. C, U of a sign for the Army Post Office. Various shots of postal sorters at work. M, S stack of parcels for British troops, C, U of parcels being dropped into unit post bags. L, S Belgian girls working as postal sorters in a British Army Post Office. Various shots of Canadian forestry troops chopping trees for Yuletide and carrying them. M, S Canadian troops seated around fire. M, S of the Union Jack and Red Cross flags flying together. Various shots as nurses and patients decorate the trees in military hospital. Various shots as four Canadian soldiers open a parcel and sample its contents. St. Nicholas drives around and the Dutch children cheer him. Dutch children attend a party and are waited on by British soldiers. They watch a marionette show. Various shots of General Dwight Eisenhower addressing
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