LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP (1945)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 161).

Synopsis

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma

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.

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.

 

Titles

  • LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP (1945) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
183 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
 

Countries