Santa Claus In Wartime 1942

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Titles read: "SANTA CLAUS IN WARTIME".

Somewhere in England.

Various shots of an American soldier dressed up as Father Christmas arriving in a field on a tank. He hands out bars of chocolate to small children who gather around him.

At a US base in England we see another GI...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44460
Sort Number:
42/104
Time in/Out:
01:08:22:00 / 01:08:55:00
Canister:
42/104
Film ID:
1348.07
Issue Date:
28/12/1942

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