News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

253-2

Date Released

1 Jul 1916

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. French Colonial Troops
• 2. Camp Life Among the Annamites
• 3. The Royal Show
• 4. The King’s Exhibits
• *Chelsea Fair

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Indo-Chinese troops who use chopsticks instead of the customary knife and fork." Panning shot of Indo-Chinese troops seated by tents. Group of men preparing food and chopping wood. Close-up of man stirring food in a pot.

Keywords

Ethnic groups; Food and cooking; Military

Length of story (in feet)

52

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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