French Soldiers Eating Xmas Pudding (1914-1917)

Soldiers (labelled as French but they look Belgian) eating Christmas pudding. Location of events unknown / unclear. CU group of men sitting on the grass; tearing into the pudding; stuffing food in their mouths. Some of them are wearing silly paper hats. Pulled back shot same; with more men in background. One soldier standing; holding a plate with a new pudding; with little flags stuck in it - Union Jack and possibly Belgian flag? He cuts off bits of the pudding and hands it round. After the pudding; the men light cigarettes. Another soldier hands out new packets of cigarettes. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News
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