Tommy Atkins Goes Shopping (1943)

Full title reads: “TOMMY ATKINS GOES SHOPPING“. Cairo, Egypt. Various shots of the British soldiers on leave in Cairo looking around the bazaar. Some do trade with the Egyptian salesmen. They bargain for the things they buy. Several soldiers climbing into gharry with their parcels for a lift back into the camp. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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 Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.