The newsreel camera is the centre of interest during the filming of the Futaba Orphanage in ...

Accession Number MELJ1204
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Meldrum, Donald Albert (Tim)
Place made Japan: Tokyo
Date made December 1955
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The newsreel camera is the centre of interest during the filming of the Futaba Orphanage in Tokyo, when British Commonwealth troops attended for the shooting of Christmas messages for their people at home. The Futaba Orphanage was first 'adopted' by servicemen in 1950.