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Topical Budget 226-2: Tommy's Xmas Leave (1915)
 

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"TOMMY'S XMAS LEAVE. Gordon Highlanders direct from the trenches, purchase their Xmas dinner en route to their homes, where they are given a right royal welcome". Five Highlanders walk into a building. Three soldiers in front of a poultry shop talking with the dealer, two of the soldiers with a turkey. Close up of the two with their turkeys, one holds it in his hand the other one hanging on his rifle over his back. Little child waves with a handkerchief. The soldier walks to the child and picks him up, they walk through the gate and he embraces his wife.