Stage Door Canteen Closes (1947)

Full title reads: “Stage Door Canteen Closes“. London. LS Couples on the floor dancing a quickstep. CU a sprig of mistletoe hanging from the ceiling. CU An RAF (Royal Air Force) boy kissed a WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). LS people singing Auld Lang Syne. CU Charles Dixon chairman of the stage door canteen locks the door with padlock and chain. MS the crowd outside watching him. LS the crowd in the street sing Auld Lang Syne before breaking up. N.B. The Stage Door Canteen was a war time venue for Services entertainment and dancing. 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),