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Newsreel and images provide the backdrop for a commentary from schoolchildren. This tells the story of the unofficial ‘Christmas truce’ that broke out between the opposing armies at Ypres on 24th December, 1914. The children examine one of the gift boxes issued to British troops by the Princess Mary Gift Fund. In a dramatic monologue, we meet school teacher Harry Southern, who recalls his experience of the truce. He remembers meeting German soldiers in no-mans-land, exchanging gifts, singing carols and playing football, before the war resumed on the following day.