Naga refugees shown tending a church garden and graveyard (including British graves), and rebuilding their shattered village of Ukhrul in Manipur, India.

Naga women seen tending the grounds of the church at Ukhrul. Two men carry a church bell between them on a pole. Naga women tend the graves of two British soldiers. The name on one of the graves is legible - 'Lacey'. Shots including panorama of destroyed village. An emaciated child. A Naga woman nurses two infants. Elderly man retrieves a hidden store of food and distributes it to his family. Naga men strip bamboo for use in rebuilding. A woman sifts grain. Others pick through the wreckage of a burnt-out building for salvageable beams.

Notes

Dopesheet describes the Nagas as 'home-loving' and 'swift-footed' folk and praises their courage and initiative as scouts. Notes that many are Christians and 'staunch supporters of the Allied Cause' [capitals in original]. The Naga people are a distinct ethnic group of somewhat unclear ancestry but possibly mixed Mongol and Tibeto-Burmese. They live mostly on the Indo-Burma border in the Indian states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland and on the border areas of Burma's Sagaing Division.

Ukhrul was recaptured by troops of 23 Long Range Penetration Brigade after resistance by the remnants of the Japanese 31st and 15th Divisions ceased on 8 July 1944.

No slates. Date on dopesheet 21/9/1944 but this likely to be incorrect. Sergeant Clot's personal log describes shooting footage in Ukhrul in July 1944, so this date more likely to be accurate.