With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss surrender.

View looking down on a country boat crossing the River Sittang and approaching the near bank. Japanese troops step ashore. Two Japanese soldiers. Close-up of a Japanese officer. Close-up of two Japanese officers. Looking down on two Japanese soldiers; one removes a water bottle on a shoulder strap. Looking down as a Japanese officer parleys with a Lieutenant Thompson, the British officer commanding the detachment escorting the Japanese party. Group of Japanese with one smoking. Japanese (officer?) smoking. An Intelligence Corps interrogator, Lieutenant Lindsay, with Major Wako; he examines his sword. The surrender party walk along a railway line with white flags. Wide shot of the party passing an area of marshy ground. Parley with three British officers. Medium close-up of Major Wako. Japanese party resting with tea and cigarettes. They board a small train.

Notes

A fairly rare glimpse of Japanese soldiers at close quarters.

Major Wako is identified from the dopesheet and from contemporary photograph captions. See related items. He is mentioned in Louis Allen's 'Burma: The Longest War 1941 - 1945', see references.

Japan surrendered unconditionally on 15 August 1945, some two weeks before this film was shot. However, given the wretched state of the Japanese Army in Burma by this point it took weeks in some cases for news of the surrender to reach isolated units. The dopesheet states that after a meeting with British officers in Pegu these Japanese were expected to go further west into the Pegu Yomas (hills) to try and establish contact with isolated parties.