A Burmese man weightlifting. A shot of Shwedagon temple. Frank Worth (a friend of Colonel Hodgkinson in the Royal Indian Navy) walks amongst pigeons in the grounds of the temple. Logging on the river, men floating (teak) logs along the river. A boat being towed by another. A sign reads 'Pakokku' (a port on the Irrawaddy River, central Burma). Crowds in the street watch a performance involving a dragon dance, shop signs in the background are in Chinese script. Burmese, British, American and Soviet flags fly alongside the performance.

A hut on fire, men try to put it out by beating it. A Burmese man points something out (not seen) to a British? woman and two boys standing amongst bushes. Close-up of the two boys and the woman (holding a baby). [Apparently a 'staged' scene]

Two men hold a sack while another empties peanuts into it. A woman washes clothes in the river. Sunset over the Irrawaddy.

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: stock date on Kodachrome is 1940

Technical: film marked "original"

Weightlifting scene also in MGH 6196 and the Shwedagon pagoda scenes appear on MGH 6173 and MGH 6207

The hut burning scene is a re-creation by Colonel Hodgkinson