BURMA NATIONAL ARMY AS JAPANESE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6170).

Synopsis

This amateur film by Colonel Hodgkinson appears to be reconstructed scenes of BNA exercises in the jungle.

Two Burmese soldiers, one plays the bugle. Burma National Army (BNA) soldiers, in Japanese-style uniforms wearing red armbands with a black star, on parade. Close-up on a soldier, his armband and weapons. A dog. Close-up on the soldier's weapon. BNA marching past, most are barefoot. Soldiers putting foliage on for camouflage, close-up on one shows a hand grenade attached to his belt.

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Technical: original/copy status of film not marked. Note on can: "Green, if can correct in print. Want to use it - ask Chase."

 

Titles

  • BURMA NATIONAL ARMY AS JAPANESE (Allocated)
Series Title:
COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Lieutenant-Colonel)