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)