BURMA - B.N.A. - PANJIS

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6187).

Synopsis

Amateur film of a reconstruction showing the Burma National Army allied to the Japanese.

Soldiers wearing red armbands line up on parade. An officer marches past with large sword. Another shot of the soldiers, one wearing a blue shirt, all wearing Japanese-style military caps. Close-up of a bundle of bamboo sticks being tied together (probably used to mark the position of the panji trap/mine referred to in the title?).

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: stock date on Kodachrome is 1943

Technical: original/copy status of film not marked

 

Titles

  • BURMA - B.N.A. - PANJIS (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)