MISCELLANEOUS BURMA

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6189).

Synopsis

Aerial views of a river and surrounding jungle in Burma. View of the river from a hillside. A Burmese man (possibly near Myitkyina, Kachin?) walks towards the camera through a wooded area. Views of the surrounding countryside and hills. Shots of pipes/machinery. Kachin men and women, in traditional Kachin dress, perform a dance (possibly a traditional Kachin Htongka or pot drum dance?) in a circle shaking small pieces of white cloth (possibly at the Manao Festival, near Myitkyina, Kachin). A man (with long sword) and woman in traditional dress with two young children. More men and women wearing traditional Burmese dress (longyis) walk past the camera.

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

Similar scenes on MGH 6174

 

Titles

  • MISCELLANEOUS BURMA (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)