BURMA WEIGHT LIFTING

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6196).

Synopsis

Four Burmese men, wearing only shorts, walk into shot and pose for the camera standing behind the weights, a white bridge over a river in the background. One man stays in shot and lifts the weights while the other three walk away. Each man takes it in turn to lift the weights. The Shwedagon pagoda is just visible in the background.

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: stock date on Kodachrome is 1944

Technical: film marked "original"

Small part of weightlifting scene also in MGH 6163

 

Titles

  • BURMA WEIGHT LIFTING (Allocated)
Series Title:
COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
1 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

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