JAPS DOWN AND DEADED
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: BAY 232-2).
Synopsis
Burma, late January-early February 1942. Shots of parts of a crashed Japanese bomber. Four civilians carrying part of the crashed aircraft wing. Group of civilians crowded around the dead body of a Japanese airman. The body lies partially clothed on the ground with a sword places near his unshod feet. Shots of parts of the crashed bomber
Burma late January, early February 1942. More shots of the remains from a crashed Japanese bomber. Various civilians and military personnel looking at the dead body of a Japanese airman. Portrait shot of a Sikh soldier on guard. Various portrait shots of civilian onlookers. Shots of civilians walking past the wreckage. Shot of the dead body of a Japanese airman.
Burma, presumably February 1942. Brief shot of a member of RAF ground crew working on the wing of an aircraft.
Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman Maurice Ford in Burma.
Notes
The cameraman's original Dope Sheet for the Japanese dead item does not include a filming date, but the film was mailed on 2 February 1942.
Above stories relate to Maurice Ford's shipment numbers 108 and 109 (as noted on the Dope Sheets).
For the British Paramount newsreel including footage shot by Maurice Ford in Burma, 1942, see issue no 1173, IWM film ref NPA 1173.
Titles
- CRASHED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, BURMA, 30 JANUARY 1942 (Allocated)
- JAPS DOWN AND DEADED
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1942
- Running Time:
- 7 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 649 ft
Production Credits
- cameraman
- Ford, Maurice
- Production company
- British Paramount News