In Rangoon, capital of Burma, British and Japanese officers attend a conference to discuss the conduct of the Burma campaign.

Pan along an informal line of six Japanese senior officers at HQ Burma Command. Series of fourteen medium close-ups of Japanese officers (see notes). Sign reads 'Conference with Japanese Commanders'. Interior conference hall with large maps of Burma on the wall. Shots of the conference in progress with Japanese officers answering questions.

Notes

Dopesheet identifies the Japanese officers as appearing in the following sequence (given names in brackets):

Lieutenant-General (Eitaro) Naka - Japanese 18th Division.

General (Heitaro) Kimura - commander, Burma Area Army.

Lieutenant-General (Saburo) Takehara - Japanese 49th Division.

Lieutenant-General (Tsuchitato) Kawada - Japanese 31st Division.

Lieutenant-General (Masaki) Honda - Japanese 33rd Army.

Lieutenant-General (Nobuo) Tanaka - Japanese 33rd Division.

Lieutenant-General (Shozo) Sakurai - Japanese 28th Army.

Major-General (Kanehiro) Ohara - Japanese 72nd Independent Mixed Brigade.

Lieutenant-General (Shigesaburo) Miyazaki - Japanese 54th Division.

Major-General (Tomotoki) Koba - Infantry Group, Japanese 54th Division.

Major-General (Hideji) Matsui - Japanese 105th Independent Mixed Brigade.

Major-General (Jiro) Ichida - Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army.

Major-General (Tananobu?) Sakuma - no appointment given, probably commander 24th Independent Mixed Brigade.

However, the dopesheet lists thirteen officers but fourteen close-ups are seen. Late in this film a name placard is seen which reads 'Nagasawa', presumably Major-General Kanichi Nagasawa, commander of the Japanese 55th Division Infantry Group.