Title:BURMESE VILLAGE LIFE AROUND TAUNGUP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 174
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes of Burmese civilian life in a large village in the Arakan region of Burma, five miles from Kindaunggyi, on the banks of the Tanlwe Chaung (river).
Description: Burmese woman spinning local cotton on a wheel. Raw cotton is fed through a small mangle-like machine. A young Burmese woman working on a loom. A man works a rice grinder to dehusk rice. A woman sifts the ground rice to separate the grains from the husks. A young Burmese girl holding the cameraman's slate numberboard but not actually showing it to the camera. Portrait of the girl with close-up of her hairstyle, apparently denoting her virginity. Two Buddhist pongyi or priests in their robes with close-ups. A village street. A group of children by a wide chaung. A man with a machete splices bamboo. View of the Tanlwe Chaung. Group of children with an (apparently American) military observer. An old woman interlaces palm fronds for the walls of a hut. A group of villagers, and a group of young children. A toddler, who appears to be holding the lid of a film can, crying. A bullock drives a mill grinding oil from sesame seeds. A number of young children sit on the radial arm of the mill, as if it were a carousel, as it rotates. Smiling Burmese children swimming in the chaung.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Bryan-Smyth, G E (Production individual)
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Keywords: Ywama, Burma (geography)
Kindaunggyi, Burma (geography)
Arakan, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
