Title:EXECUTION OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS BY FIRING SQUAD IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 655
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Rangoon Central Jail, Burma, three convicted Japanese war criminals are executed for their part in the Kalagon Massacre in July 1945.
Description: The three prisoners, named on the dopesheet as Captain Yanagizawa Iamui, Lieutenant Tajima Ichiro and Captain Midorikawa Hisashi, are led out under guard. They are tied to stakes; as they are secured they can be seen to shout 'banzai'. Closer shot of one of the condemned being secured. The three men, hooded, as a medical officer affixes an aiming point to their chests. Closer shot of medical officer affixing aiming point; he has a stethoscope around his neck. Medium wide shot showing the firing squad in the aim; they fire, the men sag at their stakes and the firing squad lay down their rifles. Shot of the medical officer checking one of the condemned; he appears to have also been shot in the head (probably by the Deputy Provost Marshal).
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)
Wilson, A (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Post-war Burma 1945-1948 (event)
Japanese Atrocities, War Crimes (event)
Singapore War Crimes Trials, War Crimes Trials (event)
