Other titles:MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Amateur film showing some aspects of life in pre-Second World War Burma. Inter-titles introduce most scenes.
Description: Rangoon. The Shwe Dagon Pagoda. People around the Pagoda. A notice prohibiting footwear. People praying and burning incense. At the river a sign reads 'Irrawaddy Flotilla Co'. A paddle steamer and smaller sailing boats on the river. Local people crowd onto and off the boat, some carrying large packages. Scenes on the riverbank. Men mending fishing nets, moving large logs. Yoked cattle pull goods unloaded from a boat. Children washing clothes in the river. Pagan. The Gawdawpalin Temple and various pagodas. Mandalay. The Royal Palace. Amarapura. Cattle pull carts laden with hay. People spin and weave silk. Teak trunks are made into rafts and floated down the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) towards Rangoon. Scenes from the river. The flag at the front of the boat is a tricolour (vertical stripes) with a Union Jack in the centre. Bhamo, near the Chinese border. People load and unload goods. Village scenes. Outside a temple. A man flies a kite. "The End"
Alternative Title:MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
