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Other titles:COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description: Aerial views of a river and surrounding jungle in Burma. View of the river from a hillside. A Burmese man (possibly near Myitkyina, Kachin?) walks towards the camera through a wooded area. Views of the surrounding countryside and hills. Shots of pipes/machinery. Kachin men and women, in traditional Kachin dress, perform a dance (possibly a traditional Kachin Htongka or pot drum dance?) in a circle shaking small pieces of white cloth (possibly at the Manao Festival, near Myitkyina, Kachin). A man (with long sword) and woman in traditional dress with two young children. More men and women wearing traditional Burmese dress (longyis) walk past the camera.
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Notes: Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.
Date: stock date on Kodachrome is 1943
Technical: original/copy status of film not marked
Similar scenes on MGH 6174