MISCELLANEOUS BURMA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MISCELLANEOUS BURMA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6189
  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
  • HD Media:Yes
  • 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
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 6189

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

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