INSTRUCTIONAL. Aspects of life in Burma.

A riverside community populated by true Burmese, children playing in the water, women washing clothes (21). Shots of river craft (38). A village in Upper Burma, a group of villagers (42). Scenes in a bazaar including a snake charmer performing with several cobras while musicians play (58-75). Buddhist monks with begging bowls, and a group of monks with a communal pot into which devout householders put food for the monasteries (82). A religious procession: Many ox-drawn carts carry statues and shrines and also dancers and musicians (107). Children performing ceremonial dances (115). Boys throw water over passers-by, whether cyclists or travelling by tram, during the Water Festival (137). A sculptor at work on a statue of Buddha (145). Shots of a large pagoda, with its guardian lions and a Buddha under a canopy (151). Stages in making sunshades (191). A train going to the Shan Plateau (204). Map shows the position of the plateau (209). Shots of Shan people (219). A village on the Inlelake, some of the houses on stilts (233). Water buffalo (235). Boatmen paddle their craft curving one leg around the oar for added leverage (246 ft).