ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT GRAVES AT BATTLE OF KOHIMA, INDIA

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 4518).

Synopsis

Amateur film, presumably shot by an officer of the East or South Lancashire Regiment serving in Burma in 1943-1945, shows Kohima Post Office sign by India/Burma frontier, Indian or Burmese hill people and their dwellings, kilted pipers playing slow march and wooden crosses marking the recently dug graves of soldiers of the Royal Berkshire Regiment "who lost their lives in the Battle of Kohima, May - July 1944" (memorial plaque).

Notes

Summary: provisional identification of regiment based on source of film. Unknown cameraman.

 

Titles

  • AMATEUR FILM (Allocated)
  • ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT GRAVES AT BATTLE OF KOHIMA, INDIA (Allocated)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
4 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
Std 8mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
50 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB