Rangoon - Burma (1920-1929)

Rangoon [later renamed Yangon] in Burma.
L/S of Burmese men riding elephants; coming out of the water; toward camera. Next; shots interspersed of monkeys (sitting on the ground or being fed & teased by a white man) and of an agile; dark-skinned boy dressed in loincloth and a sort of loose turban; climbing tall palm tree.
CU Woman sits holding baby and smoking a cigar or a cylindrical pipe. Giant demon/monster sort of statue with a big square open mouth; lots of teeth and a triangular tongue in front of palm tree. People walking toward entrance of area with pagodas; this statue; etc. Several fabulously ornate temple buildings close together. Various shots of these temples with many pointed roofs.
FILM ID:2442.03
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