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The problem of getting US supplies from Parbatibur in Bangladesh to Chabua in Assam, India during World War II.

A film based on getting US supplies to China from Calcutta, India during World War II. An animated map highlights Calcutta in India, Santahar and Parbatipur in Bangladesh. A train loaded with US jeeps and trucks. The trucks and a jeep driven onto flat railroad cars. A train moves on a track. US troops board boats on the banks of the Brahamputra River and are ferried to Pandu. A barge loaded with railroad cars moves towards the ferry point of Pandu. An animated map connects Parbatipur with Dhubri, Pandu and Chabua. Chabua is ultimately connected to Kunming in China. US troops sort and unload supplies at Chabua satellite field.

Location: Chabua India

Date: 1945

Duration: 3 min 30 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US Army Air Force transport aircraft used for shuttle services in Chabua, India during World War II.

A film based on getting US supplies to China from Chabua, India during World War II. A dummy antiaircraft emplacement at Chabua airfield. Gun crew around artillery gun at the field. Drums are rolled out from railroad cars. Fuel is poured into containers from the drums. Indian laborers at work. Bombs at a munitions dump. Native laborers unload crates from a truck and load them into US Army Air Force C-46 Commando transport aircraft parked at Chabua airfield. A trainer plane and an ambulance are loaded aboard a C-46. The laborers roll bombs into the aircraft. C-46 taxi on the airfield for take off. Fuel barrels at Chabua airfield. A USAAF C-87 Liberator Express transport plane lands at Chabua airfield. Supply crates loaded aboard the C-87.

Location: Chabua India

Date: 1945

Duration: 3 min 12 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English