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United States 900th Airborne Engineers construct an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers construct an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. A man operates a bulldozer at the construction site of an airstrip. A small tractor and a grader used as a P-51 plane lands at the airstrip.

Location: Tamu Burma

Date: 1944, February 15

Duration: 2 min 14 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Colonel Phil Cochrane and Lieutenant Colonel Arvid Olson inspect an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

A United States P-51A Mustang fighter plane of the 1st Air Commandos, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Grant Mahony, lands at an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Colonel Phil Cochrane and Lieutenant Colonel Arvid Olson inspect the airstrip constructed by United States 900th Airborne Engineers. P-51 Mustang takes off.

Location: Tamu Burma

Date: 1944, February 16

Duration: 1 min 6 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

United States 900th Airborne Engineers set up explosive charges at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers operate bulldozers at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Men set up explosive charges to blow tree stumps. Explosion occurs, causing massive smoke.

Location: Tamu Burma

Date: 1944, February 16

Duration: 1 min 6 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Indian Engineer works at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

Indian men dig up earth at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma as an Indian engineer supervises them. Men move away from the site. A bulldozer clears up the earth. Tractor pulls a grader as a jeep comes at the site. A tractor and bulldozer push carryall across the airstrip. A British soldier with a Bren gun in a foxhole as he guards the airstrip construction.

Location: Tamu Burma

Date: 1944, February 17

Duration: 4 min 28 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Allied soldiers eat food in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers move away from the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. They march into the jungle and served food. British and Australian soldiers eat food.

Location: Tamu Burma

Date: 1944, February 17

Duration: 1 min 5 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None