Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
China-Burma-India Theater 1943 stock footage and images
- Showing 7 to 12 of 6170 results
more
Hide
U.S. Army Air Forces employ air power in the India-Burma theater during World War II. Chinese troops are equipped and trained by U.S. soldiers.
Camera pans across scenes showing masses of Chinese. Narrator cites their large population as a war asset. Lt Gen. Daniel Sultan Commander of US Forces, India–Burma Theater (USFIBT) describes the Allied mission as simply "placing guns in the hands of men in order that they can kill our common enemy." He describes Japan's 1942 strategy of completely isolating China from outside help. Animated map shows Japanese forces attacking China from bases in Thailand and advancing north, driving British forces into India, and leaving Burma in Japanese hands.Glimpse of Japanese troops occupying Burma. Views of American troops evacuated to India. View of Chinese soldiers boarding U.S. Air Transport Command C-46 transport planes for flights from Kunming to Dinjan and Chabua, India. Closeup of some troops inside the cabin of a plane. Chinese soldiers await transport as a C-47 aircraft takes off in the background. Aerial view of two C-47 planes in formation. View from the air of high cloud covered mountains. Storm clouds over the mountains. Downward view from an aircraft flying over the Himalayan Mountains (called flying the "hump" by U.S. pilots). View of Chinese soldiers inside a transport plane. View out the window of a transport plane landing in India. A C-46 airplane taking off. A large formation of Chinese troops seen after more were brought from China to India, later in the war. American soldiers training troops of the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions. General Sultan speaks of the need to build up the U.S.Air Transport Command. Two C-47 airplanes on the ground. One named "The Joker." View of sky filled with B-24 Liberator bombers. Sky filled with C-47 transport planes. Chinese soldiers training in Kunming, climbing out of trench in live fire exercise with machine guns firing over their heads and explosive charges detonating near them. Air frame of a P-47 aircraft being loaded and several of Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft being loaded aboard ship bound to strengthen the U.S. Army 10th and 14th Air Forces in Burma, in 1944. Covered P-47 aircraft without engines being towed by jeeps along a street in Burma. A large airfield with many U.S. fighter planes parked on its ramps. Engines being installed on P-39 aircraft. A flight line filled with P-40 aircraft displaying Chinese roundels. Some fly over a flight line of U.S. Army Air Forces P-39 aircraft. Glimpse of a fighter plane escorting a transport aircraft. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs and exploding on Japanese ground targets. Workers are seen unloading large amounts of cargo from a B-24 bomber. Workers rolling a large bomb from the plane onto the tailgate of a truck.
U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent at a camp area in the China Burma India Theater during WWII.
U.S. Military officers and Chinese Army officers in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Military officers on a bridge. They walk away together. Chinese soldiers near a field. Military personnel walk together. A tent. The path to the tent is marked with bricks. A military area with thatched huts. Soldiers and officers outside a thatched hut. Jeeps parked nearby. U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent. The military personnel walk together.
U.S. soldiers try to put up tents at a camp site in the China Burma India Theater.
U.S. Army in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Soldiers stand near an information board. Soldiers at a camp site. They try to put up a tent. A soldier comes with wood he has collected. A tent is set up. Things are loaded in a truck. Jeeps and trucks drive along countryside.
A U.S. aircraft drops parachute supplies for U.S. troops in China Burma India Theater during World War II.
Activities of Office of Strategic Services, the U.S. intelligence agency in China Burma India Theater during World II. A U.S. aircraft in flight drops parachutes. The parachutes descend. Parachute supplies land on a field. U.S. troops on the field.
U.S. aircraft land on a dirt strip at a large U.S. military installation in China Burma India Theater during World War II.
Activities of Office of Strategic Services, the U.S. intelligence agency in China Burma India Theater during World II. U.S. aircraft land on a dirt strip at a large U.S. military installation. U.S. soldiers look at the landings. The aircraft parked near trees. A painting of a girl on the side of an aircraft with the words, "Room 1119 ?". The aircraft takes off from the dirt strip.
Allied troops fire artillery from a U.S. military installation in China Burma India Theater during World War II.
Activities of Office of Strategic Services, the U.S. intelligence agency in China Burma India Theater during World II. Allied troops fire an artillery gun on a field. A soldier shows a shell with a write up in English on it. A member of a gun crew loads shells in an artillery gun. The troops fire artillery.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
