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Montage of scenes related to the China-India-Burma theater during World War II

Two U.S. Pennsylvania class battleships underway at sea, with other warships in background, during World War 2. One fires to starboard with her 14-inch guns from the forward triple turrets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers flying in formation over mountains. Glimpse of General Douglas MacArthur with General Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell in gunner's station of a bomber. Montage of brief glimpses showing U.S. forces engaging Japanese forces in: amphibious assaults; firing weapons in New Guinea and other Pacific islands. U.S. warship firing naval guns. U.S. ship firing at attacking Japanese aircraft, with sky full of black flak clouds. Admiral William (Bull) Halsey. Mitsubishi A6M Zero kamikaze aircraft blown up close to flight deck of U.S. aircraft carrier. It misses the ship and crashes in flames, exploding in the water, astern. U.S. General Joseph Stilwell, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, British Allied commander Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, photographed together in India. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek seated for a picture with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Camera moves back revealing British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, also seated. Behind them stand key allied military leaders, including (from the right) Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander-in-chief in India; Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South-East Asia forces; George Giffard — commander of Eleventh Army Group; U.S. General Daniel Isom Sultan, deputy to General Stilwell; General Joseph Stilwell, Commander China-Burma-India (CBI) Command; and General Albert Coady Wedemeyer, Chiang Kai-Shek's Chief of Staff. General Joseph Stillwell is seen stepping from a military cargo plane, and being greeted by another officer. Stilwell is wearing a campaign hat. He has the CBI patch on his jacket shouder. A B-24 Liberator bomber takes off from a Chinese base at Liuchow, or possibly, Luiliang, China. (ostensibly carrying Chinese soldiers to India for training). U.S. marked P-40 aircraft are parked beside the runway. They display the shark teeth nose art of the Flying Tiger All volunteer Group of Claire Chennault. But this is 1944 and the aircraft are from the U.S. 23rd Fighter Group. Chinese soldiers are seen being armed and trained in India, with modern small arms. They are also seen fording a river with military supplies and moving in jeeps through jungle-like settings. Various views of Ledo Road construction in Burma. bulldozers, trucks, caterpillar tractors, explosives and men are shown in construction work. A jeep rides along a muddy section of the new road while U.S. and Chinese soldiers patrol on either side to protect it. Allied soldiers firing a small field piece. A C-47 aircraft airdrops supplies to the road builders. General Stilwell, standing with a Chinese officer, looks skyward at the aircraft. A C-46 Commando plane taking off from a field in India carrying supplies. Men loading a jeep aboard a C-46, plus ammunition and other supplies. Rare sight of supplies being loaded into nose cargo compartment of the one-of-a-kind XC-108A transport plane (modified B-17 bomber, tail number 41-2593). A formation of USAAF C-45 transport aircraft flying "over the Hump." Chinese P-36 Hawk aircraft in formation demonstrate firepower. Newly trained Chinese pilots marching and walking on flightline where solid-nose B-25s and P-40s are parked. Chinese and American pilots wave to each other from their P-40 aircraft. A B-25 takes off flanked by two P-40s. Bombs being dropped by Chinese B-25s. Japanese ship being strafed by Chinese fighter plane. Chinese laborers at work building an airfield without machinery. A large group pull a paving roller by hand. Chinese troops in combat with Japanese forces. One firing a Czech ZB vz. 26 light machine gun. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek addressing the U.S. Congress, 18 February, 1943.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025193
Franklin D Roosevelt goes to church and then makes plans for "Bank Holiday."

President Franklin D Roosevelt in the United States. A calendar shows the date 5th March 1933. Roosevelt leaves in a car after attending church service in Washington DC, United States on 5th March 1933. On March 9th 1933 Senate passes a bill proposed by Roosevelt to address bank crisis. The House also passes the President's proposed bill . Inside the White House, Franklin Roosevelt in his first fireside chat broadcasts on March 12, 1933, and talks about the bank crisis. He asks people to have confidence in the government. He ensures that banks will provide sufficient currency to meet the situation.

Date: 1933, March 5
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049692
People in Berlin Sportpalast listen to Adolf Hitler's first speech after becoming Chancellor in Germany.

Adolf Hitler delivers his first speech as Chancellor of Germany, in 1933. People in Berlin Sportpalast auditorium applaud. He is at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Nazi Party flags in the background. Nazi stormtroopers stand in front of the podium. People applaud after listening to his speech. People sing national anthem. Close up of Hitler. (Opening English slate states January 30, 1933, but that date is incorrect. Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933, but delivered this speech on February 10, 1933.)

Date: 1933, February 10
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047285
President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) works on Emergency Banking Act during Great Depression; nationwide broadcast of first "Fireside Chats" by Roosevelt.

Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th and 5th of March are encircled. View of St. Thomas’ Parish (1517 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States). Presidential limousine in church driveway. United States President Franklin Roosevelt puts on his top hat. Presidential limousine carrying Franklin Roosevelt drives away from St. Thomas’ Parish. Inside the White House, President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk discussing with William H. Woodin, the United States Secretary of the Treasury. President Franklin Roosevelt signs a document. Sign announcing Bank Holidays on March 6, 7, 8 and 9, 1933, upon proclamation by President Franklin Roosevelt. Guards stand outside a Northern Trust Company bank. Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th, 5th and 9th of March are encircled. United States Senate in session to pass President Franklin Roosevelt’s new banking measures, the Great Economy Bill. The senate claps for the new Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey. Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th, 5th, 9th and 12th of March are encircled. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks to the public through radio about the new banking measures. View of console radio and a family with a young child and a pet dog seated in their living room listening to Roosevelt’s speech on radio. View of several different men listening to radio. Middle-class family with five children listens to radio. President Franklin Roosevelt speaking to the people from his desk with a microphone for radio broadcast. A middle-class family listens to the radio with the children sitting on their parents’ laps. A rich family listens to radio together. A family with one teenage son listens to radio in living room. With regard to runs on banks, FDR notes that "hoarding during the past week has become an exceedingly unfashionable pastime...." He notes further that ,"it is up to you to support and make it work. It is your problem, my friends, no less than it is mine. Together we cannot fail.” President Franklin Roosevelt ends speech on the economy.

Date: 1933, March 5
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079100
Political leaders of India, including Nehru, Jinnah, Mahatma Gandhi, and the independence movement in India.

Indian political leaders during the independence movement in India. Crowds gathering in the huge Maidan, urban park, in Calcutta. India proposes the Dominion status after the war, new constitution after the war, representatives in the war cabinet and representatives at the peace conference. A political rally. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a political and spiritual leader of India, during the independence movement. Jawaharlal Nehru, a political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the Indian Congress Party. The Congress Party includes Hindu and Muslims political leaders. Another Indian leader addresses the party. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a politician and leader of the All India Muslim League, speaks to the Moslems. Pakistani area is highlighted on an animated map of India. A sign:' Hindu Mahasabha'. The political leaders of Hindu Mahasabha talk. Rice cultivation on a farm. A farmer works on the farm. Two sets of cattle plow the farm.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045101
People gather to celebrate freedom in India on the occasion of Indian Independence.

Events around time of division of India into separate states of India and Pakistan. Lord Mountbatten declares India as a free country in Karachi and New Delhi. Crowd gathers at the India Gate to celebrate the freedom. Lord Mountbatten and Lady Mountbatten in jeep. Celebration in the cities. Mohammad Ali Jinnah addresses people. New flag of Pakistan flies on the flag pole. Officers and Mohammad Ali Jinnah salute. People walk on the street of free India. Jawaharlal Nehru addresses people. Indian flag on the flag pole.

Date: 1947, August 15
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028623