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Young Kachin guerilla soldiers practice shooting and inspect weapons in Burma.

Kachin guerilla activity in Burma. Kachin troops in formation in the jungle area. An officer talks to the lined up guerilla soldiers. They practice rife shooting. A guerilla inspects his weapon. He removes a long dagger, inspects it and puts it back in the case. Young boys and men guerilla soldiers. (World War II period).

Location: Kachin Burma
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033620
OSS Morale Operations led by American in Burma for psychological warfare to demoralize the Japanese troops.

OSS (Office of Strategic Services) film on Project Gold Dust gives details of the psychological warfare techniques used by OSS Morale Operations (MO) Unit and Kachin guerrillas in Burma during World War II to demoralize Japanese troops obstructing linkage to Burma and the Ledo Road. Kachin guerrillas including North Burmese killer tribesmen prepare for an operation. They are recruited, trained and led by an American officer. MO Detachment 101 troops. Burmese load shells, guns and artillery. 1st Field team of MO OSS personnel joins Detachment 101. An aircraft lands. The guerrillas board the aircraft and are transported all over Burma. Development of MO. A message from an American officer commanding a company of Kachin comes for Major Boldt. The message is dispatched to the Major and a distribution officer delivers it to the chief. A Production and Intelligence officer works. They discuss strategy about MO material best suited to reach the Japanese. The MO intelligence officer contacts Detachment 101 research and analysis branch. They discuss the accuracy and details of the operation. They go to interrogate a Japanese 18th Division soldier held prisoner. MO and the distribution officer discuss the strategy. Radio Major Haan consults Kachin. A detailed report is prepared and given to a pilot for dispatch. The message is given to Major Boldt. The MO staff at work. A lieutenant interrogates Japanese prisoners and gains their cooperation. The MO discusses Project Gold Dust. A forged surrender order to be given to Japanese. Production of the leaflets of forged order. Press prints the leaflets in the mobile production van. The leaflets are cut, dispatched and packaged. Burmese plant the forged order in a town. A lieutenant reads a report on the spread rumor. He talks to an Anglo Burmese woman. The rumor is spread in the town. Burma Jungle 101 patrol distributes the leaflets. A carrier pigeon for Major Boldt is sent. An aircraft arrives to pick up the prisoners who have surrendered.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 17 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047213
View of parachutes carrying supplies that have been dropped from an aircraft at the OSS in Kachin, Burma.

Supplies dropped at the OSS (Office of Strategic Services in Kachin, Burma. Supplies are parachute dropped over the jungle area. View of supplies with parachutes dropped from a plane overhead. The supplies descend and fall on the ground below. Parachutes opening. The aircraft drops supplies.

Location: Kachin Burma
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033617
Supplies with parachutes are dropped from an aircraft at the OSS in Kachin, Burma.

Supplies dropped at the OSS (Office of Strategic Services in Kachin, Burma. Supplies are parachute dropped over the jungle area. Supplies with parachutes dropped from a plane overhead. Supplies descend and fall on the ground below. Parachutes opening. The aircraft drops supplies.

Location: Kachin Burma
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033618
Local fishermen and women dry out their fish catch on banana leaves in Kachin, Burma.

Locals in Kachin village, Burma. Villagers lay out their catch to dry in the jungle area. Men, women and children gathered around. The fish catch in a basket. Fishermen and women la out their catch on banana leaves to dry in the sun. A man looks at the fish laid out. Men seated at a table.

Location: Kachin Burma
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033619
U.S. soldiers detonate dynamite and a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain drops supplies in a Burmese jungle during World War II.

U.S. transport aircraft drop supplies in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers dig a hole in a jungle with hand tools for a charge of dynamite. Kachin native workers look up. The workers extend hands upwards as a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft drops parachute supplies. U.S. gunner Walter Dawson stands behind a machine gun. U.S. soldiers place dynamite in the hole. Smoke rises as the dynamite explodes. A Chinese soldier stands.

Location: Burma
Date: 1943, December 25
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061563
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