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Allied supplies are transported from Calcutta , India to Kunming, China through freight train and ship.

Allied action against Japanese in China. Supplies are loaded in a freight ship as it leaves for China from Calcutta, India. Body of trucks loaded onto flat rail road cars. Trucks lined up. Men load bags onto freight trains. They roll down barrels. Tankers are filled with oil. Trucks carry supplies. A freight ship arrives at a port. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042285
The problem of getting U.S. supplies from Parbatibur in Bangladesh to Chabua in Assam, India during World War II.

A film based on getting U.S. 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 U.S. jeeps and trucks. The trucks and a jeep driven onto flat railroad cars. A train moves on a track. U.S. 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. U.S. troops sort and unload supplies at Chabua satellite field.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060489
Animated illustration of the Burma Road as vital link between Lashio, Burma and Kunming, China during World War II.

A film titled 'Under Heaven all is one Family' illustrates the importance of the Burma Road during World War II. A globe spins. Animated map of China depicts the distance of Singapore from the U.S. and highlights Rangoon. The map further highlights Burma, China, Indo-China and Thailand. The Burma Road is presented as a vital link between Lashio, Burma, and Kunming, China during World War II.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060836
United States Army aircraft airlift supplies to China over The Hump air route during WW2

Airlift of supplies from India to China through “The Hump” during World War 2. Barrels of oil in Allied airfield in Assam, India. Sikh Indian laborers, wearing Dastar turbans, load supplies on a plane as an American soldier watches. Man welding. Dismantled airplane equipment. Shirtless American soldiers inspect equipment before boarding plane. A Curtiss C-46 Commando takes off. Three planes of the American Transport Command fly over “The Hump”. Map showing flight route change from Dibrugarh, India to Kunming, China. A C-47 Skytrain flies over mountainous jungle, misty fog, and high mountains of the Himalayas. Various views of the Eastern Himalayan Uplift. A Curtiss C-46 Commando lands in Kunming, China.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078820
Chinese youth join the Army as Japan advances further in land and isolates China; Colonel Chennault and Flying Tigers.

Japanese invasion of China. Chinese soldiers blow the trumpet. Young men march in a field. Young men register in the Army. Millions of young people answer the call to fight for China. Volunteers from south, north, east and west China to form the people's army. Men and women with their children leave to join the forces. Drumming sound. New recruits train and perform a drill to drum beats. Soldiers practice martial arts, rifle handling, and shooting. Others train to care for the sick and wounded. Women soldiers in uniform. They learn to fire a gun. Pilots crowd around an officer. Planes in the background. Men from other countries prepare to fight for China. U.S. Colonel Claire Chennault of the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers, talks to his men. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawks with the shark face emblems take off. Chinese soldiers march. Japan: Japanese officials in a meeting. Japanese troops penetrate China along the rivers. They rebuild destroyed rail roads using slave labor. A map depicts the Japanese strategy of cutting off Chinese supply lines. Japanese warships blockade the coast with the aim to isolate China. Japanese occupied ports in China. Japanese warships and boats in a Chinese port. Gas plants, gun factories and planes. Indochina map: The narrow gauge railway from sea to Kunming and a truck road to Chungking. The camel trail from Russia across the Gobi Desert. The railroad from Rangoon to Lashio in Burma. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033616
A C-87 aircraft carrying supplies flies from Jorhat airfield over the Naga hills to Kunming in China.

A United States aircraft in flight over the Himalayas in Jorhat, India. An animated map shows places like Calcutta and Burma. Supplies are loaded onto a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) C-87 airplane. The aircraft in flight over the Naga Hills. Aerial views of the terrain between Jorhat and Kunming. A Chinese farmland in view. The supplies are unloaded at an airfield in Kunming, China. They are transferred to a truck parked nearby. A USAAF C-46 parked on the airfield. Drums of aviation gasoline are unloaded. The C-46 takes off.

Date: 1944, March 21
Duration: 6 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061656