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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.
A U.S. officer reads a newspaper and talks to a man in Burma during World War II.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) activities in Burma during World War II. An airplane in flight overhead. A boy seated on a elephant moving across a field. Other men walking. Men along with a U.S. officer seated outside a hut. The officer reads a newspaper. He talks to a man. The man reads a document for the officer. Soldiers seated on a field. Men on elephants with luggage moving along an area. U.S. soldiers seated along with others.
Natives celebrate their restoration under Japanese occupation in Burma during the Burma Campaign (WW2)
Japanese occupation of Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. The flag of Burma. A tall white tower. Monks in a Buddha temple. A statue of Buddha. People outside the temple. Burmese stupas in the background. A pro-Japanese native makes a speech to a large crowd. People holding small Japanese flags listen to the speech. A dignitary. A group of dignitaries poses. A man gives a speech. Natives celebrate their restoration under Japanese occupation. They play various instruments. An old man dances with knives in his hands. People including children cheer. The flag of Burma. An animated map of Burma. A map of Southeast Asia. A column of soldiers marches.
Japanese prisoners are interrogated and litters are carried and transferred to aircraft in Burma.
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) activities in Burma area during World War II. Captured Japanese prisoners are interrogated. A personnel bandages to a man. A man, tied with rope, is administered with injection. He is placed on litter. Litters are carried and transferred to aircraft. Natives climb hilly terrain up. Natives around huts.
Supplies are hauled to an observation post by native carriers and dropped by parachutes in Burma.
An observation post of the U.S. Army in Burma during World War II. A U.S. airplane in flight over the observation post. A soldier watches the airplane through binoculars. Burmese natives standing near a thatched hut. A man washing clothes in a stream. A man playing with a dog. Men seated in a truck moving on a street. Soldiers aboard a jeep. Men seated on elephants move in an area. Some of the men crossing a stream with supplies. Crates of rations on the ground. An airplane parked on a field. Supplies loaded onto the airplane. The airplane in flight. A soldier watching through binoculars. The supplies dropped from the airplane. Soldiers carrying supplies moving in the area.
Chinese engineers construct the Stilwell road and build bridge in Burma.
The Ledo-Burma road shown on animated map of China and India. The Ledo Road or Stilwell road (named after General Joseph Stilwell) under construction. Chinese man takes picture. Workers fall trees. Crane uproots tree and clears the area of debris. Rocks blasted and bridge built. Chinese engineers work inside a large pipe.
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