The Quebec Conference in Canada during World War 2. View of the Château Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Quebec, QC G1R 5J5), in Quebec City. Conference takes place inside the Château Frontenac. Present in the Quebec Conference are United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, and US General George Marshall and Colonel Lewis A. Pick. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seen together. Their chiefs of staff sit at a conference table and discuss important matters such as the creation of the combined British and American South East Asia Command (SEAC). Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, the appointed Supreme Allied Commander, during the meeting. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten speaks with military officers while walking away from a transport plane in Asia. South East Asian Command insignia depicting a phoenix.
Combat Camera Group insignia being put on buildings in South East Asia. A United States Navy photographer looks through a movie camera. The photographer turns a small crank. A man hangs up a sign on the side of a building. Two men in dungarees put up a sign. Two men take photographs. Enlisted men put up a sign on a building. The sign is a Combat Camera Group insignia. A commander looks out of a window. He watches the men. Two men take down the insignia and hand it to men in the foreground. Men hand the insignia to two men up on a ladder. The men install the Combat Camera Group Photographic insignia. The men look at their finished work. The insignia shows a movie camera on a tripod superimposed on a part of the world.
Re-assembling of M-14 rifles in South East Asia. Students sit on benches during a briefing on fire arms. The Pacific Ocean in the background. Men around a table work on M-14 rifles which are broken down. A man works on the bolt section of the M-14 rifles during the reassembling. Students re-assemble the rifles. An instructor looks on. He explains about a weapon to a large group of students. A student stands and asks a question. The class seated on benches listens to the instructor.
A Naval Amphibious School Training Area in South East Asia. A target projectile enters the back part of the target. Holes are seen in the back area as more rifle slugs are fired at the target. Men on firing line with M-16 rifles. A man fires his M-16 rifle. Men throw hand grenades. Sandbags are arranged in a semi circle. A man tosses a grenade. A man ducks down in the foreground behind the sandbags. A man walks on a roadway. The Pacific Ocean in the background. A man stops to look at a sign which reads 'Naval Amphibious School Training Area'.
A Naval Amphibious School Training Area in South East Asia. Students tear down weapons. Students stand around a table and work on weapons. A man pulls a string out of a gun while disassembling it. Two students disassembling one M-16 rifle. An instructor demonstrates the removal of parts from the weapon. Hands of the men as they work on the weapons on the table. Instructor R.J. Truscott talks to a man. A sailor aims a weapon after assembling it. A student sits in a class.
Bridge construction on the Ledo Burma roads in South East Asia during World War II on 5 August 1944. Aerial view of the flooded and damaged roads and bridges. United States engineers watch as the worker operates crane. They instruct the bridge building. Mountains in the background. Cable is pulled over tower by the block and tackle. Cable anchors are embedded in hillside caves. View of the completed suspension bridge. American and Chinese workers clear debris using bulldozer. Allied soldiers look at the map and discuss. Soldiers move with the horses loaded with their belongings. They cross flooded stream. Aircraft in flight. Supplies are dropped by parachutes on field.
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