OSS (Office of Strategic Services) activities in Burma during World War II. Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. Parachutists jump from the plane. Views of ruins. Graves of men killed in action. Damaged aircraft. A patrol going out on a reconnaissance mission.
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.
Medics carry Chinese casualties on stretchers to a makeshift hospital in Northern Burma during World War II. U.S. General Joseph Stilwell looks at the wounded being brought in. British surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Seagrave treats wounded Nationalist Chinese casualty. Army doctors and Burmese nurses treating casualties at a makeshift hospital. Wounded soldiers being brought in at night. A Burmese nurse talks to a patient. Gordon Seagrave treats a patient. An army doctor tucks a patient. Wounded Nationalist Chinese soldier smoking cigarette. A patient sleeps on his stomach in a hammock in Ledo, Assam, India.
A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles at Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Animated map highlights China, Burma and Assam in India. The Patkai mountain range is highlighted on the map. A U.S. airplane in flight over the mountains. U.S. troops prepare for a journey to an observation post. Initial equipment are loaded on a jeep trailer. The jeep passes along a bamboo corduroy bridge built by Indian workers. Second stage of journey shows equipment loaded on elephants. The elephants are driven along a jungle road. Native people are employed to carry equipment further. The native people are inspected before they begin the journey. Men and women carry equipment on a hillside.
U.S. 5307th Composite Unit en route to Burma. U.S. 1st Battalion near Hell's Gate lead pack mules over the Ledo Road. Soldiers pass a sign board which reads: 'God be with you', 'Welcome to Borderville' and 'Pangsau pass'. Brigadier General Frank Merrill watches the troops crossing into Burma.
Tanks of the 50th Indian tank brigade cross the Kalapanzin River in Buthidaung, Burma. Tanks go on road soldier sits on tank and soldiers walk past tanks. Soldiers stand in water and hold raft with the help of ropes. Tank loads onto raft. Other tank also stands on raft. Soldiers assemble logs of raft (World War II period).