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U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Battle of Myitkina during Burma campaign of World War II

U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Myitkina, Burma during World War 2. Chinese and U.S. officers at an airfield in Burma. U.S. P-40s take off from the airfield to bomb Japanese positions. Formation of p-40s airplanes. They peel off and drop bombs on Japanese positions. Smoke billows up from explosions. U.S. Army General Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell steps from his C-47 transport airplane (named "Uncle Joe's Chariot") and is greeted by U.S. Army Brigadier General Frank Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) on an airfield in Kandy, Ceylon, where he is to consult with Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061532
Parachute supplies are dropped from an aircraft under the supervision of Frank Merrill in Burma during World War II.

Commander-General Frank Merrill of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Frank Merrill and his men aboard an aircraft over Burma. Merrill looks through binoculars from the door of the aircraft. Parachute supply sacks are dropped from the aircraft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061555
Chinese troops with a horse-drawn artillery piece move along a road in Burma (WW2)

Chinese troops advance along Burma roads in World War II. An engineer camp site along a road in Burma. An aerial view of the roadside and the troops advancing along the road. The troops and pack trains on a mountain road. The troops with horse-drawn Russian 115 mm artillery piece. A mule team pulls the artillery piece along a hilly section of the road.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061637
U.S. 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment performs Rescue mission behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War 2

10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment mission in Burma, during World War Two. U.S. Airmen talk in front of jeep bearing Letters "AJR" on its windshield.. They examine a map. Ground crew pull props through on B-25 Mitchell bomber and clean gun turret canopies. View of pilots inside cockpit of B-25 in flight over jungle. A jungle rescue team discusses mission in front of a Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter parked at field. Pilot, Lieutenant Carter Harmon, climbs into cockpit of the helicopter. Ground crew seen pulling props through on a B-25. Views from inside a B-25 flying over jungle. The object of rescue is is seen. (TSgt Ed "Murphy" Hladovcak of the 1st Air Commandos, piloting a Stinson L-1 Vigilant with three wounded British soldiers on board, had been forced down behind Japanese lines, several miles from Mawlu, Burma.) Two B-25s are seen parked on a rough field. A white tent is nearby and many Burmese people are seen. Airmen are seen around a B-25. Brief view of happy airmen inside a vehicle. (Note: This is probably the first use of a helicopter for a combat rescue. )

Date: 1944, April 25
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052231
Chindits with a pack train enter a Burma village and load and fire mortars during World War II.

The Chindits or the Indian 3rd Infantry Division of the British Indian Army in Burma in World War 2. The troops with a pack train consisting of mules enter into a Burma village. They load and fire mortars and machine guns. A Chindit looks through a pair of binoculars. Firing in the village toward Japanese held Mogaung. Chinese troops move to join the Chindits. The soldiers and the pack train move forward. The Chinese troops in a reunion with the Chindits exchange hats and greet. A plane strafes Japanese positions. Smoke due to explosions. Machine guns are fired. Japanese forces abandon Mogaung and Chindit and Chinese soldiers move in to the destroyed area. Dead enemy Japanese soldiers amid the ruins. Three Chindits posing near a Burmese Pagoda, honoring the mythical creatures that are their namesake guarding a Pagoda.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033609
Chinese 38th Infantry Division troops advance to Bhamo, Burma (WW2)

Nationalist Chinese troops of the 38th Infantry Division are seen moving through Jungles with pack animals carrying supplies as they advance toward key city of Bhamo (Banmaw), Burma, during World War 2. A map shows the area, highlighting cities of Rangoon (Yangon), Mandalay, and Bhamo. Using small assault boats, the Chinese troops cross a river near outskirts of Bhamo. American officers, working with the Chinese troops, consult a map as they plot the attack. Chinese artillerymen begin a barrage, as their infantry advance. Allied P-47 aircraft bomb Japanese positions only a few hundred yards in front of advancing Chinese infantry. Chinese troops make their way through bombed and burning areas. Severely damaged Buddhist Shwe Kyina pagoda is seen. A destroyed wall with Buddha statue. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan, U.S. Commander in Burma and India, inspects the captured city. Chinese troops raise their flag over the city.

Date: 1944, December 15
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053545