Long transfer shed where cargo is transferred from trucks to trailers at Ledo Road, Shinbwiyang, Burma. Aerial views of trucks parked near a shed at Ledo Road in Shinbwiyang, Burma. Scenes of Ledo road. Scenes of trucks moving and transfers cargo.
A documentary titled 'Fall of Rangoon'. Soldiers of British Indian 50th Parachute Division board aircrafts for airborne attacks on Rangoon,Burma. Soldiers of 26th Indian Regiment reach the banks of river Rangoon in boats as large number of Burmese welcome them. Soldiers march into the city without encountering enemy. Allied forces capture the city.
Volunteers of rescue party rest in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. United states L-5 aircraft guides the volunteers through the jungle. A man examines a wrecked PT-19 and a hospital tent. C-47 air craft drops supply parachutes. Men look through the parachute for radios, engineering and medical supplies. Men run after setting off charges to blast trees for helicopter string. Trees fall after the blast.
United States Army Lieutenant William Diebold talks over radio as Sergent Harry Bremer pumps power to the radio set in Shingbwiyang,Burma during World War II. The two of them talk on hand radio to a Naga chieftain. A black engineer cooks food in a large pot. Lieutenant Diebold talks to Naga chieftain in sign language. Sergent Bremer,Captain Brane and Lieutenant Scott bathe in water flowing from rocks. Men send smoke flare signals for planes.
United States planes drop medical supplies and engineers gather supply parachutes in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. Captain R.D.Underwood, and an assistant prepare and inject penicillin to Captain James I. Green's leg. Captain Green's jaw being examined and given liquid diet.
United States 28 Troop volunteers and black combat engineers chop trees and blast the strip in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. Sergeant Bremer and Captain Scott fix dynamites in the blast holes and blast goes off. Colonel Clarence and Major Arthur R. Dewey, special surgeon meets Dr. Underwood and enters hospital tent. Soldiers empty mud with cardboard boxes. Men roll a log up and down the strip to level it.