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Brigadier General Chennault and Colonel Scott with Flying Tigers and their P-40 aircraft in China

Brigadier General Chennault of 23rd Pursuit Group U.S. Army Air Force, and Colonel Scott standing in front of a map of China. A picture of Chiang Kai Shek. Colonel Scott talking to Flying Tigers personnel and Chinese hosts. P-40 aircraft with shark teeth paintings seen in background. Colonel Scott is welcomed by Captain Wong of China Air force. Pilot R.T. Smith in cockpit of P-40 warplane. The plane has many Japanese kill flags painted on side. P-40s of Flying Tigers lined up. Aerial views of P-40 aircraft in flight. Pilots wearing new flying uniform but with special sign on back 'Free China' written on them. General Chennault inside aircraft as he begins command with his new role under the USAAF leading the China Air Task Force (later the 14th Air Force).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040821
P-40 fighters piloted by Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) attack Japanese planes in China during World War II.

Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) operations in China during World War 2. An animation shows location of U.S. 10th and 14th Air Forces in India and China. Japanese troops march. Japanese aircraft taxi and take off. Japanese troops wave as planes take off. Japanese planes in flight. Planes strafe trucks on a highway. U.S. Army pilots assigned to the Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) beside P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft. U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault looks at a map laid on a jeep. Japanese planes in flight over clouds. Flying Tigers come out from behind a tree and run to P-40s. P-40s taxi on an airfield. Formation of P-40s in flight. Interior of a plane shows Japanese gunners cleaning guns while on the mission. Formations of P-40s. Japanese planes being shot down. Japanese planes spin down, hit the ground and explode. A wrecked Japanese plane. U.S. Lieutenant Art T. Smith in the cockpit of a P-40. An animation shows the location of an old Burma road from Rangoon, IndoChina. An American convoy at sea. Cargo is unloaded at a harbor in India and transferred to river barges. Small Chinese barges on the Rour. A small Chinese train loaded with supplies. The cargo being transferred from an American standard gauge train to a small gauge train. Chinese civilians load equipment on trucks.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060191
Destroyed buildings due to Japanese bombardment in China during World War II.

Japanese troops attack Nanking (Nanjing), China during World War II. Japanese troops man aircraft guns. Japanese airplanes come down in flames. A bridge is blown up in China. The roof of a hospital has been bombed. Large letters 'Hospital' on it. Bomb craters all around the hospital. A Chinese woman sits near her dead husband. Children cry. The Premier of the puppet state Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China Wang Jingwei pose with other officials.

Date: 1942, July 7
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061827
View of a large Indian harbor and members of U.S. Army Air Force in China

A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040870
Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China and Administrative Building in Chapel

Airmen of U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in China pose for photographs.Two officers take turns posing for the camera atop a Flying Tiger P-40. Camera pans across airmen posing in front of the P-40. Colonel Robert L. Scott, Commander, 23rd Fighter Group, is seen carrying a belt of 50 caliber ammunition over his shoulder. He points to Tiger Insignia on the left side of P-40. Scott hands the belt of ammunition to two armament men who load it into compartment in left wing. Change of scene, to view of Administrative Building at Randolph Field in Texas.

Date: 1942
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040871
Japanese bombers attack the Burma Road and villages in China during World War II.

Japanese troops attack China during World War II. The Japanese attack the Burma Road. A bridge on the Burma Road is bombed by Japanese bombers. A Chinese village bombed by the Japanese shows many explosions. The Chinese go towards hills from a city after being bombed. Dead bodies on the streets after Japanese air attack. Chinese nurses bandage Nationalist Chinese troops after being wounded in the attack by the Japanese.

Date: 1942, July 7
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061829