Rescue of Australian prisoners who survived sinking of Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, in South China Sea during World War II. American crewmen load supplies aboard a submarine from a boat alongside. A U.S. DD (destroyer) stands by in the background. The interiors of submarine showing survivors in bunks.
Australian prisoners aboard U.S. submarine who survived sinking of Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, in South China Sea during World War II. The crewmen aboard a U.S. submarine underway. A U.S. DD (destroyer) underway. A small boat rows from DD to submarine and unloads supplies.
United States Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, China during World War II. Chinese officers and General Patrick Hurley plan strategies for combat at an Allied military base. The officers talk to each other. General Hurley with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai poses for a photograph. The dignitaries board a plane. Officers of the mission receive farewell from Chinese officers while returning from mission.
United States Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, China during World War II. General Patrick Hurley and other U.S. Army officers of the mission at their base. General Hurley talks to Chinese Communist leader Zhou Enlai. The officers of mission pose for a group photograph. The Chinese leaders and officers bid farewell to the American officers of the mission. Officers board a plane to return. Chinese soldier march on roads and a truck pass by their side.
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.
China's President Chiang Kai-shek inspects the Chinese troops in Burma during World War II. Soldiers march on a street. An aircraft takes off. China's leader and United Nation's Supreme Commander for South East Asia Chiang Kai-shek along with his wife Soong May-Ling and General Mountbatten inspects Chinese troops in Burma. President Chiang and General Mountbatten looks through binoculars. The President of China Chiang Kai-shek and his wife in an American jeep along with other officials to inspect China's Army mobilizing for attack. The soldiers march. President Chiang addresses the soldiers. An American aircraft supplies the guns and ammunition via parachute to the Chinese soldiers fighting in the jungles of Burma against the Japanese soldiers. Chinese soldiers in jungle with their weapons. The soldiers attack their enemies. The heroes of the Burma's battles receiving medals from U.S. Army General Joseph Warren Stilwell.