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Chinese engineers construct the Stilwell road and build bridge in Burma.
The Ledo-Burma road shown on animated map of China and India. The Ledo Road or Stilwell road (named after General Joseph Stilwell) under construction. Chinese man takes picture. Workers fall trees. Crane uproots tree and clears the area of debris. Rocks blasted and bridge built. Chinese engineers work inside a large pipe.
People enjoy canoeing and a resort lodge in the Altai mountain region of Central Asia.
The Altai mountains in the Central Asia region of Gorno-Altaysk (or Gorno Altai, or Gorny Altai or Altay) in the south Siberian Soviet Altai Republic (convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). The cattle graze on the mountains. A truck moves along a mountain road. Men and women walk through forest. People in canoes on a lake. People at a resort lodge near the lake. Gardens and flowers. Exterior views of the large resort lodge building and people walking on the grounds. A group in the lodge listens to a speaker as he delivers a lecture at a resort. Some of the men present wear Soviet military uniforms.
Natives of the Altai Mountains in Central Asia move with all their belongings to a new region.
The Altai mountains in Central Asia (at convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). Natives of the region in their tents. A woman milks a cow and grinds grain with a stone. Interior of a native tent. Activity in a tent village. The nomadic people move with all their belongings, family and animals to a new region. Children on sheep as they move along with a group. Skeleton structure of tents abandoned by natives.
Men and women on horseback watch head of cattle as a woman milks a cow on a field in Central Asia.
The Altai mountains region in Central Asia (at convergence of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan). A small village consisting of huts in the mountains. A village near a river. Native with a heard of cattle in fields. Men and women on horseback watch herd of cattle. Cattle at a water hole. A large bull. Herd of yaks in a field. A woman milks a cow. They pour milk into a large pail. A herd of sheep in field. Shepherd on horseback as he holds a lamb. Sheep, rams and goats in the field.
Henry Morgenthau heads the U.S. delegation and opens the UN Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during World War 2. A railroad train pulls into a train station. Delegates of the member nations at the station. A van brings the delegates to the venue. Representatives from China. The representatives from the U.S. are headed by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. He opens the conference. The conference in progress. All the delegates pose together after the conference. (Led to establishment of International Monetary Fund. Bretton Woods System was precursor to World Bank.)
USAF General Henry Arnold meets crew of a U.S. B-29 at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (WW2)
USAF General Henry Arnold meets crew of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress at Bolling Field, Washington, DC during World War II. C-47s lined up on the flight line. General Arnold, Lieutenant General Barney Giles and Brigadier General Lauris Norstad walk on the field. Crew members lined up in front of B-29. General Arnold in the foreground. General Norstad introduces the Aircraft Commander, Lt. DO Horsfall of Kalamazoo, Michigan, who salutes and shake hands with General Arnold. Lt. Horsfall introduces members of his crew who step forward, salute and shake General Arnold's hand. General Arnold tells the crew that U.S. bombers from China bases had been unable to reach the Japanese heartland. But B-29s from the Marianas would now be able to strike places like Hokkaido and Kyushu. He dictates a message for Horsfall and crew to write on a bomb. Crew members gather around bombs as the pilot writes the message, reading: 'To the war lords of Japan we have not forgotten. The B-29s will remind you again, again and again!'