Preparations for United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China. Chinese men , women and children at the construction site of an airfield. Women carry boulders in cane baskets. Men and women work at the field. Hand drawn carts loaded with boulders. Men pile up boulders in a field. Boys near a muddy water pool. Men carry water in baskets. A roller moves over the airfield.
Severe damage caused to Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Windham Bay (CVE-92) by a typhoon in the China Sea. Forward end of flight deck of USS Windham Bay is seen collapsed due to the typhoon. View from starboard beam around bow to port side. Several F4U aircraft are seen crushed on the damaged deck.
Typhoon damage caused to the USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in the China Sea. USS Pittsburgh heading into a harbor. Damaged bow shows bulkheads exposed to the sea. Guns in triple turret move on warship in foreground. Sailors handle lines as USS Pittsburgh ties up to another ship. Her Officers cross a gangway to board.
Chinese troops search Japanese prisoners in Tsingtao, China after World War II. A jeep comes out through a gate. A Chinese sentry stops the jeep and inspects. Japanese soldiers arrive in box cars. A box car loaded with Japanese prisoners. The prisoners at a gate and a window. Chinese troops practice drill. Japanese soldiers are unloaded from a box car and are searched.
Chinese sailors are trained in the use of an LST in Tsingtao, China after World War II. Chinese sailors go aboard an LST (Landing Ship Tank). They salute an officer as they board the LST. The sailors are inspected by a commanding officer assisted by a U.S. officer. A hatch and the LST are lowered.
Chinese sailors are trained in the use of an LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) in Tsingtao, China after World War II. A gun crew teaches a Chinese gun crew how to handle 40mm guns. Chinese sailors practice heaving lines aboard an LST. They roll the heaving lines.