Bombings and destruction in China. Animated map depicts destruction of air power on area shown. Airbases of Liuchow (Liuzhou) and Kweilin (Guilin) in Guangxi, China. Evacuation of airfields by U.S. Bombs explode. Buildings are burned, fields are destroyed by advancing Japanese Army. Buildings burn. Lowering of U.S. flag as buildings burn in the background. Burning buildings once occupied by U.S. troops. Views of Chinese refugees. Face of child. Burning buildings. Chinese soldiers retreating from Liuchow (Liuzhou). Bare feet of retreating refugees. (World War II period).
George Carlett Marshall arrives in China in attempt to mediate an end to the Chinese Civil War after World War II. United States Army General George Carlett Marshall disembarks from a U.S. Air Forces C-54 aircraft. U.S. P-51 aircraft seen parked on ramp in background. General Mashall is greeted by American and Chinese officers. Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, strolls from operations building to greet General Marshall. Photographers take photographs. General Marshall and Chiang Kai-Shek get into a car and travel in a motorcade to a building, where discussions will take place. General Marshall poses on the steps with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
A film based on the problem of getting supplies to China from Calcutta, India during World War II. An aerial view of ships docking at a harbor in Calcutta, India. Civilians walk on the streets in Calcutta. Cargo ships and boats docked at a harbor. A crane hoists containers. Native laborers at a U.S. jeep assembly line. U.S. officials instruct the laborers. Assembled jeeps lined up in Calcutta Park. Lack of storage facilities shows outdoor storage area with large crates stacked after unloading. Army trucks move along a road to U.S. Army Air Force 28th Air Depot near Calcutta. Trucks and vehicles lined up outside the 28th Air Depot.
French troops and refugees in China during World War II. A train carrying refugees and French troops approaches. The men seated inside and on top of the train. Annamite French Colonial troops at a train station. They load sides of beef, bags of rice, celery and onions on pack horses. Loaded horses leave the area.
French Colonial troops in China during World War II. The troops and natives on a highway during a light rainfall. They walk on wet muddy roads. Horses laden with food. The troops in boots. They cross a rice paddy. The troops pass through a Chinese cemetery and the walled city of Shihp'ing. Natives and children inside the city. Troops move ahead with the horses and carts.
French Colonial troops in China. A train approaches the train station. Smoke from the engine. People on the platform The French troops board the train. Frenchmen seated in train. A soldier smokes. Large bundles of supplies in the train. The train amidst hills. It passes through a tunnel. Soldiers seated on the train roof. (World War II period).