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B-29 bombers of the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force fly after bombing targets in Burma during World War 2
China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Bombing on targets by the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force. Smoke rises high due to a explosion. A number of B-29 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force flying in a formation.
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.
Delegates from 51 nations meet for Convention on International Civil Aviation in Chicago.
Scenes from the first International Civil Aviation Conference (ICAO) in the city of Chicago, Illinois. At the invitation of the United States, delegates from 51 nations arrive to begin drafting and concluding the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention), including discussion on freedom of aircraft traffic in the world's aviation routes. Opening scene shows the Stevens Hotel at 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States, with automobile traffic driving past it on the street. Delegates from 51 nations are seen entering the hotel Grand ballroom, being monitored by U.S. Army Military police, as they enter. View from inside the ballroom as delegates enter. Some are seen standing around a globe of the world, discussing the transfer of military air routes back to civilian operations, in the future after the end of World War 2. View from a balcony of the delegates gathered below. Closeups of delegates from: Belgium; a military aviator in uniform, representing Haiti; delegates from Iraq, India, Australia, and Norway. Assistant Secretary of State, Adolf A. Berle Jr., Head of the U.S. delegation, delivers a brief welcoming speech, on behalf of President Roosevelt, from a podium behind which flags of participating nations are displayed. He speaks of the importance of freedom of air space, noting that closed air space can lead to war. He says that the air which God gave to everyone, should not become the means of domination over anyone.
Pontoons hauled by trailer trucks along the Burma Road and by train in Burma (WW2)
Animated map of India and Burma shows locations Myitkyina and Bhamo during World War II. Pontoons are hauled by trailer trucks along the Burma Road. The transport hampered as semi-trailers wide to cross the roads easily. Chinese troops bring pontoons by train. Chinese troops build a bridge over the Irrawaddy River. Construction work in progress. United States troops work.
Chinese 38th Infantry Division troops advance to Bhamo, Burma (WW2)
Nationalist Chinese troops of the 38th Infantry Division are seen moving through Jungles with pack animals carrying supplies as they advance toward key city of Bhamo (Banmaw), Burma, during World War 2. A map shows the area, highlighting cities of Rangoon (Yangon), Mandalay, and Bhamo. Using small assault boats, the Chinese troops cross a river near outskirts of Bhamo. American officers, working with the Chinese troops, consult a map as they plot the attack. Chinese artillerymen begin a barrage, as their infantry advance. Allied P-47 aircraft bomb Japanese positions only a few hundred yards in front of advancing Chinese infantry. Chinese troops make their way through bombed and burning areas. Severely damaged Buddhist Shwe Kyina pagoda is seen. A destroyed wall with Buddha statue. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan, U.S. Commander in Burma and India, inspects the captured city. Chinese troops raise their flag over the city.
Manufacture and deployment of Boeing B-29 Super Fortress bombers during World War II
Film beginning shows a line of Indian women carrying large wooden bowls on their heads as they walk past a line of Boeing B-29 Super Fortress bombers parked on an airfield ramp in India during World War 2. A B-29 bomber descends and lands on the airfield runway. Scene shifts to the Boeing factory at Wichita, Kansas, where most of the aircraft were manufactured during World War 2. (They were also made by Bell Aircraft Company in Atlanta (Marietta), Georgia, and by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Omaha, Nebraska.) In the Wichita plant, a large room filled with B-29s under construction is seen. A line of women uses hand power tools to finish aircraft parts. A large section of a B-29, including landing gear and tires, moves by overhead crane to be mated with another section in an assembly operation. Men manually push a landing gear with tires installed, along a floor. Workers walk along underneath an assembled B-29 as it is towed out of the factory. Tail view of a B-29 with engines running. View of man working on a B-29 tail rudder. Wing flaps being lowered in function check. Scene shifts, again, this time to China, where a line of B-29s is seen on a ramp at a secret base. A jeep drives under the left wing of a parked B-29, guarded by an armed Chinese sentry. Chinese laborers work with hand tools to make a ditch to drain water from the airfield ramp. Chinese workers unload and roll 55 gallon drums of gasoline for aircraft fueling. A Chinese name (Ding How!)painted on the fuselage of a B-29. Major General Claire Chennault shakes hands with some of a B-29s crew as they prepare to depart on a bombing mission. A Chinese soldier gives the crew a "thumbs up" sendoff. The B-29 takes off on the mission. a group of airmen sit atop a B-29 to watch the takeoffs. Camera focuses on another takeoff and then shows a B-29 aloft, glinting in sunlight and then cruising above clouds. Glimpse of B-29 flying over snow covered mountains (possibly in Japan).