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Chinese and American troops battle Japanese forces as they proceed along the Ledo road in the China-Burma-India theater of operations in World War II

On Christmas Eve, 1943,during World War 2, the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions are seen marching along a road toward North Burma. A regiment of Merrill's Marauders is seen joining the march from India through Burma. (Narrator says they will engage the Japanese 18th Division.) Along the line of march a road sign reads,"Shinbwiyang, Mile 110." Numerous views of troops struggling through jungles and natural obstacles. They employ pack animals that sometimes had difficulty in rough terrain. Animated map shows the route from Ledo, Assam, India, to the places of Chinese and American engagement with Japanese forces, in the Hukawng Valley. U.S. troops are seen moving under fire and returning fire with rifles, Browning M 1917 and M 1919 machine guns. Some of Merrill's Marauders wear standard M1 steel combat helmets, while others wear older M1917A1 "Kelly" helmets. One is seen firing a Bren gun with top-mounted curved box magazine. Others fire mortars. Chinese troops seen firing small artillery pieces. M3A3 Stuart light tanks of the joint Chinese-American 1st Provisional Tank Group (1st PTG) are seen with infantry walking behind them. Next, Allied casualties on litters are seen being placed in an ambulance. Numerous wounded are seen on the ground. Chinese troops carry a wounded on a litter. Views of Japanese soldiers being burned out of their hiding places by Chinese troops. Numerous views of dead Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to air support by U.S. Army Air transport command providing aerial resupply from C-47 transport aircraft. C-47 aircraft seen flying over jungles. Monitors at a headquarters location are seen charting the changing positions of the Allied troops on the ground. View in a warehouse where air drop ready supplies are stored. Numerous views of supplies of all kinds being readied for air drop, including mail for the troops. Shipments being loaded aboard a transport airplane. C-47 airplane taxiing out after loading. Troops on the ground in radio contact with a transport plane. A long sequence ensues showing aerial resupply air drops from C-47 transport planes. After that, medical personnel are seen on the ground providing care to seriously wounded under difficult circumstances. Closeup of a surgeon tending to a patient. Many wounded seen on the ground awaiting attention and others in tents. A wounded on litters are transferred from an ambulance to an airplane. A woman nurse with other medics transferring patients. View inside an airplane set up for air evacuation. A nurse gives a wounded patient some water to drink. At a location unreachable by larger transport airplanes, a wounded soldier is placed aboard a single engine Stinson L-5 Sentinel liaison airplane which is then seen taking off and flying away. Animated map shows progress of Chinese troops on the Ledo road.

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025196
United States General Joseph Stilwell and Colonel Lewis A. Pick supervise the construction of the Ledo Road in India during WW2

Tree falls during construction of Ledo Road in World War 2. Aerial view of Ledo Road construction. United States General Joseph Stilwell and Colonel Lewis A. Pick closely watch the construction of the Ledo Road. A bulldozer push away soil in jungle roadwork. Truck drives on muddy road. A bulldozer pushes a fallen tree away. Chinese infantry arrive in Assam, India to help defend construction of the Ledo Road to China. Chinese soldiers wearing both United States and British military helmets marching. Chinese soldier fires artillery. Chinese soldiers move through jungle, shoots at Japanese invaders.

Date: 1943
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078825
Indian people working on a farm and sitting on the ground in Assam, India.

A training film titled 'Preview of Assam' on life of people of India during World War II. Hands mark Assam on a map. Men standing at the bank of a river. Boats at the bank. Buildings in an area. Men working on a farm. Cattle on the farm. Huts in the area. Men seated on the ground. Soldiers seated at a desk in a building and working. A boat underway in a river. (The temples visible in this clip are "Shiv Doll" in Sivasagar, Assam (India). This is a well known place of religious belief and a tourist spot.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065494
Chindit soldiers cross a jungle, sail on the Chindwin river in Burma during WW2

The Chindits, a Long Range Penetration Group of British and Indian soldiers, return to India from their ill fated mission cross the jungles of Assam and Burma during World War 2. A Chindit soldier pets a dog. Chindit soldiers take baths in small metal tubs. Mythical chinthe statues in Burma. Orde Wingate, British brigadier and leader of the Chindit units, speaks with military officials. Chindit column crosses a jungle. Chindit soldiers on boats on the Chindwin River the largest tributary of the Irrawaddy river. Chindit soldiers pushes small boat. One of the Chindit soldiers appears to be naked, and thus might be Wingate himself, given the Wingate was known to even greet visitors to his tent while naked. Chindit soldiers carry supplies in the jungle

Date: 1943
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078823
US General Joseph Stilwell with Major General Frank Dow Merrill; Allied soldiers in China Burma India Theater training in India during WW2

United States General Joseph Stilwell discusses plan with Major General Frank Dow Merrill during World War 2. Insignia of the China Burma India Theater (CBI). Nationalist Chinese soldiers march toward a United States Army Air Force transport plane to India. USA Army Air Force plane takes off, heading for India. At the U.S. Army Chinese Training and Combat Command at Ramgarh, India, Chinese soldiers train under the United States Army leadership. Aerial view of tents and buildings at Ramgarh. General Stilwell personally instructs Chinese soldiers as they shoot at targets while in prone position. Chinese troops charge out of a trench, crawl with guns under barbed wire, and avoid gun fire and explosions. India Command Formation insignia. British General Archibald Wavell inspects soldiers in formation. General Archibald Wavell shares a map with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck. Indian soldiers exercise by lifting logs, jump over obstacles, climbing with ropes. Soldiers jump out of an airplane fuselage during parachute training. Soldiers jump out of a plane with parachutes. Soldiers falling with parachutes. United States soldiers unload supplies. Allied soldiers marching. Indian infantry marching in farmland. Gurkha soldiers from Nepal march with donkeys. Naga headhunters from Assam and northwestern Burma. East and West African soldiers. British colonial regiment, the Burma Rifles marching. Soldiers from the Kachin people of Burma and Southwestern China. Allied soldiers in India coming from various races- Scots, Irish, English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealander, Indian, Gurkha, Burman, African, Chinese and American. Multinational army from Allied countries.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078818
Wounded soldiers of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) are brought to Ledo airstrip in Assam, India.

Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to Ledo airstrip in Assam, India during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 transport aircraft lands at Ledo airstrip in Assam. Litter cases are carried from the airplane to a clearing station. Ambulatory patients walk from the airplane to the clearing station. A soldier receives a hospital tag. Wounded ambulatory patients get into ambulances. An ambulance pulls away from a loading area.

Date: 1944, May 30
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061571
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