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Preparation of parachute supplies to be dropped at observation posts in jungles of the China India Burma Theater.

A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles of Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Native workers carry equipment and cross a river followed by U.S. soldiers. Troops reach a camp site and native workers are paid off by a soldier. Shacks are being built by a native labor. U.S. soldiers at camps in forward post bathing and shaving. Once the observation post is set up, the soldiers climb up a lookout post ladder on the top of which a warning system is maintained. Native laborers make baskets at a supply post which will be used as containers for parachute supplies dropped. Ration crates are being brought at an airfield depot from a quarter master depot for shipment. The crates are weighed and the containers are packed with straw. Parachutes are attached and the containers are ready for shipment. The material is taken to a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport airplane and is loaded aboard. The pilot is briefed at a map which indicates the locations of the camps where the supplies are to be dropped.

Location: China-Burma-India Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061534
A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain drops parachute supplies at observation posts in jungles of China India Burma Theater.

A film based on supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles of Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. U.S. soldiers on a lookout post in trees. U.S. troops wait for the supplies to be dropped by a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain airplane. Native people look through binoculars. Signal crew lays a strip of white cloth. A man gives smoke signals. The C-47 lowers the altitude and drops parachute supplies. The airplane circles the area and more containers are released. Crates are gathered by men and supplies are taken to camps. The C-47 repeats the same procedure at the second and the third camp site.

Location: China-Burma-India Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061535
A Japanese soldier reads U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflet dropped in Burmese jungle by U.S. plane during World War II.

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. Wooded area of Burmese jungle showing trees. Leaflets on ground. A Japanese soldier in foxhole reads leaflet. Worlds on leaflet reads 'Burma Mail O.W.I. P.W.T. ASSAM, INDIA'.

Location: Assam India
Date: 1944, April 1
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075015
Allied soldiers and Chinese laborers work on Ledo Road construction during WW2

Animated map showing the Ledo Road, an overland connection between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China during World War 2. This road would later be renamed the Stilwell Road. A 3D topography map of the Ledo route from Ledo to Kunming. A United States engineering unit along with Chinese engineers and laborers work on the Ledo Road. An engineer uses a transit scope, another soldier flips through his notebook. Engineer with transit scope waves at another from a distance. Soldiers plant explosives under a tree. Dynamite with burning wick under a tree. Tree explodes. Soldiers chopping away vines, weeds. A bulldozer clears away shrubs, scoops soil. An African American United States soldier operates a bulldozer. Two bulldozers driven by African American soldiers in jungle. Workers haul logs, hammer timber to make a log road in the jungle. Monsoon rain causing soil erosion on the side of a mountain during Ledo Road construction. Bulldozer moves alongside Chinese workers wearing conical hats. Trucks drive on mountainous Ledo road.

Location: Assam India
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078821
U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets are loaded aboard U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell plane in Assam.

Preparation and dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. army jeep crosses airfield to waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber in Assam. Crew being briefed on mission. Leaflets are being unloaded from jeep and loaded aboard B-25. Pilot in cockpit of plane. Two U.S. officers talk outside a building.

Location: Assam India
Date: 1944, April 1
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075017
U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber takes off from Assam to drop U.S. Office of War Information leaflets on Japanese troops in Burma.

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on airfield in Burma. Propellers turning. B-25 taxis and takes off from airstrip. B-25 flies over Burmese jungle.

Location: Assam India
Date: 1944, April 1
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075016
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