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Journey of U.S. troops and supplies to observation posts in jungles of the China India Burma Theater during World War II.

A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles at Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Animated map highlights China, Burma and Assam in India. The Patkai mountain range is highlighted on the map. A U.S. airplane in flight over the mountains. U.S. troops prepare for a journey to an observation post. Initial equipment are loaded on a jeep trailer. The jeep passes along a bamboo corduroy bridge built by Indian workers. Second stage of journey shows equipment loaded on elephants. The elephants are driven along a jungle road. Native people are employed to carry equipment further. The native people are inspected before they begin the journey. Men and women carry equipment on a hillside.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061533
Military supplies to China from United States and the United Kingdom transit from Calcutta, India to China during WW2

Workers load supplies in Calcutta port in India during World War 2. A crane lowers stacks of boxes. Indian laborers roll artillery shells. A row of United States army trucks. Various materiel and military supplies, including rolls of chain link fencing and rolls of barbed wire. United States soldiers prepare a row of tanks for shipment. A transport boat on the Hooghly River in Calcutta, India (present day Kolkata, India). Sign on boat reads, "Rambari." Transport boat sets sail for the Brahmaputra River. A train begins to depart on the Bengal-Assam Railway. Indian worker transfers boxes to another train during a stop. Laborers repair train tracks damaged by monsoon rains. United States Army Douglas C-54 Skymaster planes in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078822
United States Army aircraft airlift supplies to China over The Hump air route during WW2

Airlift of supplies from India to China through “The Hump” during World War 2. Barrels of oil in Allied airfield in Assam, India. Sikh Indian laborers, wearing Dastar turbans, load supplies on a plane as an American soldier watches. Man welding. Dismantled airplane equipment. Shirtless American soldiers inspect equipment before boarding plane. A Curtiss C-46 Commando takes off. Three planes of the American Transport Command fly over “The Hump”. Map showing flight route change from Dibrugarh, India to Kunming, China. A C-47 Skytrain flies over mountainous jungle, misty fog, and high mountains of the Himalayas. Various views of the Eastern Himalayan Uplift. A Curtiss C-46 Commando lands in Kunming, China.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078820
Indian troops are trained and are given instructions about various tactics in Assam, India.

A training film on life of people of India during World War II. An American officer instructs Indian troops in Assam. The troops are taught tactics of hand-to-hand combat. Huts and carts in an area. People sitting outside the huts. A bridge over a waterway. People walking on the bridge. Soldiers walking in a street. Trees along the sides of the street. The soldiers seated on the ground. They get up as an officer arrives and instructs them.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065495
Wounded men of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) are brought to Assam, India during World War II.

Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) from Myitkyina, Burma to U.S. 20th General Hospital in Assam, India during World War II. Members of Merrill's Marauders with long beards pose for a photographer while seated outside the hospital building. Soldiers talk to each other. Patients on stretchers are carried out of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain. Ambulances arrive at U.S. 20th General Hospital. Men are either carried or walk from ambulances to the hospital.

Date: 1944, May 31
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061572
Treatment of wounded men of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Assam, India during World War II.

Evacuation of 'B' Battalion of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders ) from Myitkyina, Burma to U.S. 20th General Hospital in Assam, India during World War II. Wounded men are carried from ambulances to the interior of the hospital. A wounded soldier lies on a stretcher. A tag of a soldier. Men carry an imitation cake made of cardboard and decorated with candles to a patient. The patient blows out the candles and uncovers the cake to discover presents.

Date: 1944, May 31
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061573