Chinese Air Force 1st American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger pilots in China India Burma Theater during World War II. Flying Tiger pilots grouped on a field are presented with letters and rank bars which they pin on their shirts. Close-up view of Flying Tigers ace pilot Frank Schiel being recognized. U.S. airplanes parked on an airfield in the background. The Commander of Flying Tigers U.S. Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault arrives. The pilots conclude a quick briefing and then scramble and run, rushing to United States Army Air Force P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes. The P-40s taxi and take off from the airfield. The aircraft in flight.
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.
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.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The trainees learn marksmanship. The trainees in prone position aiming at the targets. An OSS officer trains them. Mountains in the background. One by one the troops lay down in prone position and fire while the other look out. The troop lie down in prone position and practice firing. A soldier in prone position firing at the target. The target mounted across a river. The trainees in prone position and aiming at the targets. Two troops in prone position firing guns. A close up of a Chinese troop firing and smiles.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops seated in a circle. An OSS officer stands in center. Another officer comes and hands over a gun to the officer. A Chinese troop comes forward. The officer teaches them how to hold a gun. The troop show him. All the trainees practice the same.
Chinese troops trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in China Burma India Theater during World War II. The troops carry guns and move out of a building. An OSS officer hidden in grasses fire a gun. The Chinese troops advance in the background. The troops run and lie down in prone position. They fire guns. The troops one by one jump from a wall and advance. They enter a town. The troops advancing. Stacks of hay and the troops hidden in the hay.
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