Activities in Mengshih, China near the Burma Road during World War II. Animated map shows the Burma Road and highlights Mengshih, Paoshan and the Huitang Bridge. Chinese men work for malaria control in Mengshih. The head of Anti-Malaria Institute of the Chinese Government Dr. Y.C. Yao looks through a microscope in his office. A sign reads 'Malaria Laboratory Rockefeller Foundation Chefang, Yunnan, China' at laboratory facility founded by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1939 with efforts from U.S. Secretary Henry Morgenthau. A Chinese doctor examines and treats a Chinese boy affected with malaria. Blood samples of children are taken from earlobe and put on slides, and then examined under a microscope in the laboratory. Chinese boys (the "health boys") fill pesticide spray cans and then spray pesticides in a narrow stream. Another worker spreads pesticide in powder form to control mosquitoes. A Chinese official instructs the boys working for malaria control. Chinese men inspect the area near bushes and inspect ladles filled with water samples. Chinese official Mr. Chen meets Mrs. Sweet, the wife of a Rockefeller Institute physician.
Japanese Army advances in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Prime Minister of Japan Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese Army General Hideki Tojo and other Japanese officials pose. Japanese troops disembark from a ship into landing boats which make their way towards the Chinese shore. Troops advance along the Burma Road. Barricaded Burma Road with Japanese troops standing around. A Japanese soldier stands behind a sandbagged position on a hill.
Japanese troops attack China during World War II. The Japanese attack the Burma Road. A bridge on the Burma Road is bombed by Japanese bombers. A Chinese village bombed by the Japanese shows many explosions. The Chinese go towards hills from a city after being bombed. Dead bodies on the streets after Japanese air attack. Chinese nurses bandage Nationalist Chinese troops after being wounded in the attack by the Japanese.
A Television Journal titled 'Longines Chronoscope'. Co-editors of the program ask Senator Fulbright about Indonesia. He speaks of Colonialism and the legitimate aspiration of other countries and foreign misperceptions about American aims. Regarding Indochina, he says that it is a difficult situation, more difficult than Korean War. He talks about the aspirations of China. He discusses about problems of Indonesia and Burma.
View of a harbor off the coast of Burma (Malaysia), possibly near Rangoon (Yangon) as seen from onboard a vessel sailing off the coast. Sailors stand at the bow the vessel. Several ships can be seen at a distance. A sampan passes by the vessel. Distant view of a port complex.
Scenes of busy harbor in Burma region, as seen from the deck of a vessel. Large sampans underway in the harbor. Few natives in gondolas pass by. A large cargo ship (freighter) tied up to pier can be seen in the background of the sampans. Several other vessels underway at a distance.
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