Japanese troops walking along the "Road to Mandalay" in World War 2. A road sign shows 104 miles North to Mandalay and 326 miles South to Rangoon.Cattle in a field. Road clogged with Japanese troops, some leading or riding horses. Several soldiers on bicycles.Trucks line the side of road. An official proclamation posted in Japanese and Burmese.Roadside lined with Burmese people, some carrying parasols. They offer water to passing troops and for their animals. Japanese troops drinking from their newly filled canteens. Japanese soldiers interrogate a wounded British soldier sitting on the ground. Japanese infantry files past a line of Japanese tanks. They pass another road sign pointing 82 miles to Mandalay, 348 miles to Rangoon, and 6 miles to Hanza. Japanese troops struggle to move a truck over a by-pass around a bridge destroyed by the British. Japanese officers surveying the situation. A photographer takes pictures of Japanese tanks coming over a steep hill. Japanese gun crew secures a field artillery piece in place, with rope and stakes. They then load and fire it. Rounds exploding in the distance.Tanks and other military vehicles are parked clear of the artillery, as if waiting to proceed, after the bombardment. Truck pulling a large artillery piece and infantry pulling small artillery pieces, advance alongside parked tanks. Some of the infantrymen carry Japanese flags. Japanese tanks rolling into outskirts of Mandalay, near railroad yard, past trashed military equipment.
The United States flag at half mast in a cemetery. A soldier checks various graves with crosses. He takes off his hat. (World War II period).
Aerial views of jungle. Canal through jungle. Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane in flight over jungle during World War II. Close view of L-5 Pilot. It flies low over water. Sign reads 'Headquarters Air Jungle Rescue'.
Pilots of the 1st Air Commando Group in front of Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft. Pilot points out route on a map. L-5 taxis and takes off from field. L-5s parked in the background. L-5 in flight over flat jungle terrain. L-5 performs aerial message pickup by dropping weighted line. L-5 in formation flight at low level. L-5 in flight as seen from other L-5 in air. Identifiable aircraft serial number 42-99446 with 1st Air Commando Group markings. on vertical stabilizer.
Activities of the Allied forces in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. Chinese Premier Chiang Kai Shek and his wife arrive to review troops in ChungKing, China. Chinese nurses and soldiers march as General Chinag Kai Shek reviews the United Nations troops. Troops carry portraits of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Commander of China Burma India Theater General Joseph Stilwell arrives after attending a conference in Washington D.C. Reinforcements arrive in India as soldiers carry bags. Allied soldiers smoke with Indian soldiers. A soldier buys bananas from a vendor. In Indian state of Bengal mule pack trains cross Tibet as they carry supplies for China. Mule packs pass through the Himalayas.
Captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-40 Warhawk fighter taxis on airfield. U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders pull the tail of a P-40 down, a plane which nosed over during landing.
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