Wreckage of Japanese plane discovered in jungles of Burma, during World War 2. Dead pilot of plane. Close view of dead pilot.
U.S. Army soldiers train with new "Sniperscope" equipment during the Burma Campaign in World War II. The 475th Infantry regiment of the U.S. Mars Task Force are seen gathered for a demonstration of the new Sniper Scope. A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates the parts and use of the sniper scope. He shows a carbine equipped with the sniper scope for accurate firing in the dark. He explains the functioning of the scope and how its attached infrared spotlight operates in conjunction with a telescopic sight mounted on the rifle to enable night vision. He looks through the telescope sight. He demonstrates the use of a unit, attached by a cord, that contains batteries and an electrical focusing attachment. He turns a focusing dial on the unit. The American soldiers examine the carbine and look through the telescopic sight. Narrator explains that the night scope will be used primarily in preventing night infiltration of U.S. held positions.
Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. Clouds in the sky. Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft in flight. Aerial views of mountains. Interior of the aircraft shows OSS officers in parachute harnesses. The DC-3 aircraft in flight. Aerial views of the ground and the mountains.
Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. OSS officers in parachute harnesses board a Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft. A personnel boards with a crate. An officer adjusts the position of a gun at a window of the aircraft.
Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft in flight. OSS officers jump from the DC-3 transport aircraft. Parachutes descend. Interior of the aircraft: OSS officers look out from a window. An officer loads gun shells into guns. DC-3 transport airplanes fly over a forest area. Aerial views of mountains and the ground. Interior of the aircraft shows the officers standing at the door of an aircraft and dropping supplies via parachute.
U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell confers with Frank Merrill, Commander-General of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit (nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Merrill and Stilwell walk along a field and talk. Gliders parked on a field. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft drop parachute supplies. A U.S. Army Air Force light aircraft taxis for a take off from a jungle strip.
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