United States Army soldiers move about the market place in India and look at a man charming a snake. War equipment unloaded at a port and carried away on camel carts into Burma. Indian troops move up the jungle terrain in Burma and fight against Japanese troops in World War II. American airmen briefed at an airbase. They take off in bomber planes and drop bombs over Burma.
Rangoon, Burma, under Japanese occupation during World War 2. Japanese propaganda film states, in Japanese, that Volunteer Corps is building a 'New 'Burma,' and that Volunteer corps training illustrates how people can enjoy and manage their freedom from the British. Burmese gather at open market in front of a hotel in Rangoon. Words "On Look Hotel" appear along with Japanese lettering on the hotel front. Several Japanese soldiers mingle amongst the crowd at an open market. All manner of foods and goods being sold. Women display fabrics. Crowd gathered in grandstand of stadium to watch Volunteer Corps training and parade. Shwedagon Paya (Pagoda), Buddhist temple seen in background. Japanese officer stands on steps and salutes as Volunteer Corps pass in review. Their most notable weapon is a machine gun mounted in a wagon.
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.
Aerial view, from a Piper Cub airplane, of small outposts cut out of the jungle in Burma, during World War 2. A Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter is seen in flight, below. Scene shifts to a wounded soldier being taken from a helicopter, placed on a stretcher. A doctor or medical corpsman with stethescope around his neck, speaks briefly to the patient. Next, he is carried into a field medical building. A C-47 aircraft is parked in the background.Some Army personnel, including a woman nurse, converse while standing near the helicopter. Several men push the helicopter backwards towards a cleared area. A C-47 is seen taking off. Final sequence shows cumulus clouds as seen from a fixed wing aircraft in flight.
Jungle Rescue Group mission in Burma. A group of native children stand by a U.S. C-46 Commando transport plane. U.S. soldiers also talking by a plane. A Stinson L-5 Sentinel makes a landing. A group of native women poses in the shade of the airplane wing. Children look at landing gear of plane. Two young children climb up the plane's side ladder. Young native women pose and airmen hand out candy bars to children.. (World War II period).
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.
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