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U.S. aviators are welcomed at different places during their journey around the world.
A flight around the world. A globe rotates. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge bids goodbye to army airmen. The President and Major General Mason Patrick and the fliers on a lawn of the White House, Washington DC. The journey starts from Seattle, Washington. Douglas World Cruisers ( DWC ) in flight. The DWCs parked in a bay. A forest in the background. They arrive at Chignik Bay, Alaska. The aircraft in flight. An iceberg. Lieutenant Lowell Smith stands on one of the pontoons and works with propellers on his DWC. The DWCs in flight from America to Asia. The aviators are welcomed by Japanese officials in Yetorufu, Japan. Japanese children playing in a school yard. A child has a Japanese and a U.S. flag, one in each hand. They reach Hong Kong, China. A fleet of native junks to welcome them. In Calcutta, India , a DWC taxis on water. A large number of people gather around a DWC. A crane lifts a DWC out of water. The aviators land in Constantinople. People around the aircraft. They reach Paris, France.. Aerial views of the city. Mrs. Maclaren congratulates the airmen in London, England. The crew of USS Richmond cheers the aviators. The aviators board their aircraft from a small boat. People watch as the aircraft land in Labrador, Canada. The DWCs are anchored in a bay and the aviators are brought to the shore in a boat. Naval officers greet them. The aircraft in flight over the Boston skyline. A motor launch in Boston Harbor. The DWCs land on water. The aviators arrive at the dock in the motor launch and are greeted by officials. They fly over New York. A large crowd greets the aviators at Mitchel Field, Long Island. They arrive at Bolling Field in Washington and are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. The three DWCs are followed by an XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight in Dayton. Lt. Jack Harding is welcomed home. The world flight ends in Seattle, Washington. Photographers click pictures as a DWC lands. Major Martin greets aviators standing beside a DWC.
Chinese and U.S. troops receive supplies in Burma (WW2)
Chinese and U.S. troops receive supplies in Burma during World War II. Trucks destructed due to landslide. Supplies are packed on a railroad at Calcutta, India. Supplies shifted to narrow gauge cars in Burma. Loaded on trucks at Ledo Road. Trucks haul over the Ledo Road. Scenes of Smoke signal. C-47 skytrains are loaded at Ledo. The supplies dropped to troops in the field.
Japanese Naval guns and aircraft attack British targets in Indian Ocean and environs, in World War II
Animated map shows Indian Ocean,with Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; India and cities of Madras and Calcutta; and Burma and city of Rangoon. Two Japanese aircraft carriers are seen in waters off Rangoon, during World War 2. Officers aboard looking through binoculars. Antiaircraft guns on one of the carriers. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (zero/Zeke) airplane is readied and takes off from the carrier, followed by another. Several are seen flying in formation over the city of Rangoon. Sounds of explosions and smoke rising, as the Japanese bomb the city. Black smoke from exploding flak is also seen. Scene shifts to a Japanese warship firing 5.5 inch guns at a British ship which is hit by shellfire. The ship explodes emitting dense white smoke, and sinks from sight. Three A6M Zeros fly overhead. Aerial view of a British ship being bombed, and burning.
Chinese officers greet the Americans as Douglas World Cruisers land in China during their first flight around the world.
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in China during their first flight around the world. Animated map reads '3rd Division, Kagoshima to Calcutta, India, distance of 4,860 miles'. Boats in a river in Shanghai. Fishing vessels in the river. The world cruisers circling in the background. Chinese men in junks row out to greet the world cruisers. A Chinese band playing. Chinese aviation officers greet Americans aviators Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson and Lt. Leigh Wade.
A C-87 aircraft carrying supplies flies from Jorhat airfield over the Naga hills to Kunming in China.
A United States aircraft in flight over the Himalayas in Jorhat, India. An animated map shows places like Calcutta and Burma. Supplies are loaded onto a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) C-87 airplane. The aircraft in flight over the Naga Hills. Aerial views of the terrain between Jorhat and Kunming. A Chinese farmland in view. The supplies are unloaded at an airfield in Kunming, China. They are transferred to a truck parked nearby. A USAAF C-46 parked on the airfield. Drums of aviation gasoline are unloaded. The C-46 takes off.
People rejoice as the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is out of jail and addresses the people in India.
A film about the various nationwide movements in India and contribution of the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi before independence in India. People rejoice as Mahatma Gandhi is out of jail. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi sits on a stage and is surrounded by a crowd. Gandhiji addresses the crowd from a balcony. A huge crowd gathered as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi addresses the people. A British India flag in the foreground. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi stands with other men on the balcony.
