General Joseph Warren Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China during World War II. Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) is also present. Madame Chiang talks to news correspondents.
General Chennault receives gifts from the people of Yunnan Province, China. Chinese flag waves. A Chinese man addresses during function. A cow presented to General Chennault to show their appreciation. Silver trophy with U.S. Eagle presented to General.
Allied Forces advance during World War II. Chinese troops defeat the Japanese at Changde, China (on opening slate in this footage the location is spelled as Changte). Chinese soldiers in prone position fire guns. They move through the rubble. A Chinese officer talks on radio. Captured Japanese military equipment inspected by Allied Military observers. Japanese Prisoners of War. Chinese soldiers march through the city. Destroyed buildings. Civilians return to the ruined city. They are given money for food. Refugee citizens of Changde in front of a Chinese temple.
Bombing of Chungking (Chongqing), Republic of China during World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Bombing attacks on Chungking (Chongqing) by the Japanese show concentrated bomb burst on the city. Geysers of bomb hits in the Yangtze River. A burning section of the bombed city. Bombed and fire gutted buildings. Fallen telephone poles and wires. Two Chinese firemen fight blazing fire. Heavy smoke in the background.
U.S. Military officers and Chinese Army officers in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Military officers on a bridge. They walk away together. Chinese soldiers near a field. Military personnel walk together. A tent. The path to the tent is marked with bricks. A military area with thatched huts. Soldiers and officers outside a thatched hut. Jeeps parked nearby. U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent. The military personnel walk together.
U.S. Army in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Soldiers stand near an information board. Soldiers at a camp site. They try to put up a tent. A soldier comes with wood he has collected. A tent is set up. Things are loaded in a truck. Jeeps and trucks drive along countryside.
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