Refine Your Search

Chaungtha Burma 1944 stock footage and images

- Showing 31 to 36 of 6740 results
U.S. 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment performs Rescue mission behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War 2

10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment mission in Burma, during World War Two. U.S. Airmen talk in front of jeep bearing Letters "AJR" on its windshield.. They examine a map. Ground crew pull props through on B-25 Mitchell bomber and clean gun turret canopies. View of pilots inside cockpit of B-25 in flight over jungle. A jungle rescue team discusses mission in front of a Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter parked at field. Pilot, Lieutenant Carter Harmon, climbs into cockpit of the helicopter. Ground crew seen pulling props through on a B-25. Views from inside a B-25 flying over jungle. The object of rescue is is seen. (TSgt Ed "Murphy" Hladovcak of the 1st Air Commandos, piloting a Stinson L-1 Vigilant with three wounded British soldiers on board, had been forced down behind Japanese lines, several miles from Mawlu, Burma.) Two B-25s are seen parked on a rough field. A white tent is nearby and many Burmese people are seen. Airmen are seen around a B-25. Brief view of happy airmen inside a vehicle. (Note: This is probably the first use of a helicopter for a combat rescue. )

Location: Burma
Date: 1944, April 25
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052231
The AZON bomb is assembled and dropped over target areas by B-24 bombers in Burma during World War II.

The use of the AZON (AZimuth ONly) smart bomb by United States during World War II. The Tenth Air Force Base in Burma. A soldier unpacks components of the AZON bomb. He unpacks a flare. Soldiers test the radio receiver. An airman conducts a final check on the tail assembly and inserts the radio receiver and battery. A 1 million candle power flare is fixed to the tail. The assembled bombs are brought to the waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators of the 9th and 493rd Squadrons of the 7th Heavy Bomber Group. The bombs are loaded onto the aircraft for mission targets in lower Burma. The B-24s in flight. The bombs are released. The flare is ignited by a delay fuse. Explosions on the ground as the bombs hit targets. The bombers in flight drop numerous more AZONs. They target roads, canals, and bridges. Six different bombs are dropped simultaneously.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057828
A Douglas C-47 Skytrain lands in India and takes off to go behind Japanese lines in Burma.

OSS (Office of Strategic Services) activities in Burma during World War II. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain with agents aboard lands in India. Men load supplies onto C-47. OSS personnel board the C-47. C-47 taxis and takes off to go behind Japanese lines in Burma. C-47 in flight. Aerial views of Burmese mountain terrain. Clouds on mountain. Views of rocky terrain. Supplies are dropped from plane. Parachutists jump from the plane.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072040
U.S. aircraft drop guided bombs on Japanese targets in Burma during World War II.

U.S. air raid on Burma during World War II. Guided flying bombs are fired against the Japanese targets in Burma. U.S. aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped on the target. The target area explode.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075816
U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Battle of Myitkina during Burma campaign of World War II

U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Myitkina, Burma during World War 2. Chinese and U.S. officers at an airfield in Burma. U.S. P-40s take off from the airfield to bomb Japanese positions. Formation of p-40s airplanes. They peel off and drop bombs on Japanese positions. Smoke billows up from explosions. U.S. Army General Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell steps from his C-47 transport airplane (named "Uncle Joe's Chariot") and is greeted by U.S. Army Brigadier General Frank Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) on an airfield in Kandy, Ceylon, where he is to consult with Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA).

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061532
Parachute supplies are dropped from an aircraft under the supervision of Frank Merrill in Burma during World War II.

Commander-General Frank Merrill of U.S. 5307th Composite Unit ( nicknamed Merrill's Marauders) in Burma during World War II. Frank Merrill and his men aboard an aircraft over Burma. Merrill looks through binoculars from the door of the aircraft. Parachute supply sacks are dropped from the aircraft.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061555
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 6 7 8 ... 1124 | Next >>