United States Marine Corps in the Chinese city of Tientsin or Tianjin, China. Exteriors of a tall building. Two Marines enter a curio shop. Silver and gold articles on display. Chinese saleswomen in a curio shop. Marine signs a bill. American woman holds a wrapped gift. U.S. military personnel ride in rickshaws and views of city streets in Tianjin China. The Marines leave pedicab rickshaws at roadside and pay for their rides with Chinese currency. They enter a Red Cross club. Men and women play cards in the Red Cross club.
U.S. 14th Air Force operations in China during World War 2. An animation shows broadening the scope of U.S. air combat operations in China. Chinese Air Force cadets training in the United States. Chinese cadets get into a plane. A Chinese cadet works on an engine. Chinese civilians build an airfield. An animation shows U.S. Army Air Force locations surrounding Japan.
A film illustrates the importance of the Burma Road in China during World War II. Animated map shows the Burma Road extending from Hsiakawan, China to the Burmese border. A truck moves along the Burma Road on the side of a mountain. A deep valley as seen from the Burma Road. U.S. supply trucks move along the road on the mountains.
Chinese troops at Chinese Training Detachment Headquarters in China during World War II. The troops stand in a line. United States aircraft parked in the background. United States and Chinese officers march. Soldiers with the flags of the United States and China. A fleet of aircraft in flight. U.S. troops carrier aircraft parked on the ground. Chinese soldiers stand at attention.
British in Hong Kong and U.S. Marines in Tianjin, China. A view of coastal area in Hong Kong. A landscape view of Hong Kong. British troops return to Hong Kong. British soldiers escort a Japanese prisoner of war. Japanese prisoners of war clear up the waste articles under a building. British Navy watching the prisoners cleaning buildings. Japanese prisoners pile debris and put to fire. Captured Japanese troops walk along the street after the British resumed control of Hong Kong. People gathered near a harbor in Tianjin, China. Chinese civilians gather and cheer to welcome the United States Marines. Views of U.S. Navy ships in Chinese harbor. Crowd cheers and applauds. Landing ships in the Hai River. Chinese citizens in crowd wave hands toward the United States Marines. Chinese children carry and wave American flags and cheer. United States Marines watch the crowd and smile. Marines throw cigarettes to Chinese civilians. Soldiers restrict the crowd scrambling for cigarettes and candies. (World War II period).
Although narrator states "General Chennault's United States 10th Air Force," this film actually depicts Chennault's 14th Air Force formed in 1943. Its B-25s and P-40s are shown during an attack on Hong Kong during World War 2 U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell aircraft take off from an air base in China to attack Hong Kong. The aircraft in flight. Propellers of the aircraft. Aerial view of the area below. Bombs being released over Hong Kong. View of crew in cockpit of B-25.The aircraft landing at an air base in China after the mission. P-40s with tiger teeth paint job parked on the airport tarmac. Aircrews relax with refreshments on the ramp.