'U.S. Speeds war aid to China by way of base in India '. A large war equipment box from the United States unloads in India during World War II. Indian workers push a large box on a cart. Railroad cars load with tanks. Camel carts carry war supply boxes along a road. Mechanics work on a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane in a hangar. Supplies from a truck loaded onto C-47. Chinese pilot in cockpit of C-47 as he pulls over canopy.
Newsreel entitled "Day and night RAF makes Nazis take it". Royal Air Force 20 planes in flight over water. Bombs dropped over an occupied French town under German control during World War 2. Ports and buildings bombed. Pilots get ready for a flight. Carrier pigeons in the cages. A man carrying pigeons hands over one of the cage to a pilot. Pilots board Halifax bomber and take off after the sunset. P-40 escort planes in flight. Bombs dropped over Nazi positions as flares seen at night.
United States 900th Airborne Engineers construct an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. A man operates a bulldozer at the construction site of an airstrip. A small tractor and a grader used as a P-51 plane lands at the airstrip.
A United States P-51A Mustang fighter plane of the 1st Air Commandos, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Grant Mahony, lands at an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Colonel Phil Cochrane and Lieutenant Colonel Arvid Olson inspect the airstrip constructed by United States 900th Airborne Engineers in World War II. P-51 Mustang takes off.
United States 900th Airborne Engineers operate bulldozers at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Men set up explosive charges to blow tree stumps. Explosion occurs, causing massive smoke.
Indian engineer soldiers (part of British forces) dig up earth at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma as an Indian engineer supervises them. Men move away from the site. A bulldozer clears up the earth. Tractor pulls a grader as a jeep comes at the site. A tractor and bulldozer push carryall across the airstrip. A British soldier with a Bren gun in a foxhole as he guards the airstrip construction. (World War II period).
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.