Royal Air Force (R.A.F) Boston bombers over occupied Europe during World War II. The bombers strike Nazi German war plants in occupied Europe during low level attacks. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
Airplane propellers are tested in a wind tunnel in U.S. In a wind tunnel men work at the propellers of a plane. The propeller rotates. Operators look from the windows in the tunnel. A man walks into the wind tunnel and looks at the controls. Operators and engineers watch and operate controls. Operators study the motion of the propeller in the dark. A lady walks in the front of the tunnel. Her hair blows towards the tunnel.
U.S. Navy launches a new aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard at an Atlantic coast shipyard. The air craft carrier at the shipyard. People at the shipyard to see the launching ceremony. People cheer as the aircraft carrier sails out into the sea.
The Chindits or the Indian 3rd Infantry Division of the British Indian Army in Burma during World War 2. The Chindits move through a jungle. Chindits with a pack train climb up a hill. Soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher. Another wounded helped into a plane. The wounded are evacuated by Stinson L-1 Vigilant.. A Stinson L-5 Sentinel lands. Supplies are brought for Chindits. Soldiers unload supplies from a UC-64 Noorduyn Norseman aircraft and put the boxes on a jeep. The jeep is driven away. Soldiers roll drums near a plane. A tent with supplies. A soldier talks over a radio. Chindits cross a stream in small rubber boats. British Brigadier General Orde Charles Wingate inspects the area. Orde with other officers. One of the officers with a cigarette in his mouth. A plane lands. A plane in flight over a water body. Royal Air Force (R.A.F) pilots fly the plane. Brigadier General Orde with another person in the plane. (First Air Commando aircraft in this film: Stinson L-1, Stinson L-5, UC-64 Norseman, Douglas C-47, P-51A Mustang.)
The Chindits or the Indian 3rd Infantry Division of the British Indian Army in Burma. Tanks and infantry advance. The soldiers march forward. A Red Cross truck passes. Smoke rises in the distance. The Chindits carry the wounded on stretchers. They aim and fire artillery. A flaming village. Wooden framework of the burnt houses. The troops move past dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. The wounded are treated. A funeral service for dead Chindits (World War II period).
The Chindits or the Indian 3rd Infantry Division of the British Indian Army in Burma in World War 2. The troops with a pack train consisting of mules enter into a Burma village. They load and fire mortars and machine guns. A Chindit looks through a pair of binoculars. Firing in the village toward Japanese held Mogaung. Chinese troops move to join the Chindits. The soldiers and the pack train move forward. The Chinese troops in a reunion with the Chindits exchange hats and greet. A plane strafes Japanese positions. Smoke due to explosions. Machine guns are fired. Japanese forces abandon Mogaung and Chindit and Chinese soldiers move in to the destroyed area. Dead enemy Japanese soldiers amid the ruins. Three Chindits posing near a Burmese Pagoda, honoring the mythical creatures that are their namesake guarding a Pagoda.
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