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Tali town which is located near the Burma Highway Administration Building in Hsiakawan, China.
A film shows Tali town which is located near the Burma Highway Administration Building in Hsiakawan, China. A street and an entrance gate to Tali. A Chinese man works in a shop. Framed marble carvings displayed in the shop. A palace in Tali.
Map of the Burma Road, aerial views of Burma Road, Chinese laborers working on the Burma Road in mountains
Animated map showing Burma Road, a road linking Yunnan, China to Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar). Aerial view of the Burma Road. Part of the Burma Road on hillside. Chinese laborers clear away rocks. Laborers use pickaxes for digging rocks. Laborers working on Burma road use sledgehammer to chip away rocks. Chinese laborers’ children smash small stones while playing nearby. Chinese laborers working on Burma Road in mountain slope. Film narration by Ronald Reagan (future United States president).
Japanese Naval guns and aircraft attack British targets in Indian Ocean and environs, in World War II
Animated map shows Indian Ocean,with Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; India and cities of Madras and Calcutta; and Burma and city of Rangoon. Two Japanese aircraft carriers are seen in waters off Rangoon, during World War 2. Officers aboard looking through binoculars. Antiaircraft guns on one of the carriers. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (zero/Zeke) airplane is readied and takes off from the carrier, followed by another. Several are seen flying in formation over the city of Rangoon. Sounds of explosions and smoke rising, as the Japanese bomb the city. Black smoke from exploding flak is also seen. Scene shifts to a Japanese warship firing 5.5 inch guns at a British ship which is hit by shellfire. The ship explodes emitting dense white smoke, and sinks from sight. Three A6M Zeros fly overhead. Aerial view of a British ship being bombed, and burning.
The Japanese plan of conquest in the Pacific during World War II
The Japanese plan to attack different countries during World War 2. People gather outside a building in Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo comes out of the building along with other officials. Buildings along the side of a street. Animated map shows Japanese plan to attack different places in the Pacific. A map locates Pearl Harbor, Burma, India and other places included in the plan.
U.S. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan explains why troops are needed in India and Burma during World War II
World War II film about the China, Burma, India (CBI) Theater of Operations. A soldier is seen filling out a form seeking information about him and inviting him to write in questions about anything he hadn't learned through normal information channels. Scene shifts to Information and Education Department of the Burma-India Command, where it is being processed by a soldier. Lieutenant General Dan I. Sultan, commander of Burma-India Theater, is seen next, seated at a desk, with wall map of the region behind him. He is appearing in an information film intended to inform troops under his command. He notes that more than half the troops who filled out the information form, asked why American troops were stationed in India and Burma. He refers to the recent recall of General Stillwell and the splitting of CBI into two theaters (China and India/Burma). He states that the purpose is a path toward Japan. An animated map shows China (that narrator notes has been fighting Japan since 1937). Animation shows Japan walling off China from the outside world, by seizing her ports, and then concentrating its grip on the Eastern part of the country. Without access by sea, the allies had only one option to assist China in the fight against Japan. That was to open the Burma Road. Film shifts to scenes of Japanese bombing of Shanghai and Chinese civilians abandoning the city. Wounded and injured Chinese fighting fires while tending casualties in an open area. Glimpse of Chinese soldiers near one of their few large artillery pieces. A gun crew manning one of her few antiaircraft guns. Chinese jam road in trek to the unoccupied provinces of the country. Chinese carrying casualties on stretchers, making do without ambulances. Chinese coping in the face of all kinds of shortages. In contrast, well supplied Japanese troops are shown in formation. Japanese troops, military vehicles and equipment are seen. Japanese firing machine guns and heavy artillery against Chinese positions. Japanese armor and long lines of troops engaged against the Chinese, who continue to resist in spite of shortages and hardship. Chinese soldiers without shoes, marching in a column.
Natives celebrate their restoration under Japanese occupation in Burma during the Burma Campaign (WW2)
Japanese occupation of Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. The flag of Burma. A tall white tower. Monks in a Buddha temple. A statue of Buddha. People outside the temple. Burmese stupas in the background. A pro-Japanese native makes a speech to a large crowd. People holding small Japanese flags listen to the speech. A dignitary. A group of dignitaries poses. A man gives a speech. Natives celebrate their restoration under Japanese occupation. They play various instruments. An old man dances with knives in his hands. People including children cheer. The flag of Burma. An animated map of Burma. A map of Southeast Asia. A column of soldiers marches.
