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U.S. supply trucks move along the Burma Road during World War II.

A film illustrates the importance of the Burma Road during World War II. The Burma Road is presented as a vital link between Lashio, Burma and Kunming, China. A mountainous terrain. Supply trucks parked along the side of the road. Army trucks move along the mountain road.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060837
Key enemy positions and supply lines targeted and bombed by United States Army Air Force, China-Burma-India Theater

U.S. Army Air Force attacks enemy positions in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. The target of the attacks are the railway tracks, roads and bridges built over a river which are the supply lines of the enemy forces. Bombs drop towards the target leaving a smoke trail behind them.

Date: 1945, January 22
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036046
People cheer as military vehicles loaded with soldiers roll along a road in Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II.

Japanese soldiers in Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. Military vehicles loaded with soldiers roll along a road. Natives standing at the side of the road cheer. People cheer as cavalry units march. A temple on the other side of the road. Soldiers carrying Japanese flags march along a road.

Date: 1943
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675050904
Katchin mountaineers along the Burma Road near Paoshan in Yunnan, China during World War II.

A film shows the Burma Road near Paoshan in Yunnan, China during World War II. Chinese workers at work on the Burma Road. Katchin men and women carry logs with loads on both the ends of the logs. Katchin women pose. A supply truck moves along the Burma Road.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060843
U.S. Army Air Forces employ air power in the India-Burma theater during World War II. Chinese troops are equipped and trained by U.S. soldiers.

Camera pans across scenes showing masses of Chinese. Narrator cites their large population as a war asset. Lt Gen. Daniel Sultan Commander of US Forces, India–Burma Theater (USFIBT) describes the Allied mission as simply "placing guns in the hands of men in order that they can kill our common enemy." He describes Japan's 1942 strategy of completely isolating China from outside help. Animated map shows Japanese forces attacking China from bases in Thailand and advancing north, driving British forces into India, and leaving Burma in Japanese hands.Glimpse of Japanese troops occupying Burma. Views of American troops evacuated to India. View of Chinese soldiers boarding U.S. Air Transport Command C-46 transport planes for flights from Kunming to Dinjan and Chabua, India. Closeup of some troops inside the cabin of a plane. Chinese soldiers await transport as a C-47 aircraft takes off in the background. Aerial view of two C-47 planes in formation. View from the air of high cloud covered mountains. Storm clouds over the mountains. Downward view from an aircraft flying over the Himalayan Mountains (called flying the "hump" by U.S. pilots). View of Chinese soldiers inside a transport plane. View out the window of a transport plane landing in India. A C-46 airplane taking off. A large formation of Chinese troops seen after more were brought from China to India, later in the war. American soldiers training troops of the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions. General Sultan speaks of the need to build up the U.S.Air Transport Command. Two C-47 airplanes on the ground. One named "The Joker." View of sky filled with B-24 Liberator bombers. Sky filled with C-47 transport planes. Chinese soldiers training in Kunming, climbing out of trench in live fire exercise with machine guns firing over their heads and explosive charges detonating near them. Air frame of a P-47 aircraft being loaded and several of Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft being loaded aboard ship bound to strengthen the U.S. Army 10th and 14th Air Forces in Burma, in 1944. Covered P-47 aircraft without engines being towed by jeeps along a street in Burma. A large airfield with many U.S. fighter planes parked on its ramps. Engines being installed on P-39 aircraft. A flight line filled with P-40 aircraft displaying Chinese roundels. Some fly over a flight line of U.S. Army Air Forces P-39 aircraft. Glimpse of a fighter plane escorting a transport aircraft. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs and exploding on Japanese ground targets. Workers are seen unloading large amounts of cargo from a B-24 bomber. Workers rolling a large bomb from the plane onto the tailgate of a truck.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025195
Chinese troops with a horse-drawn artillery piece move along a road in Burma (WW2)

Chinese troops advance along Burma roads in World War II. An engineer camp site along a road in Burma. An aerial view of the roadside and the troops advancing along the road. The troops and pack trains on a mountain road. The troops with horse-drawn Russian 115 mm artillery piece. A mule team pulls the artillery piece along a hilly section of the road.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061637