American Army Air Forces transport British forces for operation behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II. American C-47 planes parked on airfield. British soldiers board the aircraft. Planes in flight. British soldiers seated inside a plane. American soldiers (wearing steel helmets) inside a C-47 transport. C-47s towing gliders. View of British Chindit soldiers inside a glider. The planes being flown over Burmese jungle. Gliders parked at a landing field. U.S. C-47 aircraft landing at the field. American troops exit one C-47 and immediately proceed to assemble a Browning 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. A Stinson L-5 liaison aircraft lands on the field.
Activities of the British forces in Burma during World War II. A British Spitfire lands at the Broadway airstrip behind Japanese lines. Two Spitfires parked on the field. Soldiers unload their equipment and supplies from a C-47 (Dakota) transport plane. Soldiers unload a jeep and tractor from the transport plane. A soldier is seen seated in the jeep.
Activities of the British forces in Burma during World War II. An area is cleared for an airstrip. Smoke from an explosion for clearing the area. A wrecked aircraft on a field. Soldiers discuss amongst themselves. Trees in the background. The soldiers work on the field and clear the area.
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.
Vehicular traffic on a road in Burma. Wrecked trucks along the side of the road. Vehicles move past in the background. An aerial view of the wrecked trucks. Soldiers walk along the road. (World War II period).
A landslide blocks a road in Burma. An aerial view of the road. A truck moves past on the road. Chinese coolies walk along the road. The coolies with hoes and shovels clear the road.
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