British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. The troops get into an assault boat. The troops in boats cross Irrawaddy river near Singu. The troops with their supplies walk along side the river. The troops get into a boat. They cross the river. The troops row the boat using oars. Native Burmese water elephants on river bank. The elephants drink water from the river. The natives in a raft. The troops pull the raft towards the river bank. the They get into the raft to cross river.
Production of bamboo containers in Burma during World War II. Tents in an area. Men working outside the tents. They manufacture bamboo containers to supply food and other supplies. A U.S. Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota takes off. The airplane in flight overhead. Interior of the airplane. Men dropping supplies with the help of parachutes.
Dropping of supplies for U.S. soldiers in Burma during World War II. A U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. Supplies are dropped with parachutes from the aircraft. The parachutes descend towards the land.
Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Soldiers dig out mud from a field. They fire rifles and a 75 mm Pack Howitzer. Smoke rises from the firing. The soldiers load shells in the howitzer.
Chinese soldiers in Burma during World War II. Soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a litter. Other soldiers standing in the background. A doctor removes a shrapnel piece from a man's leg.
A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles of Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Native workers carry equipment and cross a river followed by U.S. soldiers. Troops reach a camp site and native workers are paid off by a soldier. Shacks are being built by a native labor. U.S. soldiers at camps in forward post bathing and shaving. Once the observation post is set up, the soldiers climb up a lookout post ladder on the top of which a warning system is maintained. Native laborers make baskets at a supply post which will be used as containers for parachute supplies dropped. Ration crates are being brought at an airfield depot from a quarter master depot for shipment. The crates are weighed and the containers are packed with straw. Parachutes are attached and the containers are ready for shipment. The material is taken to a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport airplane and is loaded aboard. The pilot is briefed at a map which indicates the locations of the camps where the supplies are to be dropped.
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