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A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain drops parachute supplies at observation posts in jungles of China India Burma Theater.

A film based on supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles of Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. U.S. soldiers on a lookout post in trees. U.S. troops wait for the supplies to be dropped by a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain airplane. Native people look through binoculars. Signal crew lays a strip of white cloth. A man gives smoke signals. The C-47 lowers the altitude and drops parachute supplies. The airplane circles the area and more containers are released. Crates are gathered by men and supplies are taken to camps. The C-47 repeats the same procedure at the second and the third camp site.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061535
African American soldiers of 45th Engineer Regiment exchange photos and get haircuts at Ledo Road near Tingkawk Burma (WW2)

African American soldiers of 45th Engineer Regiment share pinup photos of Lena Horne outside a tent at mile marker 164, Ledo Road, near Tingkawk Burma during World War II. A sign on the tent reads, "The Yard Bards." One soldier kisses the pinup photo. Another African American soldier gets a haircut from an African American barber while reading the "India-Burma-Theater-Roundup" newspaper. Headline on newspaper reads, "Worst Week of War for Japanese as Nazi Western Front Cities Burn."

Date: 1945, May 1
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034821
Long transfer shed where cargo is transferred from trucks to trailers at Ledo Road, Shinbwiyang, Burma.

Long transfer shed where cargo is transferred from trucks to trailers at Ledo Road, Shinbwiyang, Burma. Aerial views of trucks parked near a shed at Ledo Road in Shinbwiyang, Burma. Scenes of Ledo road. Scenes of trucks moving and transfers cargo.

Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034822
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on D-Day (June 6, 1944) during World War II

Allied forces invading Normandy France, during World War 2. Formations of U.S. A-20 bombers from the 416th Bomb Group, in striped paint, fly over the Allied invasion task force in the English Channel. Allied warships begin bombarding the French coast. Allied troops climb down rope nets from their transport ships into landing craft, and head toward the beaches. A landing craft is struck and sinks with troops aboard. Troops on landing craft from the USS Bayfield (APA-33) hit the beach. U.S. soldiers on the beach being hit by German machine gun fire. Others seeking refuge under a cliff where they treat the wounded.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 4 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024431
Allies continue push across Normandy in summer of 1944, during World war II

One month after D-Day, Allied forces continue advances across Normandy,France. German General and high ranking staff surrender to U.S. Major General Lawton Collins. U.S. artillery pounds German positions. On shell has 'Happy 4th Adolph' written on it. General Eisenhower greets and American soldier in the field, as Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, stands nearby. Church bells ring and French population celebrates Bastille Day (July 14th). American soldiers join in dancing at a town square during the celebrations. U.S, troops march along a road, one wearing a bowler hat. U.S. troops, firing machine guns, mortars, and recoiless rifles engage the Wehrmacht 352nd Division and other German defenders in costly battles amongst the hedgerows of Normandy. German troops surrendering. Wounded U.S. troops being treated. U.S. Sherman tanks and infantry moving along the hedgerows. A fallen U.S. soldier inside a hedgerow. U.S. troops enjoy a lull in battle. One naps in a farm field, while another chases a chicken. One GI reads the Stars & Stripes newspaper and another reads a letter from home. Several U.S. soldiers bathe in a creek while being protected by armed sentries.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024434
U.S. troops of 9th Infantry Division operating in Hurtgen Forest, Germany during Winter, 1944, World War II

U.S. 9th Infantry Division troops use mine detectors in the Hurtgen Forest of Germany during World War 2. A soldier sweeps for mines on a snow covered road. He detects something and marks the spot with a warning. U.S. troops setting up camp in the forest. They use trenching tools to dig foxholes. Medics assist a wounded soldier through the forest.

Date: 1944
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024444