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General Sultan, General Wedemeyer and General Frank Dorn are greeted by General Sun Li Jen at the Namkhan valley in Burma.

General Inspection at Namkhan Valley, Burma. General Daniel Isom Sultan of India-Burma theater and United States Army Major General Albert Coady Wedemeyer get into a car and leave. An airplane lands at a valley. General Daniel Sultan, General Wedemeyer and United States Brigadier General Frank Dorn get off from an airplane. They are greeted by General Sun Li Jen, Commanding officer of the Ist Chinese Army 38th Division.

Location: Namkhan valley Burma
Date: 1945, January 16
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065396
Pack mule train of Chinese 30th Division passes along Bhamo-Namhkan Road during World War II.

Nationalist Chinese troops pass on Bhamo-Namhkan Road, Burma during World War II. Pack mule train of Chinese 30th Division passes over steepest part of the road on their way from Bhamo (Banmaw, Myanmar) to Namkhan. Chinese engineers work on a blown-out bridge.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944, December 4
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061586
P-51 Mustangs of the U.S. Army Air Forces drop bombs over Wanling in China.

P-51 combat operations over a Japanese held hill near Burma border in Wanling, China. Aerial view of the terrain below. Smoke rises as the bombs hit the ground. Two P-51s in flight. P-51s dive to drop bombs over the mountains and valleys below. (World War II period).

Location: Wanling China
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033406
Captain James Green being airlifted from his crash site by a Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War 2

Men carry injured U.S. Army Air Force Jungle Rescue Pilot Captain James Green from hospital tent to completed MEDEVAC landing zone in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. Green had been injured in a crash of his helicopter. Dr. Underwood talks on hand radio as men sight an incoming Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter. Engineer sets off smoke flare. Helicopter lands and men hold it. Men carry Captain Green on litter to the helicopter and he shakes hands with Pilot Lieutenant Raymond Murdock. Dr. Underwood gives Green an injection in his arm. Men put Captain Green in the helicopter and it takes off. Men cheer and shake hands with Dr. Underwood. This is an early example of one of the first helicopter MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) flights in a combat zone. Prior to this MEDEVAC flight, this particular helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4, had been dismantled at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio on January 17, 1945, loaded on a C-54 transport, and flown to the North Burma theater of operations. It was reassembled and flown by Capt. Frank Peterson, USAAF, on January 26, 1945 to evacuate wounded weather observer Private Howard Ross from a 4,700 foot mountain ridge in the Naga hills of Burma.

Location: Shingbwiyang Burma
Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 5 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037639
United States supply trucks move along the Burma Road in China.

A film illustrates the importance of the Burma Road in China during World War II. Animated map shows the Burma Road extending from Hsiakawan, China to the Burmese border. A truck moves along the Burma Road on the side of a mountain. A deep valley as seen from the Burma Road. U.S. supply trucks move along the road on the mountains.

Location: China
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060841
Chinese and American troops battle Japanese forces as they proceed along the Ledo road in the China-Burma-India theater of operations in World War II

On Christmas Eve, 1943,during World War 2, the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions are seen marching along a road toward North Burma. A regiment of Merrill's Marauders is seen joining the march from India through Burma. (Narrator says they will engage the Japanese 18th Division.) Along the line of march a road sign reads,"Shinbwiyang, Mile 110." Numerous views of troops struggling through jungles and natural obstacles. They employ pack animals that sometimes had difficulty in rough terrain. Animated map shows the route from Ledo, Assam, India, to the places of Chinese and American engagement with Japanese forces, in the Hukawng Valley. U.S. troops are seen moving under fire and returning fire with rifles, Browning M 1917 and M 1919 machine guns. Some of Merrill's Marauders wear standard M1 steel combat helmets, while others wear older M1917A1 "Kelly" helmets. One is seen firing a Bren gun with top-mounted curved box magazine. Others fire mortars. Chinese troops seen firing small artillery pieces. M3A3 Stuart light tanks of the joint Chinese-American 1st Provisional Tank Group (1st PTG) are seen with infantry walking behind them. Next, Allied casualties on litters are seen being placed in an ambulance. Numerous wounded are seen on the ground. Chinese troops carry a wounded on a litter. Views of Japanese soldiers being burned out of their hiding places by Chinese troops. Numerous views of dead Japanese soldiers. Scene shifts to air support by U.S. Army Air transport command providing aerial resupply from C-47 transport aircraft. C-47 aircraft seen flying over jungles. Monitors at a headquarters location are seen charting the changing positions of the Allied troops on the ground. View in a warehouse where air drop ready supplies are stored. Numerous views of supplies of all kinds being readied for air drop, including mail for the troops. Shipments being loaded aboard a transport airplane. C-47 airplane taxiing out after loading. Troops on the ground in radio contact with a transport plane. A long sequence ensues showing aerial resupply air drops from C-47 transport planes. After that, medical personnel are seen on the ground providing care to seriously wounded under difficult circumstances. Closeup of a surgeon tending to a patient. Many wounded seen on the ground awaiting attention and others in tents. A wounded on litters are transferred from an ambulance to an airplane. A woman nurse with other medics transferring patients. View inside an airplane set up for air evacuation. A nurse gives a wounded patient some water to drink. At a location unreachable by larger transport airplanes, a wounded soldier is placed aboard a single engine Stinson L-5 Sentinel liaison airplane which is then seen taking off and flying away. Animated map shows progress of Chinese troops on the Ledo road.

Location: Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025196
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