A YR-4 helicopter being unloaded from a C-54 aircraft in Burma during World War II. Air jungle rescue unit Pilots of 10th Air Force fly YR-4 to attend to a crashed B-25. Pilot paints a big yellow cross on the plane's wing and checks instruments. The helicopter flies back to the home base. Rescue mission members briefed before leaving for Naga Hills. Helicopter YR-4 lands at a helipad and takes off with an injured soldier.
A Jungle Rescue mission in Burma in World War II. Five Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplanes taxi and takeoff in rapid succession. Formation of five L-5's in flight over rice paddies. U.S. troops wade though river. L-5 flies overhead and banks. Man talks into portable radio on ground. A jeep arrives at an army camp in a cloud of dust. Two officers converse by the tent. A Stinson L-5 takes off.
Allied soldiers train with new equipment during the Burma Campaign in World War II. The U.S. Mars Task Force 475th Infantry Division and Burmese troops train in the use of the new Sniper Scope. A U.S. Solldier demonstrates the parts and use of the sniper scope. He inspects a carbine equipped with the sniper scope for accurate firing in the dark. He explains the functioning of the scope and how the infra-red spotlight operates in conjunction with a telescope sight. He looks through the telescope sight. He demonstrates the use of the third unit comprised of batteries and an electrical focusing attachment. The Burmese soldiers take the carbine and look through the telescope sight.
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma (present day Yangon, Myanmar). A person walks past temple, carrying large bouquet of what appears to be flower-like objects. Two large Chinthe (stylized lion statues) standing guard by a pagoda on Mandalay Hill. A girl feeding pigeons in front of a temple. (Scaffolding seen on nearby structure.) Costumed men, on elevated outdoor stage, send decorated Chariot carrying several men, up inclined cables, toward a temple tower. They are watched by a crowd of spectators, seated on the ground. A temple in the woods. Silhouette of temple gate. A temple reflected in a lake.
British troops of the Royal Worchestres, 2nd Battalion at Pear Hill in North of Singu and Irrawaddy River, Burma during World War II. British troops of the Royal Worchestres, 2nd Battalion with packs and supplies climb hillside. The troops climbing up. A British aircraft in flight drops bombs on Japanese positions on the hill. The troops with supplies walking on the hill. The aircraft dropping bombs. Explosions on the hill. Smoke rises due to bombardment.
Punjab troops at Pear Hill in North of Singu and Irrawaddy River, Burma during World War II. The troops on foot advance on the Pear Hill. The troops with guns walking. The troops with guns climb up the hill. The troops shake hands and meet another soldier. The troops talk to each other. The Punjab troops on a tank and other military vehicles move along a dirt covered road.
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