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United States 900th Airborne Engineers construct an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers construct an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. A man operates a bulldozer at the construction site of an airstrip. A small tractor and a grader used as a P-51 plane lands at the airstrip.

Location: Tamu Burma
Date: 1944, February 15
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058619
Colonel Phil Cochrane and Lieutenant Colonel Arvid Olson inspect an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

A United States P-51A Mustang fighter plane of the 1st Air Commandos, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Grant Mahony, lands at an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Colonel Phil Cochrane and Lieutenant Colonel Arvid Olson inspect the airstrip constructed by United States 900th Airborne Engineers. P-51 Mustang takes off.

Location: Tamu Burma
Date: 1944, February 16
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058620
United States 900th Airborne Engineers set up explosive charges at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers operate bulldozers at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. Men set up explosive charges to blow tree stumps. Explosion occurs, causing massive smoke.

Location: Tamu Burma
Date: 1944, February 16
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058621
Indian Engineer works at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma

Indian men dig up earth at the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma as an Indian engineer supervises them. Men move away from the site. A bulldozer clears up the earth. Tractor pulls a grader as a jeep comes at the site. A tractor and bulldozer push carryall across the airstrip. A British soldier with a Bren gun in a foxhole as he guards the airstrip construction. (World War II period).

Location: Tamu Burma
Date: 1944, February 17
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058622
Allied soldiers eat food in Tamu, Burma

United States 900th Airborne Engineers move away from the construction site of an airstrip in Tamu, Burma. They march into the jungle and served food. British and Australian soldiers eat food. (World War II period).

Location: Tamu Burma
Date: 1944, February 17
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058623
U.S. Army Air Forces employ air power in the India-Burma theater during World War II. Chinese troops are equipped and trained by U.S. soldiers.

Camera pans across scenes showing masses of Chinese. Narrator cites their large population as a war asset. Lt Gen. Daniel Sultan Commander of US Forces, India–Burma Theater (USFIBT) describes the Allied mission as simply "placing guns in the hands of men in order that they can kill our common enemy." He describes Japan's 1942 strategy of completely isolating China from outside help. Animated map shows Japanese forces attacking China from bases in Thailand and advancing north, driving British forces into India, and leaving Burma in Japanese hands.Glimpse of Japanese troops occupying Burma. Views of American troops evacuated to India. View of Chinese soldiers boarding U.S. Air Transport Command C-46 transport planes for flights from Kunming to Dinjan and Chabua, India. Closeup of some troops inside the cabin of a plane. Chinese soldiers await transport as a C-47 aircraft takes off in the background. Aerial view of two C-47 planes in formation. View from the air of high cloud covered mountains. Storm clouds over the mountains. Downward view from an aircraft flying over the Himalayan Mountains (called flying the "hump" by U.S. pilots). View of Chinese soldiers inside a transport plane. View out the window of a transport plane landing in India. A C-46 airplane taking off. A large formation of Chinese troops seen after more were brought from China to India, later in the war. American soldiers training troops of the Chinese 38th and 22nd Divisions. General Sultan speaks of the need to build up the U.S.Air Transport Command. Two C-47 airplanes on the ground. One named "The Joker." View of sky filled with B-24 Liberator bombers. Sky filled with C-47 transport planes. Chinese soldiers training in Kunming, climbing out of trench in live fire exercise with machine guns firing over their heads and explosive charges detonating near them. Air frame of a P-47 aircraft being loaded and several of Bell P-39 Airacobra aircraft being loaded aboard ship bound to strengthen the U.S. Army 10th and 14th Air Forces in Burma, in 1944. Covered P-47 aircraft without engines being towed by jeeps along a street in Burma. A large airfield with many U.S. fighter planes parked on its ramps. Engines being installed on P-39 aircraft. A flight line filled with P-40 aircraft displaying Chinese roundels. Some fly over a flight line of U.S. Army Air Forces P-39 aircraft. Glimpse of a fighter plane escorting a transport aircraft. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs and exploding on Japanese ground targets. Workers are seen unloading large amounts of cargo from a B-24 bomber. Workers rolling a large bomb from the plane onto the tailgate of a truck.

Location: India
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025195
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