WWII - 1940s, USA Government Film: Stilwell Road, The R5 of 6

WWII - 1944, Southeast Asia: Burma, Allies Advance & Capture Myitkyina Relieving forces arrive on trucks, w/ tanks & pack mules along dusty mountain road; Allied infantry advance thru heavy gunfire. Machine guns firing & soldiers ahead thru brush w/ pistols & rifles. Japanese soldiers captured; pulled from bunkers; troops past many dead Japanese soldiers. 05:48:30 Animated map showing Allied Chinese advance on enemy supply base at Mogaung, Burma & town of Myitkyina. 05:48:51 23Jul44. Allied Chinese & Chindit forces start advancing at dawn w/ heavy artillery firing & explosions in valley. Machine guns fire & infantry thru forest. Allied planes from Burma’s Broadway airstrip dive bombing. 05:49:30 LS Railway station captured; MS Chindits meet up w/ Chinese, shaking hands. Merrill’s Marauders w/ struggling mules, reload pack on fallen animal on forested hillside en route to airfield at Myitkyina. High Angle / HA crossing river w/ mules. GOOD. 05:50:11 Soldiers w/ radio transmission equipment notifies that the air base has been captured; gliders fly over w/ engineers to repair landing strip - rough landings. 05:51:04 Engineers w/ equipment begin repairing air strip; Chinese troops set up light artillery around field. 05:51:25 Stilwell (not seen) & others arrive for conference w/ Merrill. Map animation showing air route across mountains to Kunming. 05:51:44 American & Chinese troops approach & fire grenades routing Japanese from town of Myitkyina - fierce ground & air battle, explosions in jungle end the 78-day siege. 05:53:02 Soldiers drag dead body; trench w/ dead Japanese troops. 05:53:10 Map showing thrust by Yunnan Chinese Expeditionary Force from China-Burma border to clear way for linking of Burma Road & Ledo Road - two Japanese strongholds to be overcome en route per narrator. WW2; China - Burma - India Campaign; Engineering; Ledo Road; Construction; CBI; Battles; Stilwell Road; NOTE: Sell at per reel rate. Narration by Ronald Reagan.