WWII - 1945, Asia & Pacific: Burma Second Landing; India Aircraft Servicing; Kunming Convoy; Luzon Operations R2 of 3

Title: India-Burma: Capture of Ramree 12:26:07 21Jan45 ships w/ British 26th Division approaching Rumree Island for second Burma landing. Lt. Colonel R.A. Close, commander of 51st Punjab unit & other officers at map, CU pencil pointing at Kyaukpyu suburbs. RAF bombers overhead & aerial views of USAAF 7th Bombardment Group dropping bombs from 6000 ft w/ explosions. GOOD. 12:26:56 Royal Naval HMS Phoebe bombarding shore (also possibly HMS Queen Elizabeth); landing craft to shore near Akyab. POV from landing craft w/ soldiers off & across sandy beach. American trucks pulling artillery unloaded. View from shore of assault craft hitting mine & exploding w/ large cloud of smoke. Australians & others into town. Wounded bandaged. Ruins of jungle town seen. 12:28:04 Lt. General Raymond A. Wheeler, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of SE Asia, off plane;greeted by Major General Cyril Lomax, Commander of 26th Indian Infantry Division. Sitting at table looking at map, observing arrival of Indian Infantry troops. 12:28:27 Title: India-Burma: Modern Plant Services Allied Aircraft. Airmen out of gate w/ sign: Hindustan Aircraft. Bangalore, India plant w/ overhead shot of many workers across grounds. Interior of large hanger w/ men working on C47s, at equipment; ext. repairing bombers & other planes. Ox-cart past planes. 12:29:28 Title: China - Stilwell Road Convoy Reaches Kunming. LS of truck convoy up road from Lido, India; hairpin turns. Aerial of trucks arriving Kunming, Yunnan, China 04Feb45 thru farmland. People watching at city entrance. General Lewis A. Pick & others walk past troops to stand w/ USA & Nationalist China flags & portraits of FDR & Chiang Kai Shek above. Chinese officer speaks (SOF) in English re presenting “Road to Victory” banner to Pick, seen by GIs & others on rooftops etc. Pick speaks (SOF). Leaves stand w/ Provincial Governor Lung Yun & others including Gen. Sun Li-Jen ; ribbon cutting (LS - not distinct) & motorcycles lead jeeps w/ Gen Pick standing, past crowds, followed by trucks, one w/ good painted sign. CU English & Chinese sign: Welcome to first Stilwell highway convoy. 12:32:38 Title: Pacific - Luzon Operations. 12:32:44 Soldiers past smoking & burning tanks near Pinolonon, Luzon. Dead Japanese soldier , CU w/ grenade in mouth. 14th / XIV Corps tanks moving thru jungle towards Camiling & Tarlac and Clark Fields. Stopped, firing. 40th Division Infantry advancing. Bulldozers pulling artillery along road; firing artillery from field. Explosions, napalm. Shows fires, burning fields. 12:34:03 Clark Field w/ abandoned & destroyed Japanese planes. Continued on next reel. WW2 Fighting; WWII Naval Landing; Pacific Island; Operation Matador amphibious Invasion; NOTE: Battle of Ramree Island lasted 14Jan-22Feb45. NOTE: GOOD QUALITY & COVERAGE.