CHINA TIDE TURNS Part 3

Description

Summary: Animated map pinpoints areas of Chungking, Kweilin, Liuchow, Lingling, Hengyang, Changsha, and Hochih, shadowing out US and Chinese forces withdrawal in Sept 1944. Head-on, RVs, and follow shots, arrival of C-47 with supplies. A mule is led down ramp of plane. Short scenes, Chinese troops gathering supplies; Chinese troops on mountainous road. Air to air shot, airdrop of supplies to Chinese forces. Low angle AV, city of Liuchow showing bombed bridge and airfield. First two US C-47s arrive at emergency strip near Liuchow. Crews of plane and men stationed at field view wreckage of area. CU, dead Chinese child. Chinese worker uses minesweeper of field under direction of US soldier. VS, Chinese workers level airstrip. Short scene, US fighter comes in for landing on new strip. Excellent scenes, natives amid ruins of city attempt to clear rubble and conduct business. Short scene, Chinese troops enter Liuchow. Animated map shows bombing raid on Sinyang from outskirts of Chungking and airfields on Okinawa. AV, bombs drop on Kweilin. Mitchell, B-25, crash-lands at Hengyang; all escape injury. B-25s strike rail bridge on 21 July 45. B-24 in flight drops bombs on Changsha, B-25s bomb Changsha and marshalling yards at Singyang. AV, C-47s over mountainous region drop Chinese paratroopers. Parachutists descend on level terrain. CUs, leggings of Chinese paratroopers. Excellent scenes, CUs, Chinese paratroopers jumping from both doors of C-47s. BOMB JAPAN.: Kyushu: 07/1945. Animated map, Sadowara, Kyushu. Bombers (B-25s) en route to target and striking railroad at Sadowara. Bombing of marshalling yards at Kogoshima.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities