CHINA BOUND (MTS), STILLWELL ROAD, WARAZUP, BURMA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 5144 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-332) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 840 ea Silent 5144 CHINA BOUND (MTS) Stilwell Road Warazup, Burma (?) 16 Aug 45 VS, collapsed bridge over Mogaung River. MS, soldiers walk along bridge and cross at break. MCU, poster of scantily clad girl urging drivers to be careful. Seq: White and Negro engineers lay planks for new ponton bridge. LS, ponton bridge in fg; wrecked Bailey bridge in bg. Record Group 111 MSs, CUs, soldiers pump water out of pontons. Accession III-NAV-210 LS, water-filled pontons in fg and pontons moving into position near construction of bridge. LS, convoy of British trucks halted on highway. CU sign, "Stop, Bridge Down, Detour". LS, trucks of convoy beginning to move out. LS, trucks passing over ponton bridge. LS, trucks parked in area at Bhamo. MSs, Negro drivers reading and writing during rest period. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities