Ledo Road (Universal Newsreel, Feb 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. LEDO ROAD ("PICK'S PIKE") OPENS: After many had failed on the Ledo Road project, the task was assigned to Brig. Gen. L.A. Pike, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. He constructed the 478 mile road, through mountain jungles, across swamps, spanning 400 streams or rivers and solving every conceivable kind of engineering problem.—The first convoy, made up of 100 trucks, loaded with supplies for China, sets out, with Gen. Pike fittingly at its head.—At Myitkyina junction is made with the Burma Road. The successful operation of the Ledo Road means that all of Burma will be rendered useless to the Japs. 2. THE CHINESE RETREAT: Chinese civilians, hundreds of thousands of them, plod along choked roads, retreating from the modernly-equipped armies of the Japs. Absolutely expressionless, they gulp their food, snatch a few winks of sleep, then resume their slow, sad journey toward Tushan and Kweichow. 3. DEWEY-LINCOLN DAY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, Gov. Dewey makes the speech of the evening in which he lauds America's productive capacity, and states that peace must be the aim of everyone. 4. ST. NAZAIRE CIVILIANS: After Yank-Nazi parleys under truce, French civilians are evacuated daily by French Red Cross train, from Nazi-held St. Nazaire. 5. G.I. K-9S GET H.D.'S: Dogs of the famous K-9 Corps go through an intensive "toughening up process" to fit them for military duty. When honorably discharged, they loaf for two months on a Dude Ranch, getting "domesticated" for a return to civilian life. 6. IRISH TOP N.Y.U.: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - With the S.R.O. signs up, Notre Dame turns in a classy basketball win over N.Y.U., 66 to 60. (LOCAL – CANADA) KENORA HAS A WINTER CARNIVAL.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library