Description
Object description
In northern Burma, Chinese troops of 38th Division occupy the town of Bhamo.
Full description
Shot on 15 December 1944: Under an awning in the jungle a conference between Chinese and American officers. One Chinese officer is wearing a thick bandage around his head which covers one eye; he seems to be the senior Chinese officer present. The senior American officer appears to be a colonel. The Chinese officers depart; they salute each other (it is not clear who is saluting whom). Wide shot; a river with a Sherman medium tank being towed across by a bulldozer. Leaving the water. Broken trees and a wrecked tracked vehicle of some kind. Chinese troops on the march. Chinese with mule. Onboard a bulldozer pulling a tank. On the riverbank; men dismounting. Bulldozer operator probably obliging the camera. Under an awning; the same officer as seen earlier with maps. Sherman passing. Half-track passing. Chinese-manned Stuart light tanks. Chinese troops walking across open ground. Chinese troops with captured Japanese weapons. Chinese soldiers hold up a mine and a stick grenade. Close-up grenades; stick grenades, Mills bomb (?), Japanese grenade and US (Mk 2?) grenade. Troops walking in the midground. Soldier standing amongst trees/stumps. Two Americans look at a corpse. Two Chinese troops with Thompsons at the entrance to a bunker, presumably empty. Wide shot. Troops walking on broken ground.
Content description
Shot on 16 December 1944: Wide shot with damaged pagoda (?). Chinese troops using metal detectors. Chinese troops walking through small trees. Metal detector in use. Damaged building. Wide shot; road leading to a destroyed building with a tall, defoliated trees. Equipment at the roadside with Chinese troops. Chinese soldier with (captured?) rangefinder. Chinese soldiers with captured Japanese machine gun. Chinese troops with the captured equipment. A totally destroyed square brick tower. Wide shot; larger building with troops walking. American troops look at two Japanese corpses. Corpses. More damaged buildings. Chinese and American troops passing. Captured machine guns, anti-tank gun and rangefinder. Two Chinese with the rangefinder. Close-up Chinese soldier. Chinese troops passing with supplies on shoulder yokes; one man carrying a large cooking pot. Troops on the march. Wreckage. Group of Chinese officers with General Daniel Isom Sultan, US Army, commander of the US Army's India-Burma theatre.
Physical description
35mm