"Lifeline," Burma Road, Burma, 10/04/1944

About this film

Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #26, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" Traffic on the Burma Road. Crowds. Woman with leashed pig. Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #27, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" Crowds of Burmese and their livestock (pigs). Column of English soldiers march through a town. Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #28, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" Military truck drives toward camera. Crowds of Burmese in town. Shot of 2 men carrying bundles on shoulder poles. Motorcycle with sidecar passes camera. Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #29, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" View of crowded road, taken through opening of gate. Medium shot of (mostly pedestrian) traffic moving though gate. Chinese soldiers. Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #30, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" Several sedan chairs / litters being carried past camera. Military truck stuck by edge of road near drop-off. Low angle shot of the vehicle propped up with wooded boards to keep it from toppling over. Shot of truck carrying many passengers in back. Slate: "B DET. 4 OCT 44, 164 SIG PHOTO CO, ROLL #31, 'LIFELINE', C'MAN ACKERMAN" Long shot of mountainous…

Directors & creators

United States. Army

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma, CBI, World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation, Mules -- War Use, Burma Road (China And Burma), World War II, Pigs

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