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1945 Opening of supply route between India and China
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2:03Now PlayingDate: 5th March 1945
Location: Burma
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: Opening the India to China Supply Route
BURMA: Various:
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BURMA LEDO-BURMA Road opened...ruined temples.
BURMA ROAD. Opening of LEDO-BURMA Road...Map .. Lorriesw. supplies. Ruined Temples.
CHINA. First supplies from LEDO arr at KUNMING.
CHINA. Troops w. CHINESE flag. new supply route from 1
LORRIES. w. supplies on LEDO road.
MAP. Showing LEDO-BURMA road.
OIL Filling stations on BURMA Road.
RIVERS. Long bridge over IRRAWADDY
troops, convoy, supplies, Allies, WWII, war, World War Two, trucks, Myanmar, ceremony, army, Second World War, World War II, petrol, station, gasoline, gas, overland, route, supply, Far East Theatre
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