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1942 Delivery of supplies over Mandalay Road in Myanmar
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5:33Now PlayingDate: 13th April 1942
Location: China
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Far East Front - India - Burma - China - The Battle of Roads and Railways
MYANMAR:
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BURMA ROAD. Trucks war material en route..Mules ..Chinese re enforcements in truck..Chinese coolies & women repair & extend road..drivers at customs (Wanting building Lashio-Rangoon rly..spraying swamps re typhoid..medical mission
CHINA Chinese coolies repair & extend Burma Rd..soldiers in truck going to front
LORRIES TAKE war material along Burma rd one overturned
RAILWAYS. extending Rangoon-Lashio rly
Military - Active
mule transport, Chunking, Chongqing, Mandalay Rd, Burma Road, Rangoon, toil, work, unity, invader, journey, reinforcements, Mandalay-Burma Road
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