- Title: F-6635
- Summary: CHINA LIFELINE: DOCUMENTARY ON OIL LINES LAID THRU BURMA TO CHINA AT END OF WORLD WAR II
- Description:01:31:09 - LS LEFT TO RIGHT PAN OIL FIELD, MONTAGE DIFFERENT SHOTS OF PETROLEUM, OIL FIELDS 01:31:30 - CU OIL POURED FROM HOSE 01:31:31 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, CU TRAIN PASSES 01:31:45 - OIL SHIP LOADED, CONVOY OF OILSHIPS 01:32:02 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWING SHIPPING ROUTE 01:32:14 - SHOTS OF OIL SHIPS 01:32:16 - CRANE WITH LOAD 01:32:23 - FREIGHTER LOADED WITH CARGO 01:32:32 - EARLY ALUMINUM OIL CANS STACKED IN FREIGHT YARD 01:32:41 - LIGHTNESS OF ALUMINUM CAN DEMONSTRATED AS MAN LIFTS CAN OVER HIS HEAD. CANS CARRIED BY COOLIE NATIVES NATIVES CARRY CARGO ON THEIR HEADS 01:33:15 - CU OIL CANS ON CONVEYOR BELT LOADED INTO TRAIN BY NATIVE 01:33:30 - BURMA, MEN LOOKS WITH BINOCULARS AT TROOPS 01:33:36 - MEN SHINES OR OR CLEANS BOMB SIGN 01:33:43 - MEN UNLOAD DUMP TRUCK WITH SHOVELS, BUILDING OF AIRSTRIP, GAS TRUCKS LOAD PLANES ON AIRSTRIP 01:34:27 - CU AIRPLANE PROPELLER STARTING 01:34:36 - SOLDIERS IN AIRFIELD OFFICE, PLANE IS SEEN TAKING OFF IN BACKGROUND THRU WINDOW 01:34:40 - AIRPLANE TAKES OFF 01:35:04 - OIL TRUCKS LOADED WITH CANS, ROLLS TOWARDS AIRPLANE 01 35 29 OIL CANS LOADED ONTO PLANE 01:35:40 - MAN SITS ON AIRPLANE WING 01:35:54 - PLANE TAKES OFF 01:36:01 - CU PILOT IN COCKPIT 01:36:12 - CLOUDS 01:36:17 - PLANE PROPELLER AND WING AS VIEWED FROM PLANE WINDOW 01 36 26 MS SHOT AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT 01:36:30 - MOUNTAIN RANGE AERIAL, HIMALAYAS 01:36:48 - AIRPLANE PASSES, LEFT TO RIGHT 01:36:51 - AIRPLANE LANDS, PLANE COASTS ON INDIAN AIRSTRIP 01:37:16 - US PLANES UNLOADED ON AIRFIELD IN INDIA 01:37:28 - OLD PETROLEUM TRUCK PASSES BY 01:37:37 - OIL TRUCKS PASS THRU ORIENTAL ARCHES ON CHINESE ST 01:37:45 - MONTAGE OF RURAL CHINESE VILLAGE RICKSHAW PASSES 01:38:00 - ANIMATION MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF PIPELINES 01:38:22 - BLACK AFRICAN MAN PUMPS GAS INTO MILITARY TRUCK 01:38:32 - MILITARY VEHICLES ON BURMA ROAD 01:38:44 - OIL PIPES UNLOADED FROM AIRPLANE, VARIOUS SHOTS 01:39:09 - PIPES LIFTED AND LAID BY INDIAN WORKERS. OIL PIPES FILED FOR FITTING. BULLDOZER WORKS ON ROAD 01:39:45 - OIL PIPES LIFTED BY NATIVE INDIANS. JUNGLE CLEARED WITH MACHETES. INDIAN & BURMESE SOLDIERS ON BOARD TRAIN 01:40:13 - SOLDIERS WITH RIFLES BOARD JEEP TRAIN 01:40:23 - CU WHEELS OF JEEP TRAIN SPIN. MONTAGE JEEP TRAIN, IMPROVISED LOCOMOTIVE PASSES ON BURMA TRAIN TRACKS 01:41:21 - SOLDIERS TOUR INSPECT BOMB DAMAGE IN BURMESE GARDEN, BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN RUINS. 01:41:50 - GENERAL SORTA, GENERAL DAVIDSON, GENERAL CHUNG AT TABLE, AIR EVACUATION OPERATION OVER BURMESE CITY 01:42:03 - 3 LIGHT PLANE PASSES 01:42:10 - WOUNDED SOLDIER LOADED INTO AIRPLANE 01:42:33 - MILITARY AMBULANCE LEAVES MILITARY HOSPITAL IN INDIA 01:42:50 - SOLDIERS TILL LAND, VEGETABLE FIELD 01:43:02 - SOLDIER OPERATES SMALL MOTORIZED PLOW IN VEGETABLE FIELD 01:43:16 - PIPELINE LAID THROUGH JUNGLE IN INDIA. PIPES LAID THRU RIVER 01:43:35 - PIPES JOINED 01:43:53 - CU TAJ MAHAL MONTAGE 01:44:03 - INDIANS RIDE ELEPHANT THRU STREET 01:44:19 - NEW DELHI MASSES, OXCART, WOMEN WALK THRU STREET IN CALCUTTA 01:45:04 - MUDDY MILITARY CAMP, OIL PIPES CARRIED THRU STREAM GAS LINE LAID THRU INDIA 01:45:40 - CHINESE LABORERS BUY PIPELINE IN INDIA 01:46:10 - CHINESE CARRY OIL BARRELS, CHINA LIFELINE OF OIL 01:46:30 - AIRPLANES FLY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-6635