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  US Staff Report Number 3 (Japanese fighters raid a B-29 base on Saipan) 1. Japanese fighters raid a B-29 base on Saipan. The aftermath of the Japanese raid (damaged and destroyed B-29s and B-24s). 2. Activities in Burma: Near Ledo, parts for a 25-ton pontoon bridge are transported by railroad and semi-trailer to Myitkyina. US engineers assemble a pontoon bridge at the Irrawaddy River. War dogs are used to scout and track Burma jungle trails. Chinese troops at Michnaw are transported to China with supplies and pack animals by US C-47s. 3. Activities in East China: Chinese soldiers and civilians evacuate Kwaiyang ahead of the Japanese. US C-47s from Eastern China supply material for construction of the Ledo Road. 4. Activities on the German Rheineland Frontier: A knocked-out US roller-type tank-mine exploder (Model T1-E1). A US artillery unit in action. A US artillery barrage on Kiel. An examination of a German non-metallic TUK mine. 44th Division engineers probe and disarm plastic-and-wood anti-tank mines. A demonstration of a 105mm howitzer mounted on an M7 tank chassis. 5. Gateway to Berlin: The British 2nd Army speeds through Belgium. Belgian partisans receive supplies and arms from Allied airdrops. 2,000 Allied planes take off from England for bombing missions over Holland. Allied gliders and paratroopers land near Arnhem. British Lancasters loaded with super bombs pound the port of Antwerp. British Royal Commandos stage an attack at Westkapelle. Allied shipping arrives at Antwerp harbor. 1944, B&W, 30 minutes.
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