China: Battle of Tengchong 220657-13 | Footage Farm

[WWII - 1944, China: Battle of Tengchong. ca May-Sep44] Clouds of smoke rise as P-51s dive-bombing valley. 01:10:10 C-47 low over, drop crates of ammunition by parachute, American soldier helping Chinese carry off. 01:10:53 Tying & loading onto ponies & pony pack train off. 01:11:13 MCU Men carry on shoulder poles & by hand thru village wreckage. 01:11:29 Men fire 75mm howitzers into city of Tiengchung aka Tengchong; firing light artillery across valley. 01:12:38 Chinese firing heavy mortars, CUs, sighting. Men firing small mortars from inside wrecked building. 01:13:08 Firing bazooka from among ruins. Men firing bazooka from among wreckage & sandbagged position in brush. Chinese riflemen; CU soldiers firing automatic rifle & single-shot rifles. 01:14:09 Newsreel cameraman Wong (?) shooting 35mm from command post. CUs. 01:14:29 CU, Nationalist Chinese Colonel Ku Pien (?) directing his regiment from command post. Good CU. Explosion & men forward to scale SW wall of city on ladder GOOD. 01:15:41 Chinese infantrymen in street fighting thru smoke & using flame-throwers. MCU & CUs. 01:16;34 Men carrying supplies; many wounded removed on litters & treated. 01:17:30 Dead Japanese. 01:17:44 Battle flag taken from dead soldier. 01:17:56 Chinese searching among ruins. Refugees carrying furniture. 01:18:12 Soldiers / troops leaving Tengchong. WW2; 1940s; Fighting; Battles; NOTE: Very good quality & interesting coverage. NOTE: Tengchong near Burma border was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1944 when fighting lasted from ca May-Sep44. 01:18:35 Slug. [Post-WWII - 1945, China: General Marshall Arrives Shanghai. ca 20Dec45] 01:18:37 General Marshall from C-54 saluting upon arrival. Stands w/ General Wedemeyer & Walter S. Robertson (US Charge D’Affaires at Chungking). 01:18:50 POV alongside motorcade. Chinese police, US sailors & others outside Cathay Hotel. 01:19:03 Slug. [Post-WWII - 1945, China: Gen. Marshall Arrives Nanking. ca 21Dec45] 01:19:05 MLS C-54 taxiing behind jeep. 01:19:18 Marshall down steps, greeted by General (?) & Chinese Generals. Marshall shakes hands & talks w/ Gen. Shang Chen, walk off towards buildings. 01:20:00 Marshall greeting Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek & walk together to car. 01:20:06 Slug [Post-WWII - 1945 / 1946 Cease Fire Delegates Arriving Peking. ca Dec45-Jan46] 01:20:08 MCU Walter S. Robertson, Chinese Communist Army Chief of Staff Gen. Yeh Chien-Ying & Nationalist Gen Cheng Kai-Ming. Shaking hands, CUs posing & talking. GOOD. WW2; Fighting; Battles; Post-WW2 Diplomacy; 1940s; For broadcast quality material of this reel or to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at info@footagefarm.co.uk