Aid for China - Burma Road

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

42/30

Date Released

13 Apr 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mr Churchill Visits a Gun Station
2. 2Service Under the Stars and Stripes
3. 3Australia’s Prime Minister Speaks Out
4. 4Free Belgian Navy Gets a New Recruit
5. 5Letters from Home
6. 6Aid for China - Burma Road
7. 7Rat Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

British and American lease-lend material travelling to China and Burma. The urgency for material is so great that two-way traffic must be maintained. Troops as well as war material are transported. To relieve traffic on the road (which is constantly being repaired by coolie labourers) a new railway line is being rushed ahead. This in turn means that tons of rice have to be transported to the workers. The American Medical Mission is playing a large part in China spraying river banks with arsenic dust as a precaution against mosquitos which breed in the fever-infested waters. They are also issuing quinine pills as a check against yellow fever, dysentery and typhoid.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Foreign aid; Military

Locations

China; Burma

Length of story (in feet)

298

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