China. Guilin or Kweilin City in World War Two. Archive film 98399

American view of World War Two. Refugees in China. Kweilin. Japanese defeat of Chinese and U.S. forces.
Town of Kweilin, now called Guilin, before it was lost. Refugees leaving town before Japanese arrive. People leave by boat on the river. The railway station of Kweilin. Good close up shots of people waiting at the railway station. Mothers and young children eating bowls of rice. Overoaded railway steam train with people sitting on the roof carrying parasols. People tied underneath wheels. Train in the countryside.
Airfield of Kweilin with long shot showing aircraft of the U.S. 14th Air Force. C-47 aircraft being unloaded. Fragmentation bombs being stacked up next to aircraft. Bombers are loaed with bombs before a bombing mission. Aircraft in the air. Bomber drops bombs. Explosions on the ground filmed from altitude.
Guilin city. Pill box ready to defend city against Japanese. Chinese soldier guards road next to barbed wire barrier. Chinese engineers burying land mines, Machine gun covers the soldiers. General Joseph W. Stilwell shakes hands with soldier at airfield as he prepares to leave the airfield to fly further west. Chinese labourers dig hole and bury 1000 lb bomb on runway. Aerial view of the cratered runway.
Night-time shots of airfield buildings on fir. U.S. Air Force destroys what it cannot take with it. Morning sees the smoking ruins of the air force camp. Guilin city on fire as Chinese government destroys it so Japanese will not benefit. The largest wooden truss bridge in China is destroyed. The city of Guilin