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Real Newspaper article from China Burma India Theater


I know it is not a discussion item, but thought you all would be interested to read what the Hump Express newspaper said after Army Air Corps Rec Services showed the movie in July of 1945 to hump pilots stationed in India. (My father was there) This is the exact article pasted below. (nothing very interesting but thought it would be a good place to make a copy of the actual article for posterity's sake.

Flynn Has It Hard, Gets Cold Shoulder In Chabua Thriller

1333 BU, Chabua - Errol Flynn's latest cinema-thriller, "Objective Burma," played to a responsive audience here when a map flashed on the screen showing the location of Dibrugarh, Assam. To everyone in the audience, Dibrugarh is the favorite town in this area.
During the picture, Flynn was leading a party through the Burma jungles when they suddenly heard the sound of someone cutting his way through the undergrowth. All was tense as the audience waited to learn who it was.
"Ten to one it's a pilot walking out of the Hump!" one in the rear shouted. No one took his bet, though he'd have lost.
Near the last reel, most of the extras had been killed, leaving the star and a few leading players stranded on top of a mountain. The scene flashed to an airbase in India showing a plane taking off for the rescue.
"Yeah! Dumbo! Yeah!" the kibitzer shouted and everyone applauded.
The grim realism of the war in Burma was lost but everyone enjoyed the show immensely.


"We're going to need a bigger boat..."

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Thanks for sharing that - it's pretty cool to know what people thought of the movie while the war was still going on. I wonder how other military newspapers viewed this, especially British and Australian papers.

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I read or watched something about the Drug trade, taken over by the members of the US Military. They used the planes for transport. Much profit in that.

Can you fly this plane?
Surely u cant be serious
I am serious,and dont call me Shirley

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If you could possibly dig deep enough to remember where you read/saw that I would be interested, since WWII CBI theater is a hobby of mine.

To know who rules you, find who you are not allowed to criticize. Voltaire

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Have you attempted to?

Can you fly this plane?
Surely u cant be serious
I am serious,and dont call me Shirley

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