
The Stilwell Road (1945)
51 min
Documentary about the construction of the Stilwell Road--originally called The Ledo Road--a 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II. The road, which was built by 63,000 workers and cost $150 million, was used by the British, Chinese and Indian armies to transport supplies, troops and other essentials from India to Burma in order to keep the Japanese from overrunning the entire theater.
- Release date
- November 26, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ronald Reagan as Self - Narrator
Crew
- Harold Alexander · Archive footage
- John Allison · Archive footage
- Claude Auchinleck · Archive footage
- Alan Brooke · Archive footage
- Claire Chennault · Archive footage
- Kai-Shek Chiang · Archive footage
- Winston Churchill · Archive footage
- Philip Cochran · Archive footage
- Ernest J. King · Archive footage
- Robert Presnell Sr. · Writer