20. The Biggest Bible in the world. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe.
Scope & Content:
An aerial view of the Kuthodaw Pagoda with the surrounding countryside. The Kuthodaw includes 729 inscribed marble slabs of the Tipitaka, "the world's largest book".
A group of Shan women and men in traditional attire, the women sitting and men standing, with foliage in the background. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.
25. Founding the Burma Road. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Men at work, founding the Burma Road in the hills. 200 000 unpaid men and women constructed the Burma Road in less than twelve months. It was built to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937-38.