1944年3月31日

現代機械的缺乏沒有阻礙中國修建現代化的機場的步伐。三十萬的民工被征調來修建機場。十萬台獨輪手推車被用於運送修建機場的材料，連鋪設跑道的石子也是由民工手工敲碎的。美國的工程師們和中國工程界的專家攜手，負責指導機場修建工作。圖中所示：現代機械和傳統的人力形成了強烈對比，中國民工們就像火車頭一樣在支持著中華民族的解放之路——他們用盡全力地拉動巨大的石碾子來完成跑道的壓平工作。

弗蘭克·坎德拉爾拍攝

3/31/44

Lack of modern equipment and machinery isn't stopping resourceful Chinese from building modern airfields in China. Three hundred thousand Chinese workers have been conscripted to do the job. A hundred thousand little handmade wheelbarrows are used to transport materials -- and even the chipping of stones for the runways is done by hand. American engineers are supervising the work, in conjunction with expert Chinese Army engineers. Photo shows: drawing a sharp contrast between modern machinery and medieval labor, this liberator roads over a group of coolies as the train at the back–breaking job of hauling a huge stone roller over the runway.

(Photo by Frank Cancellare)