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HNL 1432 : World War II - New Guinea

RAAF & US 5th airforce, Beaufighters, Mitchells & Kittyhawks: LA planes fly over, POV from plane as it attacks Japanese positions, Australian & US Air Commanders at strategy meeting, US crew arrives at plane,WS planes on airstrip, air to air, HA planes in formation, POV from cockpit as it attacks Japanese ship during Battle of the Bismarck Sea (shot by Damien Parer) VS POV from cockpit, planes being refueled & maintenance, VS POV from cockpit as plane strafs Japanese positions on land (1939 1945). WWII
Access No. 43035 | 3 mins 18 secs | 1940s | New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Infantry, AIF, cleaning guns in jungle, VS attacking Japanese pillbox with artillery & rifles, Dead Japanese soldiers in pillbox, Australians looking at Japanese captured weapons include mountain gun, (Damien Parer footage & Narration), MS landing craft comes ashore on beach, Australians get off & read orders, Australian soldier supervises as natives cut grass alongside airstrip, LS re-enforcements get off US plane, MS US Commander talks to Australian General Henning?, Australian soldiers walking with kits, cutting through jungle and walking through water in swamp, natives carry supplies off canoe, (1939 1945). WWII. RAAF
Access No. 43036 | 2 mins 17 secs | 1940s | New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
VS soldiers, AIF, eating, firing machine guns - Australians & Americans, mortar fired, aerial destroyed Japanese barges on beach , VS soldiers cleaning their guns & machine guns, LA observation post up tree, HA soldier climbing ladder up tree, VS artillery fired & distant explosions, VS mortar fired (US), WS smoke,(1939 1945) WWII
Access No. 124788 | 1 min 55 secs | 1940s | New Guinea | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |