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US Army Air Forces light Grasshopper aircraft on a reconnaissance mission on Bougainville during World War II.

US and Japanese forces battle during the Bougainville Campaign of World War II. A US Army Air Forces Grasshopper light aircraft takes off to conduct a reconnaissance mission against Japanase forces who hold part of Bougainville, New Guinea. The aircraft in flight over difficult terrain, flying slowly at tree-top height. The pilot spots Japanese positions and radios the ground forces. US artillery is positioned and fired. They blast revealed Japanese positions. Infantry units land near the Jaba River and progress to clean up isolated Japanese troops. A Grasshopper in flight overhead.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944

Duration: 1 min 29 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US 37th Division troops supported by airplanes and tanks move inland on Bougainville Islands.

US action in South Pacific during World War II. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz look at a map on a table. Gen. MacArthur points at a map on a wall. An animated map shows Bougainville Islands in the Pacific Ocean. An explosion on a ship. Low flying US planes strafe the enemy positions on the island. A soldier talks over a radio. Soldiers of 37th Division of the US Army move inland on the island. Tanks and soldiers move forward. Soldiers aim and fire through their rifles. Artillery loaded and fired. Explosions in the distance. US soldiers throw hand grenades. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. A trolley unloads gravel. Rollers level the land. An airbase is established. A man at controls. A plane lands at an airstrip. Soldiers move towards the plane.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944

Duration: 3 min 29 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

United States C-47 aircraft takes off from Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainville, Solomon Islands

Aircrafts take off from an airstrip at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainville, Solomon Island. A United States soldier points altus lamp as a C-47 taxis along the airstrip and takes off.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, March 31

Duration: 55 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Airman works on engine of an aircraft at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island

A number of aircrafts are seen at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island. Airman refuels a plane as another one works on the engine of the aircraft.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, March 31

Duration: 60 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Cargo being unloaded from C-47 aircraft at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island

A C-47 aircraft taxis along the airstrip to stop at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island. Doors of the plane are opened and cargo being unloaded from it. Cargo is loaded onto a 2 ½ ton truck. The truck moves away from the plane.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, March 31

Duration: 1 min 20 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Americans fire at Japanese positions in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island

An American soldier looks through a telescope from behind sandbag mounds in Bougainvilie Solomon Island during World War II. Shells being fired at Japanese positions. Shells explode in wooded area causing fire and smoke. A soldier speaks over a handie talkie as shelling continues.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, April 5

Duration: 2 min 6 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

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