Troop transport ships loaded with American Expeditionary Forces troops at dock in Australia during World War 2. Troops wave and cheer. A line of U.S. Army women from the Women's Nurses Corps waves from a ship as it docks. A rescued Japanese pilot talks with U.S. soldiers on the deck of an American vessel. The pilot is offered a cigarette. He smokes the cigarette and talks to American sailors. Army nurses at an American base in Australia. View of a hospital wound dressing station at the base. Patients in waiting room and on beds in the hospital. A surgery is performed inside an operating room. The nurses play with koala bears and kangaroos at a local zoo. American antiaircraft (AA) units on full alert. Troops take positions inside camouflaged gun emplacements and sandbagged bunkers. Antiaircraft and mortar crew take their positions. American fighter planes take off from an airfield. AA gun are fired on Japanese planes.
Wingless P-38 plane under assembling process in Australia.Assembling of P-38 plane in Australia. Soldier mechanics clean the outer body of the plane. Wingless plane carried out. Huge crane lifts the wingless plane completely. (World War II period).
Australian Army jungle warfare training school students trained in jungle warfare in Canungra, Australia. Australian students carry a wounded soldier to a base hospital in an improvised raft of branches, leaves and blankets. Four Australian soldiers move the raft through the water. A litter case being moved across the stream through ropes and pulleys.Australian Army jungle warfare training school students trained in jungle warfare in Canungra, Australia. Australian students carry a wounded soldier to a base hospital in an improvised raft of branches, leaves and blankets. Four Australian soldiers move the raft through the water. A litter case being moved across the stream through ropes and pulleys. (World War II period).
Davis Cup international tennis team competition between Australia and America in Brisbane, Australia. Spectators in the stands. American players include Ham Richardson and Alex Olmedo. The crowd cheers while watching the game. Olmedo is playing men's singles against Australian Ashley Cooper. America wins the competition. An official presents bouquets to the players.
Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in World War 2. Animated map showing line of Japanese attack from the RyukYu Islands to Darwin, Australia. Japanese MitsubishiG4M1 (Betty) long range bombers being readied at a Japanese air base. They take off on mission to bomb Port Darwin.Those on ground wave goodbye to them. View through nose greenhouse of a bomber. Bombers in formation. View of pilot and copilot in cockpit. More views of formation flying over clouds. Pilot with hands on control yoke. A note in Japanese fastened to the cockpit window. Crew members take lunch break while underway. Crew of bomber seen in warm clothing and on oxygen, as they proceed at a higher altitude.Radio operator keys message. Gunner at his station. The bombers begin their bomb run over Port Darwin. Bomb seen dropping from the aircraft, and striking the airfield of the Australian Naval Base on the coast.
A ticker tape parade in Sydney, Australia during World War II . People crowd on either side of streets. Australian soldiers parade on a street. Civilians cheer. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops carry guns and parade. Governor General of Australia Lord Gowrie salutes and reviews the parade. A crowd marches with the troops. The troops march and the crowd cheers.