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Japanese bombing of the harbor of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea during World War II.

Bombing and defense of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea during World War II. Allied ships in the harbor. Sailors offload supplies from Allied shipos. An Allied aircraft circles over the ships at low height. Sailors with rifles standing on the deck of a ship firing at Japanese aircraft as they attack the port. The harbor of Port Moresby. Japanese aircraft bomb the ships and harbor. Dramatic scenes of bombs exploding all around an Allied ship as seen from a high ridge above the port.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057629
American and Australian troops fight the Japanese in Papua New Guinea.

Screen Magazine film 'Aussies and Yanks' about American and Australian troops in Papua New Guinea. 1942-43: U.S. 5th AAF B-24 Liberators flying over Port Moresby towards Salamaua. A destroyed ship in the water. Australian troops advance through the thick jungles. U.S. C-47 Skytrains drop supplies with parachutes over target areas. Native bearers collect the supplies and carry them to the front. Troops prepare and eat hot food at a camp in the jungle. Soldiers advance through the jungle amidst enemy fire. They capture Japanese machine gun nests. Load shells and fire anti aircraft guns and machine guns. Dead Japanese soldiers. The wounded Allied soldiers are taken to safety on stretchers across the Francisco River by the natives. An Australian soldier leads a another who is wounded and blinded with his eyes bandaged. They cross a stream and slog through deep mud in the jungles. Wounded soldiers board a plane at an emergency air field to take them to a hospital. Australian soldiers in rain gear,with heads bowed, hold a funeral service at a battlefield cemetery for fallen comrades. A chaplain reads from a prayer book. Soldiers read from a Bible at a grave for their comrades. Reinforcements and supplies are loaded into a C-47 plane at Moresby. Closeup of an American pilot and an Australian co-pilot in the cockpit. View of the aircraft taking off. Closeup view of a C-46 transport in flight. A C-46 making a wheels up landing on a jungle airstrip. If skids along the runway and when it stops, Australian troops exit quickly through its large portside cargo doors and walk about. It is clear that no one was injured during the event. American and Australian soldiers moving through jungles and firing mortars and Browning M1919 machine guns from set positions in the foliage. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020571
GIs are weighed on freight scales outside air terminals in Port Moresby, New Guinea during World War II.

United States 5th Air Force transport service in Port Moresby, New Guinea during World War II. Aerial view of ships harbored near Port Moresby. A sign board reads "Air Transport Enquiries Here, Refreight and Passage on Flying Boat". GIs get off a truck ambulance and are weighed on freight scales outside air terminals. A GI on a stretcher is transfered into a small boat at Port Moresby then moved out to a British Short S 23 Empire "C" Class flying boat. Passengers and baggage loaded into the aircraft. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072396
United States Air Force delivers rations to United States and Australian forces, Papuan locals, meal preparation with ration during Salamaua-Lae campaign in WWII

Title card reads, "Aussies and Yanks." Military aircraft fly over a field near Salamaua, near Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea during the Salamaua-Lae campaign in World War 2. United States Mitchell B-25 bombers fly toward Salamaua to deliver supplies to Allied forces and attack Japanese supply lines, flying over wrecked ship at sea. United States B-25 aircraft flying over mountains near Salamaua. Australian soldiers wade through muddy jungle near Salamaua, Papua New Guinea. Australian soldiers explore through tall grass. A United States Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain drops supplies for Allied ground troops over Salamaua, Papua New Guinea. Papuan locals pick up supplies and rations that fell from Douglas C-47 Skytrain. United States and Australian soldiers prepare a meal using pocket stove. Australian soldier drinks from oval shaped container.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078498
World War II Japanese attack on troop convoy at Port Moresby New Guinea; also Battle of Midway scenes aboard USS Yorktown.

American and Australian troop convoy underway at sea, and then arriving at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A Hudson bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force flys by the troop ship escorting them into the harbor. U.S. and Australian troops unloading men and supplies at Port Moresby. Japanese planes attack the dock area and troop convoy. Elevated land-based views of the harbor with explosions and smoke during the bombing. Anti aircraft guns fired at enemy planes. Soldiers and sailors on ships at harbor open fire on the Japanese aircraft overhead. Planes drop bombs and explosions occur. Complete change of scene to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. United States Navy sailors fighting fires aboard the USS Yorktown. Japanese airplanes overhead during the Battle of Midway attacking the Yorktown. Patterns of tracer bullets seen fired from the Yorktown. Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft is hit by gunners on the USS Yorktown.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058309
Bishop John Andrew Gregg meets wounded African American soldiers and tours an area in Port Moresby,New Guinea during World War II.

Bishop John Andrew Gregg visits African American troops in Port Moresby,New Guinea during World War II. Bishop John Andrew Gregg ,leader of the African Methodist Church arrives in Port Moresby. He gets out of his car. Soldiers greet and welcome him. Bishop tours the area. Mountains seen in the background. Bishop looks at men as they work. He waves at men and leaves the area. He meets wounded soldiers. Buildings in the background. He then interacts with the working men. Man shows a gas mask to the Bishop. Bishop wears gas mask. Bishop meets men loaded onto a tractor in a field.

Date: 1943, July 25
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072538
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