Landscape in Nadzab, New Guinea. Views from the side window of a plane in flight. Mountains and clouds in the background.
Colonel John M Hutchison directs operations via a walkie talkie in Marilanin, New Guinea. He talks over a phone. Views of American soldiers seated in a jeep. (World War II period).
Nadzab casualties in Marilanin, New Guinea. Men move wounded soldiers from stretchers to cots in a medical tent. Wounded soldiers on stretchers on the ground and men stand around them. Major C.E. Hellweg examines the casualties in Marilanin. (World War II period).
Allied paratroops in Nadzab, New Guinea. Two paratroopers walk through high grass. They meet soldiers in a jeep and stop to talk to them . (World War II period).
Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.
Animation shows U.S. strategy for advances against Japanese in the Solomon Islands, and beyond, emanating from bases on Guadalcanal. The remote island of Rendova. U.S. Army, Marine, and Seabee units landing on Rendova. A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber flies very low over the landing party. LVTs are seen (Landing Vehicle Track). Scenes of dense jungle. Large amounts of supplies are unloaded on the beachhead. U.S. troops set up antiaircraft guns on the beachhead. A formation of 4 Japanese dive bombers approaches. They peel off and attack. Fires burn from Japanese bombing. U.S. casualties being treated at the beachhead. U.S. marines exchange fire with Japanese snipers in dense jungle. Several dead Japanese soldiers. LSTs (Landing ship Tank) arrive at beachhead, carrying heavy armor and construction equipment. Seabees operating bulldozers on the island. 155 mm guns are pulled through the jungle, emplaced, and commence firing.
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