Australian boys learn seamanship in Brisbane. The attend classes in an Australian Merchant Marine Academy. The cadets stand in lines. 'Sea cadets' written on their caps. They learn elementary navigation. A cadet masters the art of climbing on a hammock. Cadet at steering wheel of ship. Cadets aboard a craft learn seamanship.
A map shows areas of conflict between the Allied and Japanese in the South Pacific. Japanese warships cruising in heavy seas off New Guinea. Japanese soldiers aboard the ship. Explosions in the water. New Guinea shoreline. Japanese troops with the Japanese flag advance through Salamaua in New Guinea. Destroyed Allied hangars and planes. Japanese planes take off. Pilots in the planes take refreshments. Japanese planes bomb Port Darwin on the north Australian coast. (World War II period).
A surfing contest in Australia.. Australian swimmers move towards water with their surf boards. The swimmers ride the breaker waves on their surf boards.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. Men seated at desks and working. They type documents on typewriters. An Intelligence Officer prepares maps for a mission. A pilot is briefed by the Intelligence Officer. The pilot and the officer go over the maps.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. The status board of the 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. Operations and Engineering Officers select aircraft for a mission. Men seated at a desk and working.
View of tents comprising base camp of the U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. An airman drives a jeep up to the Operations hut and enters. He returns to his jeep, carrying a large envelope, and drives away. More views of the Squadron camp, with wash drying on a clothes line near some tents. Next, an airman is seen inside a hut talking on a radio. He then begins transmitting a message using a telegraph key.