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).
Allied troops during the Battle of Buna island in New Guinea during World War II. Allied soldiers fire artillery in a wooded area. Tanks advance through a jungle. Soldiers in a trench. Allied soldiers advance across the forest. Dead Japanese soldiers in a trench. Allied soldiers relax after taking over the island of Buna.
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. A two-engine bomber lands on an airfield. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur getting out of the aircraft. The General is greeted by several officers and a Private. General MacArthur talking to U.S. Army Air Force Major General George C. Kenney and a Brigadier General. Several officers and soldiers waiting at the airfield. A vehicle parked on the field. The General and other officers get into the vehicle. The vehicle moves away with another vehicle following it.
Japanese prisoners in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. Two soldiers crossing a log bridge in Buna. GIs in a concealment in a hedge. A GI beside a mortar. American soldiers standing with a number of Japanese prisoners. The soldiers walking with the prisoners across a field. They walk over a log bridge over a water body. Dead Japanese lying about on a beach. Dead bodies on the edge of the water. Japanese prisoners seated on the ground and eating. The prisoners seated in a row on a grassy area. Several trees in the area. Soldiers stand beside them holding guns. Japanese prisoners giving each other sponge bath. The wounded Japanese prisoners seated in a jeep. Soldiers standing beside the jeep. The jeep driven away among the trees.