U.S. and Japanese forces battle during the Bougainville Campaign of World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces Grasshopper light aircraft takes off to conduct a reconnaissance mission against Japanase forces who hold part of Bougainville, New Guinea. The aircraft in flight over difficult terrain, flying slowly at tree-top height. The pilot spots Japanese positions and radios the ground forces. U.S. artillery is positioned and fired. They blast revealed Japanese positions. Infantry units land near the Jaba River and progress to clean up isolated Japanese troops. A Grasshopper in flight overhead.
Allied flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) gather near a tent on Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea, during World War 2. Two drink cups of water from a canvas Lister bag. View of control tower silhouetted against light sky background with tents clustered on ground below. A P-40, with RNZAF markings, taxis past the camera and is then seen on the active runway. A ground crewman waves on three more RNZAF P-40s as they taxi.
United States Marines of 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, invade Talasea, New Britain, Papua New Guinea in World War 2. A Marine digs on the ground with a knife and uncovers a Japanese Model 93 ("Tape-measure") mine. He picks it up and scrapes mud from around the cover of the detonator. Marines walk on dirt road carrying equipment. Marines firing M2 60mm light mortar. Long line of heavily laden Marines slogging along jungle path.
Natives learn to build airstrips in India for Allied Forces. Indians using primitive tools. Indian women are also seen working to build air field runways and landing strips. A U.S. Army B-25 bomber aircraft lands and taxis. General MacArthur, General Krueger and General Rupertus inspect newly won positions in New Guinea. In Burma British and Indian troops advance. Explosions seen as British Army forces fire mortars. (World War II period).
A film titled: 'Attack on the Marshalls' depicts landing of U.S. troops on the Marshall Islands during World War II. A Japanese flag flying atop a flag pole. Animated map shows areas occupied by the Japanese. U.S. troops invade the areas. Marshall Islands, New Guinea and other places on the map. The 4th Marines and the 7th Infantry Division land on the Marshall Islands. U.S. airplanes taking off from an air base. They fly in formation overhead. A Japanese ship convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. They are strafed from the air. Smoke arises as the ships explode. Aerial view of the Pacific Ocean. U.S. airplanes aboard an aircraft carrier underway. Japanese airplanes being shot down by United States aircraft and crashing into water, as seen in wing camera or gun camera footage .
War equipment and supplies transported to different parts by the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Animation of a map depicts the routes taken by the ships to supply war equipment in different parts of the world. Men load supplies on donkeys. The donkeys loaded with supplies walk through rocky terrain. An aircraft loaded with supplies in flight. A warship in the Atlantic Ocean. A soldier observes through a binoculars. An aircraft in flight overhead the ship drops bombs. Explosions in water as bombs are dropped. A convoy of ships. American soldiers land in England. The soldiers disembark from the ships. A soldier carries supplies out of the ship. New Caledonia : Soldiers march out of a warship. The soldiers wave standing at the ship rail. Soldiers march holding flag of the United States. Flag of New Caledonia and the United States hanging out of a building. Iran : A stencil mark of USSR on a crate shows materials arrived from Soviet Union. Two soldiers greet and salute each other. Two soldiers standing in front of a vehicle talk. Egypt : Soldiers walk on a gangplank to unload supplies from a ship. Trucks parked. A train pulls past the trucks parked. A U.S. aircraft carrying cargo in flight. A U.S. aircraft stationed. Animation depicts the air routes of the U.S. Army air transport command. Men carry aircraft parts. Men stack crates. A U.S. aircraft drops supplies in isolated areas of New Guinea. Men look skywards as the aircraft drops supplies.