An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A road scraper works at the airstrip. A Brigadier General of U.S. Army looks on. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Kruger talks to several officers at the airstrip.
An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A sign reads ' T2 our motto. Get the lead out of your ass and get it up to the troops'. The airstrip being leveled. Men and equipment at work at the airstrip. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft lands at the airstrip and taxis. C-47s lined up on the airstrip.
United States troops cross a stream in New Guinea during World War II. United States soldiers get into a rubber raft and pull themselves across a stream. Engineers put logs of wood in the stream as they construct a wooden bridge. The engineers carry wooden logs towards the stream. The soldiers cross the wooden bridge.
The U.S. Army Air Forces Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, during World War 2. USAAF P-38 aircraft on the flightline. A P-38 on takeoff roll passes the camera. Camera pans across the runway to a line of parked B-25 bombers. A B-24 Liberator bomber of the 90th Bomb Group (Skull and Cross Bombs on its tail) takes off, followed by two P-38s,and another B-24. Closing segment shows several Japanese prisoners of war.
General Douglas MacArthur speaks to Allied paratroopers before their landing in Markham Valley, New Guinea. Paratroopers briefed with the help of a map. Paratroopers look at Tommy guns and other weapons. Equipment loaded onto a truck. Paratroopers loaded onto a military truck move to the airbase. Planes lined up at the base. Men put on their combat gear and board the aircraft. Aircraft in flight. Paratroopers jump and descend at Markham Valley. Planes in flight as parachutes descend during the first mass parachute jump in Southwestern Pacific. (World War II period).
Several U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft are seen landing, and later on, taking off, from Boroke Airstrip, Biak Island, New Guinea, during World War 2.
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