A film titled 'Breakbone Fever Dengue' shows U.S. Army personnel catching dengue fever on a South Pacific island during World War II. A U.S. Army medical officer reads out an official report on the outbreak of dengue in the South Pacific. U.S. troops on an island in the South Pacific. Men work on aircraft engines. Stationary planes on an airfield. U.S. soldiers on hospital beds and lined up outside a dispensary after catching up dengue fever. A close view of Aedes mosquito on human skin. Dengue casualties on hospital beds. Mosquito breeding places at a U.S. Army base shows water collected in rubbish heaps, fuel drums, coconut shells, cans and bottles and water in tires. A native village shows men walking towards a building in the background. Doctors examine patients in a hospital. The effects of dengue showing patients facing problems with eye movements and back pain. The body temperature chart of a patient. Men shows rash on the chest of a patient. A laboratory report after a diagnosis.
U.S. Army personnel catch dengue fever on a South Pacific island during World War II. Men on beds are given tablets. A sign for dengue fever. A U.S. Army camp near a native village on an island shows breeding places for Aedes mosquito which transmit dengue to humans. Mosquito control specialists destroy all the breeding places. Men inspect fuel drums and cans. A sign reads 'cans must be burnt'. Cans are smashed and bottles are broken. The cans are dumped in large containers. Gambusia fish are put into water to feed on dengue mosquito larvae. Swamps are drained. Coconut shells are burnt. Men spray drums of water. An official report after carrying out the cleaning campaign. U.S. troops after recovering from dengue fever. Locations on a world map show the spread of dengue fever. U.S. soldiers are treated for dengue.
Allied troops aboard USS Talamanca (AF-15) underway in the South Pacific during World War II. Waves hit against the side of a ship at sea. American and New Zealand soldiers on deck of Talmanca, play cards, read books and magazines, sleep, relax, walk and stand at rail. Soldiers crushes a cigarette butt. Soldiers in quarters below deck play portable phonograph, sleep, relax, rest and talk. Two Marines sit on their heels, polish equipment.
Allied troops in Auckland, New Zealand World War II. Pedestrians on a street. Trolleys move. Servicemen and women mingle in crowd. Exterior of a movie theater. Civilians and U.S. sailors get on as trolley comes and stops at corner.
During World War II, Major John W. Mitchell (339th Fighter Squadron) is seated in the cockpit, the cockpit canopy opened. Smiling briefly, Mitchell puts on and adjusts his helmet with goggles. Mitchell closes the cockpit canopy. Another United States Army Air Force pilot of the 339th Fighter Squadron is seated and gives a thumbs-up at the camera. The pilot smiles and adjusts his helmet before closing the cockpit canopy. Another pilot adjusts his helmet as he smiles to the camera and closes the cockpit canopy. Pilots smiling at the camera before adjusting their helmets and closing their cockpit canopies. These are the 339th Fighter Squadron Pilots who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. View of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
A group of United States Army Air Force pilots belonging to the 339th Fighter Squadron, who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, walk together beside a Lockheed P-38 Lightning during World War 2. They sit together near the aircraft and discuss with a map. The commander, Major John Mitchell, holding the map points straight to his comrades before pointing something on the map. On his right are Lieutenants Besby Holmes and Rex Barber. To the left of Major Mitchell is Captain Tom Lanphier. The pilots are standing again near the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, discussing together. Major John W. Mitchell, wearing helmet and goggles, poses and smiles while holding a propeller’s blade.