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Pilot checks recently assembled P-38 plane on field in Australia.

Assembled P-38 plane in Australia. A pilot walks towards the plane. Puts on the parachute pack and climbs up in the plane. He then checks the plane while people gather around the plane outside field.

Date: 1942, August 27
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030612
Assembled P-38 plane takes off from the field in Australia.

Assembled P-38 plane in Australia. One of the P-38planes takes off from the field. Few soldiers gather around the other plane. P-38 flying in the sky. Soldiers carry a wing section of a P-38. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, August 27
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030613
U.S. Soldier mechanics work on propeller of a P-38 plane in Australia.

P-38 plane in Australia. U.S. Soldier mechanics clean, grease and assemble the propeller. They work on the fuselage that is the main body of the plane. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, August 27
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030614
Lord Gowrie reviews soldiers in parade in Sydney, Australia which is organized to honor returning Australian troops.

A ticker tape parade in Sydney, Australia during World War II . People crowd on either side of streets. Australian soldiers parade on a street. Civilians cheer. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops carry guns and parade. Governor General of Australia Lord Gowrie salutes and reviews the parade. A crowd marches with the troops. The troops march and the crowd cheers.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069145
Japanese bombers strike Port Darwin, Australia, during World War II.

Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in World War 2. Animated map showing line of Japanese attack from the RyukYu Islands to Darwin, Australia. Japanese MitsubishiG4M1 (Betty) long range bombers being readied at a Japanese air base. They take off on mission to bomb Port Darwin.Those on ground wave goodbye to them. View through nose greenhouse of a bomber. Bombers in formation. View of pilot and copilot in cockpit. More views of formation flying over clouds. Pilot with hands on control yoke. A note in Japanese fastened to the cockpit window. Crew members take lunch break while underway. Crew of bomber seen in warm clothing and on oxygen, as they proceed at a higher altitude.Radio operator keys message. Gunner at his station. The bombers begin their bomb run over Port Darwin. Bomb seen dropping from the aircraft, and striking the airfield of the Australian Naval Base on the coast.

Date: 1942, March 16
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675071422
U.S. Air Force Generals flying aboard B-17s operating from Australia, during World War II

B-17 flying fortress bomber taxiing on Royal Australian Air Force Base at Laverton, near Melbourne, Australia during World War 2. Several other B-17s are parked in the background. Armorer crews loading bombs aboard B-17s. American Army Air Forces crews boarding B-17s. Closeup of Brigadier General Ralph Royce, Chief of U.S. Air Operations in the South Pacific, as he looks out from copilot's window in a B-17. View out left window in cabin ofthe B-17, on takeoff roll. View of two left engines from pilot's window at low altitude. View of crew members in cabin of B-17. Change of scene to cockpit of B-17 named "The Swoose," in flight, being piloted by Lieutenant General George H. Brett, Commander of all Allied Air Forces in the South Pacific. Closeup of General Brett. Glimpse of navigator charting position at his station. The plane's pilot and aircraft commander, Major Frank Kurtz, is occupying the copilot position and converses with General Brett. Waist gunners preparing for battle in the aircraft. View out gunner's opening.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040849