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).
Army jeeps being tested in Australia. The soldiers seated on the army jeep driven over sand. A jeep driven on the sea shore. The Scout car gets stuck in a sand dune. Another Scout car passes the smaller car . A car being roughly driven. (World War II period).
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning photographic airplane returns from a mission. The airplane taxis on an airfield. A camera truck follows the airplane for exposed film. Camera repairmen take out magazines from the airplane. The pilot climbs out of the airplane. Men load exposed magazines in the truck on the way to a laboratory.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A wall camera. A man at work. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft taxis on to the runway and does a 180 degree turn at the end where the pilot holds the brakes and revs his engines to high rpm. Next scene shows a P-38 on final approach and landing on the runway.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft taxi on a runway. Trees in the background. The aircraft in flight overhead. Clouds in the sky. Several aircraft in flight. Three aircraft flying in formation.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. Men seated at a desk in a tent. An Operations Officer receives a call from the 5th Bomber Command. He informs the Intelligence Officer of the proposed mission.