Construction of a road from Oro Bay to Dobodura, New Guinea under the supervision of engineer battalion of the U.S. Army during World War II. A dump truck unload rocks. A rock crusher machine in operation. Native laborers at work. Crushed rocks fall from a hopper in a truck.
American and Australian infantry moving along a dirt path in New Guinea, during World War 2. They pass damaged Japanese tanks and are seen sitting on one posing for the camera. Coming ashore from a small boat, the troops pass a beached Japanese landing boat full of shell holes. A group of Australians, in a landing boat, display a captured Japanese flag. Allied troops moving along wet jungle paths and crossing a wooden bridge. Australian soldiers pull U.S. howitzers through the jungle mud by means of ropes. A lookout in a rugged watch tower observes a C-47 cargo plane as it airdrops supplies. View of Allied soldiers sitting around a fire enjoying their dinner.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, in Australia, preparing aerial photographs they took of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Rabaul prints being dried. A photo tech working on the prints. Another airman arrives and works with him. The prints are trimmed and sorted.
The U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command in Wau, Papua New Guinea during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command personnel look through an equipment and make weather forecast. An observer plots on a sheet. Enemy airplanes in groups of three in a formation flight. The airplanes drop bombs over Wau. U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-39 Airacobras in flight. Transport airplanes peel off and land at Wau.
Transport of supplies and personnel to Tsili Tsili for Salamua invasion in New Guinea during World War II. Two C-47s taxi and take off. Nose of a plane "The Golden Arrow" in the foreground. A C-47 is in flight. Men of U.S. 6th Fighter Squadron 5th Air Force disembark from a plane at Tsili Tsili. Native labors assist in unloading the supplies. The troops unload the C-47 "The Zephyr". Smoke in the background. The troops at an airfield. Planes in formation. Planes at the airfield and troops in the foreground. Smoke rises in the distance. The planes on the airstrip.
Colonel John M Hutchison directs operations via a walkie talkie in Marilanin, New Guinea. He talks over a phone. Views of American soldiers seated in a jeep. (World War II period).
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