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Allies prepare to fight the Japanese in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II.

A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II. A man opens an envelope and reads a letter with a secret mark on it. A sign on the letter reads 'Overpower'. A map of New Britain. A jungle on the island of New Britain. The sun sets behind the trees. The Allied task force soldiers board trucks and move to staging area on Goodenough island. Two other task forces comprising of U.S. Marines take their positions in staging areas. Equipment, artillery, cables, and food arrive at the areas.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059607
A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zero fighter plane being tested at Wright Field, Ohio, during World War II

Army Air Forces records describe this as flight tests conducted at Wright Field on a Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 MK2-SSF Hamp fighter plane, Army Air Forces (AAF) No. EB-201. (Recognized later, as a variant of the Zero, these Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 planes were renamed "Zeke 32.") Flight tests were made from January 9th to March 10th, 1944, to compare this aircraft with AAF fighters and to verify tests made in Australia by the Special Duties and Performance Flight of T.S.-7, Directorate of Technical Services, Melbourne. Test pilot in the cockpit with engine running. Closeup of pilot (possibly Captain Ralph C. Hoewing, who became first Commandant of the AAF Test Pilot School). He takes off from the airfield. and is seen in flight. Various aerial views of the Zero are seen including: flying overhead and from above as it flies over Ohio farmland. The pilot enters a shallow climb; and is seen from above and behind. He performs a slow descending roll. Finally, he buzzes the airfield at low altitude and high speed, and then brings the aircraft in for a smooth landing. (Note: This aircraft was rebuilt by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit in Hangar 7 at Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Australia, from the wrecks of five Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zeke's captured at Buna, New Guinea, during the war.) [ Ref. WWW. hangar7.org.au ]

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062282
Newsreel 'Global War finds United Nations on many fronts' shows action in New Guinea and Italy in World War 2

Allied troops attack Japanese bases in New Guinea. Australian jungle troops cover difficult to climb terrain, hauling supplies by manpower alone. New Zealand troops in snow covered Italian Alps. The Army troops from New Zealand wear white camouflage coverings in the snow terrain, and advance up mountain terrain. Aerial view of beach area at Anzio, Italy. U.S. Army forces escort capture German troops who continue to surrender. Some include Nazi troops from the Hermann Goering division. view of German Prisoners of War as they receive medical care for minor and major injuries. American nurses arrive in Anzio and tend the wounded. A German aircraft attacking Allies in Anzio is shot down and the German warplane plunges toward the ground trailing smoke. View of U.S. Army personnel examining the wreckage of a German plane that crash landed in Italy.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040789
U.S. Marines Invading Talasea, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War II

U.S. 1st Marine division riflemen advance cautiously behind Sherman M4 tanks on a trail through heavy jungle in Talasea, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Tank crews fire their guns point blank at Japanese positions. Marine in tank turret fires machine gun. Tanks rake side of trail with gunfire as they lead riflemen along the trail. They pass a metal building in Japanese installation.

Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063810
Allied soldiers briefed by an officer in Goodenough Island, New Guinea during World War II.

A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II Tent area on the Island. A man blows a bugle as the day begins. An Allied soldier pours water into a helmet and bathes. Animated map depicts the Allied landings at Arawe in New Britain. Soldiers briefed by an officer in a field.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059609
Allied soldiers erect tents, build huts and bridges with native help in Goodenough Island, New Guinea during World War II.

A film about the Allied campaign in New Britain, New Guinea during World War II Allied soldiers erect tents on Goodenough Island. Natives cut bamboo and construct bridges. Natives build thatched roof huts. Natives work on roof of the huts. Telephone cables tied to coconut trees. Soldiers communicate using a field phone. Allied military drivers clean their trucks and jeeps in a pond. Men bathe in the pond and wash clothes. Soldiers in a mess line. Food served to soldiers. Men eat the food. Soldiers seated on ground as they eat the food.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059608