Refine Your Search

Lae Papua New Guinea 1943 stock footage and images

- Showing 31 to 36 of 10446 results
A USAAF P-38 Lightning aircraft takes off after being loaded with film magazines in Australia, during World War II

The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. P-38 photo recon aircraft being loaded with film magazines and then buttoned up. The P-38 Lightning aircraft takes off on a mission to photograph Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. The aircraft lands after returning from the mission.

Date: 1943, May 12
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077241
United States aircraft guns, at aiming point, destroy various Japanese planes.

United States aircraft guns, at aiming point, destroy various Japanese planes at Papua New Guinea . Japanese aircraft being hit.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022410
U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over Japanese bases in Kahili during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy positions on Kahili, Papua, New Guinea during World War II. U.S. 13th Air Force aircraft take off from a runway to attack an enemy base. B-24 Liberator bombers bomb the enemy base. Japanese aircraft in the sky attack U.S. fighter planes. The Japanese aircraft go down in flames. The B-24s drop bomb load over Kahili.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060498
U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over Japanese installations in Buka Island during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy installations on Buka Island, Papua, New Guinea during World War II. U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over Japanese positions on Buka Island. Smoke billows up from the explosions. Japanese fighter aircraft attack the B-24s. An aerial view of Buka Island.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060500
U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over Japanese positions in Ballale during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy positions on Ballale Island, Papua, New Guinea. U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over enemy positions on Ballale. Smoke billows up from the explosions.

Date: 1943
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060499
Battle of Papua New Guinea in World War II

Animated map shows New Guinea and Papau. Areas occupied by American and Australian Forces , seeking to dislodge Japanese Forces, at Buna and Gona, are shown. General Douglas MacArthur, arrives at Papua. He strolls through an American/Australian milltary camp in the jungle. He is dressed in a perfectly pressed uniform, smoking a cigar. (Narrator states he arrived to take personal charge of the offensive.) Closeup of MacArthur. American troops flown in from Australia, advance toward the Japanese positions at Buna. Another scene shows Australian troops making their way through jungles as they advance over the Owen-Stanley mountain range toward Gona. Australian troops fire mortars and one seen firing a Bren light machine gun. An American soldier firing an M1919 Browning machine gun. More views of Allied soldiers firing rifles and machine guns, including a water-cooled Browning M1917 gun. A bomb or shell explodes at a Japanese position. Scene shifts to Allied Military Headquarters in New Guinea, where staff plot information on large status maps about Japanese reinforcements arriving in the Bismark Sea, to bolster the enemy’s defenses. An Australian pilot runs to his Spitfire airplane, and American pilots rush to their B-25 Mitchell bomber, named “Dirty Dora.” An Australian Douglas A-26 invader airplane taking off. The B-25, Mitchell bomber (Dirty Dora) taking off. A USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taking off. More Allied aircraft taking off and in flight, including a formation of Australian A-26 invader airplanes. An Australian Airspeed Oxford training aircraft is seen diving . View from cockpit of an A-26 Invader airplane firing machine guns at Japanese ship. View of Allied warplane dropping bombto skip a Japanese ship. Bombs explode. Aircraft strafing Japanese ship. Various views of smoke rising from struck many Japanese ships. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051761