Australian troops in Timor during World War II. A map of Timor. Australian troops isolated on the island. The soldiers cook food and eat. A man holds a coconut and takes a bath. Natives help a soldier to bathe as they pour water. Soldiers plan a run raid on Japanese positions. They look at a map. They attack a native village. People run away to save their lives. Australian troops construct a radio set. They work on the radio to send messages to the nearby head quarters. Authenticity of their messages is tested. On being proven authentic help flies in. A plane in flight as it brings mail, food and arms. Soldiers read their mail.
A convoy of transport and battle ships underway in Pacific Theater to bombard Tarawa Island. A SOC seagull plane on catapult in the foreground. United States Navy Tennessee underway with American flag and signal flags hoisted onto it. A man on board the ship looks seawards through the binoculars. United States Navy ship Colorado underway in the sea. (World War II period).
United States Marines at work around an equipment while on their way to invade Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. A motor launched from hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) and wounded loaded onto it. USS Solace anchored in harbor off shore Tarawa. Wounded marines lowered down the side of an unidentified ship. A captain giver orders over a megaphone on flying bridge of the ship. Signalman sends blinker signal. LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) underway in the sea.
United States marine officers stand against the rail on a ship as they converse one of them has a binoculars around his neck. A Marine Colonel speaks to the officers on the deck of an invasion ship. Several officers stand around the mock up of Tarawa Island and converse about the invasion on board a transport ship.
A government official arrives by a plane and greeted by military officer during World War 2. Next scene is unrelated and shows Japanese General Hideki Tojo and an aide seated at a ceremony, with Imperial Japanese navy pilots seated behind and others including civilians in the audience. Next scene shows officers of Navy of Imperial Japan in conference as they examine a map on a ship deck. Scene shifts to another greeting of unnamed Allied officials meeting and greeting at an airstrip. Next scene shows a Pacific Island battlefield with both dead troops on beach area and live American troops walking nearby. Next scenes shows U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, as he arrives at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in a plane. Frank Knox and other officials leave. Various views of radio towers are seen in between scenes in the clip.
A harbor in Alexandria, Egypt is used as a base for operations by Maritime Section during World War II. Greek ship Caique is used by U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor for smuggling arms and food into small Greek islands. Caique ship underway with soldiers and Chief of Maritime Operations Lieutenant Colonel Taylor on board.
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