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Japanese troops advance in New Guinea and bomb Port Darwin in Australia.

A map shows areas of conflict between the Allied and Japanese in the South Pacific. Japanese warships cruising in heavy seas off New Guinea. Japanese soldiers aboard the ship. Explosions in the water. New Guinea shoreline. Japanese troops with the Japanese flag advance through Salamaua in New Guinea. Destroyed Allied hangars and planes. Japanese planes take off. Pilots in the planes take refreshments. Japanese planes bomb Port Darwin on the north Australian coast. (World War II period).

Location: Australasia
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675020585
USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers drop 1000 lb demolition bombs over Nubia in World War II.

1943: An animated map depicts the strategic Japanese air and shipping base at Nubia in Papua New Guinea, during World War Two. 25 August 1943, Nubia: USAAF 5th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop 1000 lb demolition bombs, from 16,000 feet, over Nubia. They target bivouac and supply areas. That afternoon, U.S. B-25s, flying low to the ground, make strafing attacks against the Japanese airfield at Nubia. United States soldiers unload jeeps, bulldozers, scrapers and other construction equipment in an abandoned Japanese airfield at Nadzab. U.S. 5th AAF constructing their air base. USAAF C-47s bring Australian infantrymen to the new base.

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020568
Bob Hope and his USO Troupe visit a U.S. Navy base on Mios Woendi island, Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II.

Bob Hope and members of his USO troupe ride on a PT boat during visit to entertain U.S. Navy personnel during World War 2. In opening scene, Bob Hope doffs his pith helmet as he strolls past the camera to climb aboard a PT boat (PT-331) of U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21, where several naval officers greet him. Members of Hope's USO troupe, Patty Thomas, and Francis Langford, step from jeeps to board the PT boat. Next, the two are seen in the cockpit of the boat next to its captain, Lieutenant Kermit W. Montz, USNR, as the boat speeds along in the water. Among sailors occasionally glimpsed behind them is Radioman 1st Class bill Thielen. In change of scene, Bob Hope climbs out a hatch, holding onto his pith helmet to keep it from blowing off. The boat's number, 331 is clearly displayed on superstructure behind him. Various Navy sailors on deck. (Note: Squadron 21 received a Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance during the Huon Peninsula Campaign against Japanese forces from October 1943 to March 1944.)

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 11
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057656
Enemy airplanes drop bombs and USAAF P-39 Airacobras in flight over Wau, Papua New Guinea.

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.

Location: Wau Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058122
Wounded are loaded onto a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain which takes off from Wau, Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command evacuates wounded in Wau, Papua New Guinea during World War II. Red Cross vehicles driven to Wau. Troop Carrier Command personnel carry the wounded on stretchers. The wounded are loaded onto a U.S. Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain. A wounded man on a stretcher. The C-47 Skytrain taxis and takes off. Mountains in the background.

Location: Wau Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058123
United States B-25 Bombers bombing on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

United States Instructor teaches aerial techniques to other members. United States B-25 Bomber in flight. Bombing explosions on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Fleet of B-25 Bombers flying overhead. Explosions on ground and in water. (World War II period).

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022408
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