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War In The Pacific!
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Synopsis: War in the Pacific continues. Japanese planes attack a troop convoy off New Guinea. Antiaircraft guns repulse the enemy and the convoy unloads at Port Moresby. The aircraft carrier Yorktown is bombed off Midway Island...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:02:12
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: New Guinea, Port Moresby, Midway Island
War In The Pacific!
Shows a troop ship with American and Australians soldiers entering Fairfax Harbor at Port Moresby New Guinea in 1942. A Lockheed A-29 Hudson Bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force escorts ship into port. Shows Australian Troops disembarking from ship. Harbor comes under attack from Japanese bombers. Images of bombs exploding in the water near troop ship. Bombs exploding on land. Australian soldier firing machine gun at attacking Japanese planes. Elevated view of soldiers running for cover.
Battle of Midway Island. The aircraft carrier Yorktown is bombed off Midway Island by Japanese planes, images of smoking flight deck of aircraft carrier Yorktown. Tracer bullets streak across the sky at attacking Japanese aircraft.
Shot List:
01:00:38;00
RAF A-29 Hudson bomber in flight.
01:00:42;22
Views of Fairfax Harbor at Port Moresby New Guinea.
01:01:15;06
Australian soldier firing machine gun at attacking Japanese planes.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1942 Issue 5
