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Pathe Military Newsreels 1945
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keywords: WWII, Home Front, French North Africa, Papua New Guinea, Kokoda Front, General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-In-Chief Thomas Blamey, Freight Train Hauling
Synopsis: Freight train with railcars movie cargo through the mountains on the U.S. rail system, scenes from Operation Torch as British and American forces invade French North Africa, General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Papua New Guinea aboard his B-17 "Bataan" to confer with Commander In Chief Thomas Blamey, scenes of combat and living conditions on the Kokoda Front as Australian forces battle the Japanese for control of New Guinea...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:10:00
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, North Africa, New Guinea
Life-Line: U.S. Railroad Performs Huge Wartime Job
Point of View (POV) of train Engineer looking down railroad tracks from moving train. Footage of freight train traveling through mountains. Steam engine pulling long line of freight cars up a mountain grade. Excellent images of train engine puffing steam. Shadow of train crossing a railroad trestle.
U.S. Forces Open Up Second Front In North Africa
Various scenes of small boats underway, aerial view of a city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Aerial views of harbors showing ships and small boats. Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in WWII. Aerial view of invasion fleet that will seize the key ports and airports of Morocco and Algiers simultaneously targeting Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers. Two seaplanes in flight over troop transport ships. View of U.S. Aircraft Carrier, plane take-off from aircraft carrier and long shot of landing on carrier. Battle ship firing guns, (main battery) burning target in distance. Cruiser firing guns. Shows a troops transport ship. Excellent scenes of soldiers of British 78th Infantry Div. climbing down cargo nets from troop transport ship into landing boats. British troops hit the beach in Algiers opening the second front in WWII.
General Douglas MacArthur At Port Moresby Front
General MacArthur deplanes from his B-17 "Bataan" at 17 mile strip Moresby, Papua New Guinea in WWII and talks with Commander-In Chief Sir Thomas Blamey. General MacArthur in Jeep with officers, drives past local village and rows of native men and women. General MacArthur arrives at camp and drinks coffee.
New Guinea: Scenes From The Kokoda Frontlines
The Kokoda Track or Kokoda Trail Campaign was a part of the Pacific war in WWII. The campaign consisted of a series of battles between Australian forces and the Japanese in Papua New Guinea. Aerial view of the New Guinea jungle, C-47 flies low over clearing, drop supplies to Australian troops. Shows troops cooking over open fire, eating rations. Troops cleaning weapons. Australian Troops move down jungle trail. Troops firing mortar, Australian soldier firing a Bren light machine gun. View of heavy machine gun being fired from enclosure. Village hut being blown up, Australians firing into other structure. Hidden sniper fires. Another explosion. Large group of Australian Soldiers, close-up images of natives. Wounded soldier being carried on litter by natives. Wounded man being treated. Shows wet weather, travel and living conditions in the jungles of New Guinea.
