Japanese Routed from Buna Stronghold - 1943

The battle rages on in the Pacific as Australian and American forces fight side-by-side in Guinea. This and plenty more vintage footage as the National Archives traces World War II through classic United News footage.

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CREATED BY

Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

SUMMARY

In part l, U.S. and Australian troops fight in New Guinea. Part 2 shows the parade and celebration in Santiago as Chile joins the United Nations. Part 3 shows part of a record catch of herring in British Columbia. Part 4 shows a track meet at Madison Square Garden. In part 5, the Navy's largest battleship is tested prior to joining a fleet. In part 6, a "lost battalion" of Australian soldiers on Timor Island receives supplies and equipment by air and attack Japanese positions.




REPOSITORY:

Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

For information about ordering reproductions of moving images held by the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, visit: http://www.archives.gov/research/order/broadcast-quality-film-dc.html

SUBJECTS

Battleships

Fishing

Parades

World War, 1939-1945

United Nations

United News Company, Producer

British Columbia (Canada)

New York City

Santiago (Chile)

MORE INFORMATION:

More information is available in the National Archives online catalog:

http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=38944

Category:

Education

Tags:

• National Archives
• Royal Australian Forces
• Guinea
• Pacific Campgaign
• WWII
• World War