Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
Various shots of RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Blenheim bombers attacking Japanese air base on island in Pacific. Good C/Us of pilot at controls. Good shots machine gun fire on coast of island. We see air base buildings under attack, one is burning. Various aerial shots of bombs exploding. Various shots abandoned Japanese aeroplanes and wrecked barges by coast. Aerial shot of wrecked Japanese merchant ship. Intermittent Australian commentary - originally part of Australian newsreel.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 60877
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1845.17
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:11:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:48:00:00 / 01:49:11:00
- Canister:
- UN 710 A
- Sort Number:
- UN 0710 A
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CHARPOY CHINDIT says
They are RAAF Bostons in New Guinea, NOT Blenheims.
Your descriptions are often shockingly bad!
G'Day, Sport says
Just to let you know, the aircraft early in the film are Beaufighters.
Bostons appear at the end.
There appear to be no Blenheims in this clip.