Attack on Buna

Accession Number F01810
Collection type Film
Measurement 4 min 58 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Carty, William Montague
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
Date made December 1942
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Buna, December, 1942. Camouflaged gun emplacement. Generals Herring and Berryman and Brigadier Wootten plan the attack. Wounded Australians and Japanese. Telephoto shots of shell bursts photographed from an observation post.

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