[No 76 and No 34 Squadrons RAAF] (RAAF Batch 014)

Accession Number F02628
Collection type Film
Measurement 6 min
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker RAAF Cine Unit
Date made 1944?
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

Description

Airfield at an unidentified location SWPA P-40 Kittyhawks of No 76 Squadron RAAF land at airfield (code SV-T & SV-J). Doulgas C-47 Dakota of No 34 Squadron RAAF (code FD-E) lands. RAAF ground crew wave on aircraft. RAAF airman sitting and writing a letter in the tail of a wrecked Mitsubishi Betty bomber. Corpses of Japanese. Australian wounded at operating theatre. Surgeon removing shrapnel from a wounded man's leg. Wounded Japanese POWs lying in hospital beds being treated by Australian medics. Kittyhawk lands and pilot de-planes. Long shot of battery Australian 25 Pounder field guns firing. RAAF men reading newspapers. Airfield construction grader at work. C-47 Dakota lands and unloads mail bags (?). RAAF man dictates to typist. Shot of an airman shaving.

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