93 Squadron RAAF Labuan

[Colour] Film opens with a number of shots of harbours, ships, islands bases and airstrip taken from a Beaufighter of No 93 Squadron RAAF probably on a flight from Kingaroy, QLD to Labuan Island circa July 1945. On Labuan Island shows field with water buffalo. A road and Australian troops. Panning shot of rice fields. Huts and palm grove with a road sign 'Black Road'. Panning shot of beach showing men bathing. Australian NCO with a local woman posing for the camera. Women carrying baskets slung on their backs. A jeep driving along a road. A Chinese man carrying a yoke. An Indian man and his children posing for the camera. Town buildings including a church. Wrecks of Japanese aircraft. Stain glass window taken from inside the church. DUKW no 121 'Bega Bundy' loaded with Australians. The same DUKW on the beach driving into the water away from the camera. 93 Squadron RAAF Beaufighter taxies on the airstrip past a parked Ventura of 13 Squadron RAAF. Beaufighter taking off. Unidentified Australian bathing and grooming his pet monkey. [Start of Black White film] 93 Sqn RAAF Beaufighter of taking off airstrip. P-51 Mustangs of 81 Fighter Wing RAAF taxi-ing on airstrip. P-51flys low over airstrip. P-51 lined up on airstrip. Bulldozers of an Airfield Construction Squadron towing sheepsfoot rollers at work on the airstrip. Local men working digging a drainage trench. Long shot of Beaufighters firing rockets at redundant landing craft off Labuan Island 1 October 1945. Going out to the target area on landing craft. One of the shot up landing craft. A Japanese prisoners of war (POW) work party. A group of Japanese POWs posing for the camera. POWs at work guarded by an Australian. A smiling Japanese POW posing for the camera and then saluting. Panorama of camp showing grass huts, tent and a jeep. Local people and water buffaloes. Panorama of beach and more scenes of local people. Beaufighter on on airstrip engines idling. Panning shot of airstrip showing parked Beaufighters and Mosquitoes of 86 (Attack) Wing and P-40 Kittyhawks of 81 (Fighter) Wing RAAF. Armourers loading rockets onto Beaufighter underwing launch rails. Long shot of Beaufighter being serviced. A parked Mosquito of 1 Sqn RAAF.