| Accession Number | F07546 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 46 min 7 sec |
| Object type | Actuality footage |
| Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
| Maker |
Rintel, David Leslie Wood, Frederick Sydney |
| Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Soputa, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Eora Creek, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Myola, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail, Templeton's Crossing, New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
| Date made | October 1942; November 1942; December 1942; January 1943 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Port Moresby to Buna-Sanananda
Description
A general coverage of activities of Australian and American forces between Port Moresby-Kokoda-Sanananda. Subjects covered include scenes along Kokoda Trail; supply dropping, re-entry of Kokoda by Australian troops; aerial evacuation of wounded; bridging work; church parade; Christmas dinner at 21st Infantry Brigade; field artillery; various infantry actions; native carriers of supplies and wounded; medical treatment at Dressing Station; Japanese prisoners; crossing the Kumusi River; Allied bombing of Gona; Japanese bombing of medical units at Soputa; burials at Gona; scenes after capture of Buna (including tanks) and Sanananda; Australian and United States commanders. Also identified: VX9 Major General (Maj Gen) George Alan Vasey CB CBE DSO; NX2 Maj Gen Arthur Samuel Allen CB CBE DSO VD, General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Division; NX100 Major Ian Hutchinson DSO OBE ED, CO 2/3rd Infantry Battalion; VX15 Lieutenant General Edmund Francis Herring; VX20308 Frank Horton Berryman CBE DSO.
Film order formRelated information
Conflicts
Units
Subjects
- Air ambulances
- Air drops
- Aircraft crashes and wrecks
- Bombardment
- Boston aircraft
- Bridge construction
- Bunkers
- Casualty services
- Christmas
- Church services
- Consolidated B24 Liberator
- Explosions and bursts
- Funerals and burials
- Local worker
- Mitsubishi A6M Reisen
- Nose art
- Relations with Americans
- Wirraway aircraft