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Map of Pacific Ocean and countries surrounding it. Japan's shadow over the Pacific.
Pearl Harbour, ships of American fleet after being bombed by Japanese.
Japanese army. Burning buildings.
Map of Pacific, Japanese control radiating out from Japan to South East Asia and Pacific Islands. Giant defensive ring formed around conquered countries.
Australian troops on parade. Supplies reach battle area.
Map of Pacific, dent in Japanese ring at New Guinea. Port Moresby.
Map of Japanese invasion fleet.
American fleet and aircraft carrier, Battle of Coral Sea. Plane going into sea.
Map - Midway island.
American fleet, aircraft carrier, etc. engaged in battle.
Map - Solomon Island, Guadalcanal.
Japanese airfield & planes, supply ship bombed.
Allied defence, amphibians landing on beach, U.S. Captures Guadalcanal, ships bombed and burning. Airfield with wrecked planes.
Map - Solomons, New Guinea. Japanese attack on land, attempt to take Port Moresby.
Bush covered ranges in which experienced Japanese soldiers fight Australians, who retreat to edge of jungle. Map - Port Moresby.
Plane with Papuans unloading supplies. Heavy guns in jungle being taken up hills.
Reinforcements, Australian & U.S., develop airfields. Map - Japanese tactics.
Stores lying on beaches. Australians fighting Japanese.
Royal Australian Air Force fighter planes taking off from jungle airfields.
Map. Australian soldiers in jungle. Supplies carried from beach up river through jungle over bridges. Dropping supplies by air, but majority still by Papuan carriers.
Wounded carried many miles on stretchers to base hospital for treatment. Jungle Warfare.
Munitions & aircraft factories in Australia. India munitions factory.
Japanese prisoners; map of Pacific.
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