Pacific Island Warfare

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/64

Date Released

9 Aug 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pacific Island Warfare
2. 2Austria to Charing Cross

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

SHOTLIST: Australian attack on Balikpapan. Jungle fighting in Borneo on a scale hitherto unseen in newsreel. Film shows advance through jungle by Australian troops, firing at Japanese snipers and rescuing a casualty from a tank. Jap sniper laying dead in the undergrowth. Native refugees return to their village and we see various shots of starved natives and Indian soldiers who have undergone great deprivation while in Japanese captivity. Australians attack Balikpapan, going in aboard landing craft under cover of naval barrage. General MacArthur watches the landings. Flamethrowers in action and a Japanese soldier is seen burning from head to foot running from hut, attempting to check the flames. MacArthur walking on battlefield after the fall of Balikpapan to the Australians.

Keywords

Weapons; Prisoners of war; Navy; Casualties; Military; Newsreels

Locations

Borneo; Balikpapan

Length of story (in feet)

341

Story extras:

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Notes

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