Pacific

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

190

Date Released

25 Dec 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pacific
2. 2News from England
3. 3Nazi Atrocities in Poland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

General MacArthur moves his forces from Port Moresby, in New Guinea, to Morotai Islands in Indonesia. Japanese are taken by surprise at the landing of the Americans and Australians. A Royal Australian Air Force long distance bomber is forced into the sea, but the flyers are rescued by craft of the landing fleet. Shots of General MacArthur on the shores of Morotai.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aviation; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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