Pacific. Landings on Borneo

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

218

Date Released

9 Jul 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Liberation of the Channel Islands
2. 2Bridge-Carrying Tanks
3. 3Pacific. Landings on Borneo
4. 4London Welcomes Eisenhower

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Australian troops and their equipment embark in transports for attack on Tarakan Island, off the East coast of Borneo. General Blaney sees them off. Liberators drop bombs and leaflets twelve days before the landings. After a final briefing with contour maps, the battle is on. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 11 min, sd, B&W, 35mm The National Archives listing shows this as part of the previous story. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Patrick O’Malley

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Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

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

Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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