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1943 NEW GUINEA / DEFENCE: Mubo wrested from Japanese
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1:56Now PlayingDate: 19th July 1943
Location: MUBO, NEW GUINEA LAE, NEW GUINEA MUBO, LAE, NEW GUINEA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Mubo wrested from Japanese
NEW GUINEA: Mubo:
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AIR VIEW (AERIAL) eight planes in air
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) from inside cockpit two planes in air
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) two Bostons flying over coasts showing jungle in background
Pilot in plane
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) showing bullets hitting water just off shore
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) jungle valley
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) nose of plane in air
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) bomb dropping to jungle
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) bomb exploding on ground
Pilot in plane
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) bombs bursting in line on ground in jungle
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) reconnaissance plane flying over Mubo Island
Pilot in reconnaissance plane talking into mouthpiece
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) shells bursting near island shore
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) pilot in reconnaissance plane
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) shells bursting on island
Two transport planes loading up with supplies
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) men loading supplies onto plane
Men loading from truck into plane
Man pushing engine into plane
Replacement personnel getting into transport plane
Replacement personnel getting into plane
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) 12 transport planes in formation in air
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AIR VIEW (AERIAL) seven transport planes in air manoeuvring for positions to land
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Transport plane preparing to land
Transport plane taxiing on airfield
Men unloading oil drum from plane
Natives pushing oil drum away
Men unloading field gun from plane
Jeep being unloaded from plane
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