Summary

Unused / unissued material - Location and dates unknown / unclear

Full title reads: New British Invasion! US Marines Tape Cape Gloucester! News of the Day item

New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Various shots of American Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Cape Gloucester

American warships bombard the Japanese forces who hold the Island American sailors clear decks of empty shells while officers watch through binoculars CU Major Curtiss (?) of the Marines

American Marines come ashore from landing craft Various shots of Marines moving through jungle and mud

Shots of troops advancing behind tanks to take Hill 660 Real combat scenes Various shots of bodies of dead Japanese soldiers

MS Commander washing his feet in the sea

CU soldiers hold up a captured Japanese battle flag

Cataloguer's Note: American forces landed in New Britain in late 1943 / early 1944 - MD

Source British Pathé
Title US MARINES TAKE CAPE GLOUCESTER!
Description Unused / unissued material - Location and dates unknown / unclear

Full title reads: New British Invasion! US Marines Tape Cape Gloucester! News of the Day item

New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Various shots of American Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Cape Gloucester

American warships bombard the Japanese forces who hold the Island American sailors clear decks of empty shells while officers watch through binoculars CU Major Curtiss (?) of the Marines

American Marines come ashore from landing craft Various shots of Marines moving through jungle and mud

Shots of troops advancing behind tanks to take Hill 660 Real combat scenes Various shots of bodies of dead Japanese soldiers

MS Commander washing his feet in the sea

CU soldiers hold up a captured Japanese battle flag

Cataloguer's Note: American forces landed in New Britain in late 1943 / early 1944 - MD
Archive British Pathe
Duration 00:02:41:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 189909

Keywords

New Britain Papua New Guinea Liberators aeroplanes bombers bombs Cape Gloucester warships Americans landing craft Marines jungle death Japanese Second World War WW2 invasion
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