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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220813-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1944
Country: Pacific
Location: dutch new guinea,maffin bay,unid airfield
TC Begins: 22:11:40
TC Ends: 22:21:59
Duration: 00:10:19
Negro Pilots & Cadets; Preparations For Invasion Of Morotai, N.Moluccas, Indonesia, Maffin Bay, Dutch New Guinea Silent Black pilot talks w/ 2 USAF officers by plane, gestures to describe flight. Black cadets march in uniform on airfield tarmac; cadets sit, officers and parents stand behind; VS cadets and mothers. USAF officer talk to two Black pilots who board fighter plane. VS cadets march along runway w/ US flag inc. CU and LS as fighter planes taxi alongside. 22:17:14: Sound AV Maffin Bay, Dutch New Guinea, landing force of Interlude Operation lin process of loading onto landing craft, 15Sep44. 44th Tank Battallion moves along beach. VS mechanics waterproof truck engines; trucks moved towards shore. Amphibious? tanks loaded onto transport boats. AV troops on dock load supplies. Transport boats lined up along shore. Troops carry supplies through water. Troops board LCI transport boat. Maj. Gen. JC Persons boards boat for warship. Pacific War.