WWII - 1942 ca, Australia: US Troops Arrive; American Hospital & Nurses; Charles Burnett RAAF Chief of Staff. Pre-May42

WWII - 1942, Australia: US Troops & Nurses Arrive; Australian Training Intertitle: News From Australia. 19:08:40 Large troopship w/f American troops arrives at Australian harbor to join Pacific War effort, CU Black & white soldiers on board wave. MLS Army nurses & officers wave to camera from upper deck. 19:08:58 Men disembark, one holding American flag. Supplies swung to dock on pallets; truck unloaded. Nurses pose holding koala bears, playing w/ small kangaroo. 19:09:28 American hospital exterior. Nurses in uniform walking on sidewalk. Wounded men sit in waiting room, in hospital dormitory of row of houses; man gets examined. Operating room sign & interior during operation. 19:09:50 Airfield w/ aircraft silhouetted at sunset or sunrise. Chief of Staff of Royal Australian Air Force / RAAF Sir Charles Burnett posing w/ aircrew; boards plane to Washington for conference. 19:10:08 Montage: Troops training: firing big guns, tanks across field, men run to plane, loading ammunition on fighter plane. CU pilots w/ goggles. Fighters fly past low in formation & individually. Air to air in formation, peel off. WW2; 1940s; Australian Preparations; NOTE: Burnett was replaced by Australian Air Vice Marshall George Jones ca May42 & returned to UK.