Westward is Bataan (R2 of 4)
111-OF-27 r2
10:58
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Westward is Bataan (R2 of 4)
Reel 2, B-25's and British Spitfires give low level cover. Infantry advance through a jungle. An airstrip is captured and wounded carried from the jungle and given plasma. Gen. MacArthur comes ashore and congratulates the troops. Shows corpses of Japanese. Adm. Nimitz and Gen. MacArthur study maps. Show wrecked Japanese planes. A Japanese convoy is strafed and bombed. Australian infantry advance through New Guinea jungles on Wewak and Hollandia. 1st Cavalry troops are briefed before the New Guinea landings.