- Title: VM-494
- Summary: AUSTRALIA TO TOKYO (PT. 1): COLOR WWII FOOTAGE SHOT BY COMBAT CAMERAMAN WHICH DOCUMENTS GENERAL MACARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN IN 1945 FROM AUSTRALIA TO TOKYO.
- Description:00:00:10 - COMBAT CAMERAMAN GAETANO FAILLACE IN ARMY DRESS UNIFORM STANDING BY CAMERA ON TRIPOD 00:00:16 - CHURNING WATER OF SHIP TRAVELING THROUGH WATER 00:00:21 - MEN DRESSED AS PIRATE CLIMBS UP ONTO DECK & SHOUTS WITH HIS HAND CUPPED BY HIS MOUTH 00:00:39 - OFFICER ON BRIDGE WAVES 00:00:48 - MEN DRESSED IN COSTUME OF GODS OF THE DEEP (INCLUDING ONE DRESSED AS FEMALE WITH MAKE-UP) COME UP SIDE OF NAVY WARSHIP AT SEA 00:01:14 - SAILORS PUT ON SHOW FOR THEIR BUDDIES ON BOARD. 00:01:31 - CU REAR END OF SAILOR IN SHORTS BEING HIT WITH PADDLE 00:01:36 - SAILOR'S BUTT AS HE SITS ON WHIPPED CREAM CAKE. GETS UP WITH CREAM ON HIS ASS 00:01:41 - CHUBBY SHIRTLESS SAILOR CHUCKLES HEARTILY CAUSING HIS HAIRY CHEST & FLABBY STOMACH TO QUIVER. 00:01:48 - "SHAVING" SAILOR ON DECK WITH COMICALLY HUGE STRAIGHT-RAZOR 00:01:51 - SOAPING UP BUDDY'S HEAD & CHEST SHIRTLESS SAILOR THEN POURS BUCKET OF WATER OVER MAN'S HEAD. 00:02:03 - SHIRTLESS SAILOR IS LEAD TO OPERATING TABLE WHERE "DOCTOR" OPERATING ON HIM PULLS OUT A FISH 00:02:25 - SAILORS COVER SHIPMATE IN FOOD DURING RITUAL 00:02:25 - TRIO OF MEN LAUGHING AT ANTICS 00:02:32 - BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: GIS UNLOAD EQUIPMENT FROM TRUCK ALONGSIDE ROW OF ARMY TENTS AT CAMP. 00:02:48 - GROUP OF SOLDIERS IN ARMY HELMETS STANDING AROUND 00:02:55 - VARIOUS CU OF SOLDIERS 00:03:14 - LONG LINE OF SOLDIERS ENTERING BUILDING 00:03:22 - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: CITY SCENES OF MELBOURNE WITH ITS TROLLEY TRAFFIC & 1940s TRAFFIC OF VINTAGE AUTOS 00:03:33 - CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS CROSS STREET AT CORNER UNDER MARQUEE OF THE LEVIATHAN HOTEL. 00:03:42 - POLICEMAN WITH BRITISH "BOBBY" UNIFORM STANDS ON BUSY INTERSECTION WITH CROWD. 00:03:50 - DOUBLE DECKER BUSES & VINTAGE CARS PASS. 00:04:04 - SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL & FLINDERS STREET TRAIN STATION CLOCK TOWER 00:04:14 - MELBOURNE TRAIN STATION BUILDING WITH HUGE DOME 00:04:19 - MARQUEE ON TRAIN STATION SELLING WAR BONDS. "ALL YOU CAN TO SMASH JAPAN. GET READY FOR FIRST VICTORY LOAN. SUBSCRIBE IN ADVANCE NOW". BUSSES & TROLLEYS PASS IN FRONT 00:04:28 - MELBOURNE FERRY STATION WITH FERRY LEAVING SLIP & ANOTHER ARRIVING IN FOREGROUND. 00:04:55 - SCULLING BOATS IN YARRA RIVER 00:05:08 - COOK'S COTTAGE COVERED IN IVY IN FITZROY GARDENS 00:05:16 - STONE CONSERVATORY BUILDING IN FITZROY GARDENS 00:05:21 - CU RED & WHITE EXOTIC FLOWERS (BEGONIAS) 00:05:44 - LONG WIDE LANE WITH TROLLY TRACK DOWN MIDDLE & WIRES OVERHEAD LEADING TO SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE 00:05:51 - SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE BUILDING 00:05:56 - SEASIDE BOARDWALK IN ST. KILDA. CITY SEA BATHS BUILDING 00:06:14 - EMPTY BEACH AT ST. KILDA 00:06:29 - TWO YOUNG LADIES PLAY WITH EXOTIC BIRDS IN AVIARY AT ZOO. 00:06:45 - GROUP OF KANGAROOS 00:06:50 - ALL-WHITE ALBINO KANGAROO OR WALLABY 00:07:09 - GIRL HOLDS KOALA BEAR IN ARMS AS ANOTHER GIRL PETS IT WHILE STANDING UNDER HUGE "KOALAS" SIGN AT ZOO. 00:07:15 - KOALA SITS ON GIRL'S LAP AS SHE SITS IN FRONT OF FLOWERS 00:07:30 - CU KOALA 00:07:44 - KOALA EATING BRANCH OF LEAVES. RUNS OFF & CLIMBS UP LITTLE TREE 00:08:08 - KOALA BEAR GIVING ANOTHER PIGGYBACK RIDE AS IT WALKS CAREFULLY ALONG TOP OF "KOALAS" SIGN. 00:08:45 - NEW GUINEA, PORT MORESBY: BEAUTIFUL SCENIC VIEWS OF EXOTIC PORT MORESBY WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE, BEACHES, GREEN HILLS. 00:09:30 - GIS SITTING ON BEACH. SOLDIERS SUNBATHING 00:09:41 - GIS COLLECTING RARE SHELLS ON BEACH AT LOW TIDE. 00:09:56 - CU HANDS FULL OF SMALL SEASHELLS 00:10:04 - NATIVE HOSPITAL GROUNDS OF HUTS WITH BLACK NATIVE RESIDENTS WALKING AROUND. SIGN IN FRGD: "OUT OF BOUNDS TO ALL TROOPS" 00:10:20 - BLACK NEW GUINEA POLICEMAN STANDS AT ATTENTION WITH RIFLE AT ENTRANCE TO POLICE TRAINING CENTER 00:10:35 - COMPANY OF BARE CHESTED NATIVE TROOPS MARCH WITH RIFLES BRITISH STYLE AMID PALM TREES WHITE OFFICER INSPECTS RECRUITS. 00:11:19 - STERN-FACED NATIVE POLICEMAN WITH BARE CHEST STANDS ERECT AT ATTENTION HOLDING HIS RIFLE ON HIS SHOULDER. 00:11:26 - YOUNG NATIVE BOYS PLAYING SOCCER 00:11:33 - LONE BLACK NATIVE POLICEMAN WITH RED HAIR STIFFLY MARCHES DOWN DIRT ROAD HOLDING RIFLE ON HIS SHOULDER. 00:11:44 - PAN NATIVE FOLIAGE & CROPS 00:11:58 - TWO NUDE PRETEEN NATIVE BOYS STAND IN WATER NEXT TO THEIR CANOE POSING FOR CAMERA. 00:12:09 - BOYS ROWING THEIR BOAT 00:12:14 - SIX NATIVES STRUGGLE TO PUT LARGE CANOE WITH OUTRIGGER INTO WATER FROM THE BEACH 00:12:28 - GIS CLIMB INTO THE CANOE FOR RIDE. 00:12:35 - NATIVE WOMEN IN CANOE OUT IN WATER 00:12:50 - NAKED NATIVE WITH BABY WALK ON BEACH 00:12:58 - NEW GUINEA NATIVE VILLAGE WITH HOUSES ON STILTS 00:13:05 - BARE-CHESTED NATIVE WOMEN WITH GRASS SKIRTS TEND TO CHILDREN OUTSIDE HUTS 00:13:12 - NATIVE MEN THROW BUNDLES OF HAY TO OTHERS ATOP THATCH ROOF OF HUT THEY ARE BUILDING. 00:13:27 - MEN WEAVE STRAW BETWEEN CRUDE RAFTERS 00:13:39 - NATIVE WITH AFRO, HAS COLORFUL HAIR PICK 00:13:53 - BARE-CHESTED NATIVE WOMAN CLIMBS UP LADDER TO HER RAISED HUT TO TEND HER CHILDREN INSIDE. 00:14:21 - CLOSTER VIEW OF NATIVE WOMAN WITH TATTOOS ON HER BODY 00:14:24 - OLD, BARE-CHESTED NATIVE WOMAN STANDING ON BEACH HOLDS BEAD NECKLACES IN HAND FOR SALE. 00:14:30 - CU YOUNG NATIVE GIRL 00:14:38 - NATIVE WOMAN CHOPPING WOOD FOR FIRE. 00:14:41 - GATHERS UP STICKS & GOES INTO HUT 00:14:58 - DISHES SPREAD OUT 00:15:05 - NATIVE CLIMBS UP LONG, THIN COCONUT TREE WHICH IS GROWING AT ANGLE. 00:15:14 - BARE-CHESTED NATIVE WITH GRASS SKIRT WALKS ALONG BEACH WITH HER 4 NUDE CHILDREN. 00:15:21 - WOMAN WALKS OUT TOWARDS WATER WITH BABY FOLLOWING 00:15:28 - NATIVE SAILBOAT OUT IN WATER. WOMAN WASHES CLOTHES IN OCEAN IN FRGD 00:16:00 - SIGN: "SPECIAL SERVICE SECTION". 00:16:08 - GIS STRUGGLE TO LOAD BOXED PIANO ONTO TRUCK FROM WAREHOUSE 00:16:23 - SIGN ON TREE: "JACK BENNY" WITH ARROW POINTING WAY. SOLDIERS WALKING PAST SIGN 00:16:34 - HUGE LINE OF SERVICEMEN WALKING THROUGH GRASSY FIELD 00:16:42 - SOLDIERS GATHER AT MAKE-SHIFT STAGE IN FIELDS 00:16:48 - SOLDIERS RUNNING FROM PARKING LOT 00:16:55 - PAN HUNDREDS OF CARS, TRUCKS & JEEPS FILL PARKING AREA AMID TREES. 00:17:10 - HUGE AUDIENCE SITTING AROUND OUTDOOR STAGE. 00:17:16 - COMEDIAN JACK BENNY WAVES HIS VIOLIN BOW 00:17:21 - MALE & FEMALE SOLDIERS LAUGHING IN AUDIENCE 00:17:26 - JACK BENNY ON STAGE TALKING TO MAN IN SUIT 00:17:33 - SOLDIERS WATCHING USO SHOW 00:17:37 - HARMONICA PLAYER ON STAGE PLAYING. JOINED BY CAPTAIN SINGING ALONG 00:17:48 - JACK BENNY & VIOLIN ACCOMPANIES HARMONICA PLAYER IN SONG & JEST. 00:18:07 - GI AUDIENCE LAUGHING 00:18:12 - JACK BENNY TALKING WITH CAROL LANDIS ON STAGE 00:18:19 - JACK BENNY & WOMAN LAUGHING 00:18:25 - CAROL LANDIS SINGS 00:18:39 - TROOPS LEAVING WHEN SHOW IS OVER 00:18:45 - SOLDIERS WALK PAST JACK BENNY SIGN 00:18:51 - MP PULLS JACK BENNY SIGN OFF TREE 00:19:04 - CAMERAMEN LOAD PANEL TRUCK MARKED "U.S. ARMY MOBILE MOTION PICTURE UNIT" WITH EQUIPMENT 00:19:13 - CROWD OF SOLDIERS IN FIELD WAITING FOR USO SHOW 00:19:25 - NATIVES WALKING PAST BUILDINGS 00:19:28 - WOMEN IN UNIFORM BEING LEAD 00:19:36 - HANDING OUT BASEBALL GLOVES TO WOMEN 00:19:43 - GROUP OF WOUNDED SERVICEMEN STANDING IN GROUP OUTSIDE 00:19:50 - OFFICERS & NATIVES STANDING IN GROUP WATCHING 00:19:56 - ARMY NURSES OF FIELD HOSPITAL PLAYING SOFTBALL GAME. 00:20:01 - NURSES ON BENCH JUMP UP AT BASEBALL GAME PLAYS. TOUGH-LOOKING WOMAN TAKES DRAG OF CIGARETTE 00:20:08 - WOMAN WITH ORANGE-STRIPED TABBY CAT 00:20:14 - ALL-FEMALE SOFTBALL GAME 00:20:31 - TEAM OF WOMEN ON BENCHES CHERRING 00:20:38 - GROUP OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS WATCHING GAME 00:20:43 - SOFTBALL GAME 00:20:50 - HIGH ANGLE PAN OF FIELD HOSPITAL AREA & BASEBALL GAME 00:20:59 - WOUNDED SOLDIERS INCLUDING MAN ON CRUTCHES WALKING OUT TO FIELD TO WATCH GAME, SOME CARRY STOOLS 00:21:18 - GROUP OF SICK & WOUNDED SITTING OUTSIDE 00:21:23 - CU SOLDIERS READING "GUINEA GOLD" NEWSPAPER 00:21:31 - WOMEN COME DOWN HILL TO VIEW GAME 00:21:37 - ARMY NURSES TAKE THEIR SEATS 00:21:49 - OUTDOOR MARIONETTE PUPPET SHOW. 00:22:06 - WOUNDED GI IN WHEELCHAIR ENJOYS HIMSELF. 00:22:10 - CU PIANO PLAYER PUPPET WITH GIRL SINGER 00:22:25 - AMERICAN RED CROSS FIELD OFFICE 00:22:32 - SIGN: "SHANGRI-LA AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICE CLUB". 00:22:40 - PEOPLE ON STAGE AS RED CROSS PUTS ON OUTDOOR STAGE SHOW FOR GIS. 00:23:02 - RED CROSS WORKER SERVES COFFEE TO GIS FROM BACK OF TRUCK. 00:23:13 - SIGN NAILED TO TREE: "AMERICAN RED CROSS, "THE GRASS SHACK". 00:23:20 - JEEP FULL OF GIS ARRIVE AT LARGE THATCHED ROOF BUILDING RUN BY RED CROSS 00:23:28 - WOMEN & MEN HANGING OUT INSIDE GRASS LEISURE ROOM 00:23:39 - WOMEN WALK OUT OF BUILDING. SIT DOWN IN LOUNGE CHAIRS OUTSIDE IN SWIM SUITS SUNBATHING, READING LIFE MAGAZINES, PETTING BLACK KITTEN CAT, OVERLOOKING BAY. 00:24:01 - CU LUNCH TRAY FILLED WITH SANDWICHES, BOX OF CRACKERS, APPLES, PEARS 00:24:07 - ENJOYING PICNIC LUNCH 00:24:17 - WOMEN ENTERING JACKSONS DROME RED CROSS CANTEEN 00:24:27 - LARGE GROUP OF SOLDIERS WALKING TOWARD SMALL DOCK 00:24:38 - RED CROSS WOMAN TAKES GIS ON SAILBOAT. 00:24:46 - PAN OF HOMES & BUILDINGS ON SHORE. 00:24:57 - BLACK NATIVE SAILORS RUN SAILBOAT. 00:25:06 - VIEW OF SHORE WITH WHITE SAND 00:25:13 - GIS UNLOAD PICNIC SUPPLIES ONTO SMALL DINGHY 00:25:23 - BARE-CHESTED SOLDIERS ENJOY PICNIC ON BEACH 00:25:33 - CU GI'S HAND CUTTING SLICES FROM ROAST 00:25:44 - GI & FEMALE RED CROSS WORKER PLAY CHECKERS ON BLANKET ON BEACH. 00:25:49 - MEN SWIMMING IN WATER NEAR BOAT 00:25:57 - MAN PLAYS UKULELE & SINGS FOR GIS ON BEACH 00:26:03 - SIGN READS: "WAC AREA" 00:26:08 - SCREEN FENCE SURROUNDS WAC BARRACKS AREA. 00:26:13 - NATIVE MEN WALK DOWN ROAD CARRYING POLES ON SHOULDERS WITH FRUIT DANGLING FROM EACH END 00:26:20 - NATIVES STOPPED BY SEVERAL WACS WHO EXAMINE FRUIT & BUY SOME. 00:26:43 - NATIVE CUTS OPEN COCONUT & WAC DRINKS COCONUT MILK 00:26:55 - LINE OF SERVICEMEN & WOMAN ENTERING MESS TENT 00:26:59 - VIEW FORM INSIDE RECREATION TENT AS PEOPLE ENTER 00:27:12 - SIGN ON BUILDING: "U.S. ARMY POST OFFICE". 00:27:16 - SOLDIER CARRYING LARGE SACK OF LETTERS WALKS TOWARD BUILDING 00:27:21 - GI POSTMAN DISTRIBUTES LETTERS TO GIS. SOLDIERS GETTING MAIL, MAIL CALL 00:27:40 - GI SITS BY JEEP. OPENS LETTER & READS WITH A GRIN. 00:27:50 - SOLDIERS UP ON HILLSIDE DOING LAUNDRY DUTY 00:28:00 - SHIRTLESS GI USES WOODEN OAR TO REMOVE HIS CLOTHING FROM BOILING WATER IN 50 GALLON TANK MADE INTO MAKE SHIFT STERILIZER OVER OUTDOOR FIRE. 00:28:09 - SOAP SUDS SPURT OUT OF MAKE SHIFT MECHANIZED WASHING MACHINE ALSO MADE FROM 50 GALLON BARREL 00:28:18 - GI OPENS TANK & REMOVES SOAPY CLOTHING OUT 00:28:36 - RINSES CLOTHES IN BUCKET OF WATER. 00:28:46 - SILHOUETTE MAN IN CHAIR ON PORCH ENJOYING SUNSET 00:28:55 - COLORFUL NEW GUINEA SKY & PALM TREES AT SUNDOWN 00:29:15 - HOLLANDIA ISLAND: SIGN: "GHQ" WITH ARROW POINTING TO "QUEEN'S HIGHWAY" 00:29:31 - JEEPS & ARMY VEHICLES COMING DOWN DIRT ROADS. 00:29:40 - PAN OF ARMY'S GENERAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS & ON EDGE OF ON HILLS & SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE. 00:30:35 - TWO WOMEN OVERLOOKING SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-494