GIORNALE DI GUERRA, NO. 231 Part 1

Description

Part 1, shows spreading Japanese offensive in the southwest Pacific, flashes of Manila, Hong Kong, and the Malay jungle; Thai tanks and trps. marching through the strs. of Bangkok, scenes in Makassar on Celebes and on Sumatra, Japanese fleet at sea and planes in air, Japanese troops boarding landing craft from transports and going ashore under cover of naval bombardment, mach. gunners and automatic riflemen firing and inf. charging, Japanese planes bombing Port Darwin, Australia. Part 2, animation of Brit. convoy leaving Alexandria for Malta, convoy at sea is attacked by Axis planes and forced to return to Alexandria with heavy losses; It. convoy bound for Libya attacked by Brit. planes, antiaircraft fire down some and the rest are driven off as the convoy gets through safely.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division