The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. 1942-10. The US Navy aircraft carrier Hornet under Japanese air attack during the Santa Cruz naval air action off the Solomons. Note the Japanese dive bomber aircraft above the ship, the explosion of its bomb on the signal deck and the attacking torpedo bomber on the left.
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. 1942-10. Bursts of anti aircraft above the burning US Navy aircraft carrier Hornet after she was attacked and badly damaged by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo bombers
Choiseul (Lauru) Island, Solomon Islands. 1944-02-18. Smoke rises from the site of an explosion following a bomb drop on a hill behind Choiseul Bay during an aerial attack by a US Douglas SBD Scout Di
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1945-01-21. BURNING WRECKAGE OF AN EASTERN AIRCRAFT TBM AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBER ON THE DECK OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HANCOCK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE EXPLOSION OF A LOOSE BO
Extracts from News From Home No. 241. (1 min 38 sec) The Austen gun, an Australian adaption of the Sten, goes through its paces at Port Kembla, NSW. 2. (3 min 10 sec) An American aircraft carrier is s
A JAPANESE NAKAJIMA B6N TENZAN NAVY CARRIER ATTACK BOMBER (CODE-NAMED JILL) DURING AN ATTACKING RUN CARRYING A TORPEDO. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED BY A SINGLE 14 CYLINDER AIR COOLED RADIAL ENGINE AND I
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at