Tarakan / R Wingfield-Jounkergouw

Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Australian troops loading kit and equipment onto trucks. Trucks driving off with troops on board. Trucks and jeeps driving along road flanked by wrecked buildings or oil equipment. Various shots of troops unloading from trucks. One soldier has T S (blurred) Tomkins QX25237 inscribed on his backpack. Title 'The beach-head attacked and held successfully by Australian troops 1st May 1945'. Shows landing craft moving away from a ship possibly a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Long shot of shoreline and burning oil tanks. A B24 Liberator flies over head. Panning shot of vessels at anchor. On shore, Australian troops looking on the vessel Rogue River. Scenes on board the Rogue River. On shore, two aircraft fly over an oil tank on a hill. A Beaufighter flies over head. Views of the Harbour. Signaller sends a message with flags from the superstructure of a ship, Red Cross flag flying on the mast behind the signaler. Ship's crew lowering long boat. Panning shot of harbour and oil installations. Various shots of Japanese defences including bunkers and pillboxes. Re-enacted scene of Australian patrol in the jungle. A soldier pulls grenade pin out with his teeth and throws grenade. Soldier firing Thompson submachine gun. Soldier fakes being shot in the stomach and fakes forward dead. Very dark shot of a real wounded soldier receiving medical treatment. A wrecked Australian Matilda tank No. 35243. Matilda tanks under covers in a vehicle park. Captured Japanese ammunition dump. Close ups of Japanese bombs and naval mines. Sign 'Croydon Airfield'. Line of parked RAAF P40s Kittyhawk fighters. Catalina of No 113 ASRF RAAF parked on airstrip. View from control tower of airstrip showing parked P40s. Formation of P40s fly overhead framed by the propellers of a P40 parked on the ground. Various shots of mechanic in cockpit of P-40 engine idling. Close ups of P40 spinners. RAAF Bristol Beaufort taxies on the runway. P-40s lined up on either side of the runway with control tower in the background. View from the control tower showing P-40 of No. 75 Squadron RAAF taking off. View from the ground showing P40 of No 80 Squadron RAAF taking off. Long shot of P-40s flying overhead. Inside of control tower. P40 buzzes the runway way in both directions. Long shot of P40 formation. Spitfire of No 452 Squadron RAAF landing. Douglas Dakota of No 34 Squadron RAAF takes off. Dakota of No 35 Squadron RAAF takes off. P40 of No 75 Squadron lands on airstrip. B-25 bomber flying overhead. Formation of P40s flying overhead. Catalina flying overhead. Title. 'Bombed and shelled buildings of the township'. Shows wrecked industrial buildings. Man in uniform (possibly R. Wingfield-Jounkergouw) walks towards camera, takes off sunglasses, talking and pointing. Locals work gang carrying sections of pipes. Workers in jungle assembling pipeline.