Japs Raid Port Darwin (1942)

Titles read: “JAPS RAID PORT DARWIN“. Port Darwin, Australia. L/S of columns of black smoke stretching towards the sky after large oil storage tanks go up at Port Darwin as a result of Japanese bombs. Closer shots of the black and blazing clouds rising into the sky. Port Moresby, New Guinea. Various shots show a ship being unloaded with war supplies. The cargo is safely ashore when suddenly out of the sky come Japanese raiders. L/S of enemy planes overhead. Troops man anti-aircraft guns. L/S of the ship with sprays of water around as bombs fall near by. Commentator informs us the ship wasn’t hit. L/S of a supply ship. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news a