Jump on Palembang (1942)

Footage №65815, 1 part, duration: 0:11:05, black-white

Reel №1

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Palms, time.

The Anglo-American base in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, captured by the Japanese.

Trail attacks of the Japanese on Sumatra.

Japanese paratroopers base on the Malay Peninsula.

Soldiers go.

Under the large pergola military at the table, someone writes a letter home.

A samurai sword that is passed down from generation to generation, the owner cleans it.

Japanese soldiers wash clothes.

Planes are ready to fly, the mechanic cleans the propeller, paint the wing.

Tail characters marked with the symbol.

Parachutists are preparing weapons and ammunition Packed in crates.

On 14 February 1942 Japanese aircraft out to Sumatra.

Goal - Palembang.

Jumpers wear parachutes, sit in the aircraft.

Aircraft in flight to the South, in the sky squadron.

At the bottom is the earth, then the sea.

Map of Sumatra, which marked the point of Palembang. pnrm. from the plane, the terrain to the river.

The faces of the paratroopers.

Planes arrive on the scene.

Air defense fires aircraft.

However, the parachute jump down, despite the fire.

Reveals the parachutes with Lumi and drawers.

Immediately after landing, the Japanese took out boxes of weapons and begin to fight for the base.

Burning the American aircraft on the ground destroyed American planes, the Japanese get to them.

American helmets, hats on the ground.

Japanese paratroopers coming through the cane in the swamp with the flag.

Night shots, fire, smoke.

The Japanese capture the oil cisterne who set fire to the Americans, trying to extinguish the fire.

Oil region Palembang is in the hands of the Japanese.

Japanese parachutist look at the sky.

Japanese flag over the base Palembang

Key words

Indonesia, the world war 2, paratroopers, air force, Marines, state symbols

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