Japan has overrun Indonesian island of Java (Dutch East Indies) (1942)

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Peaceful, industrious images of life on Java show why Indonesia (the Dutch East Indies) is so attractive to Japan, aerial footage depicts fighters taking off to defend the island, Netherlands commander Vice Admiral Helfrich makes plans, and cruisers and destroyers skim along the ocean


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SLATE INFORMATION: The World at War: Java: Vivid Pictures from the Dutch East Indies

INDONESIA: Java:
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AIR RAIDS & A.R.P. Arp..fire services & air raid shelters in Java..overground shelter, cone shaped


BOMBS Bombing up air force in Java.


FACTORIES. Factories at work..making shells & aircraft in Java


FLAGS. Dutch flag flying in Java


GUNS. Light field guns firing in Java


HOLLAND. Manoeuvres in Java..defences manned..field guns firing..tanks w. smoke screen..still of Queen Wilhelmina..Dutch flag


HOLLAND, Naval. On manoeuvres off Java..destroyers, torpedo boats,submarine...minelaying..Vice Admiral Helfrich in command


JAVA. Map of Pacific..scenics..Buddhist temple.. washing clothes in Batavia..Governor Gen. opens parliament..tapping rubber trees..natives harvesting..shipping in harbours..oil wells..Jap trade delegate,Dr.van Mook..A.R.P..fire services & air raid shelters..land defences..road blocks..factories at work..making shells..aircraft factory..bombing up air force..bombers in air..flying boats in air..Vice Admiral Helfrich commanding Netherlands Navy..destroyers & torpedo boats & submarine on manoeuvres..mine-laying..Gen.van Aeyen commanding Dutch Air Force..army manoeuvres..defences manned..light field guns firing..tanks w.smoke screen..still picture of Queen Wilhelmina..Dutch flag flying


MAP Good map of the Pacific in Java Story


MOOK DR VAN. Japanese trade delegates in Java.


SHELTERS Cone shaped overground shelter in Java


SHIPPING Shipping in harbours in Java


SMOKE SCREEN ETC. Tanks advancing thro' smoke screen in Java


TEMPLES Buddhist Temple in Java


WILHELMINA, Queen of Holland Still picture (used in Java story)


Military - Active

World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, rubber, tea, tapioca, oil wells, War in the Pacific, craftspeople, Lieutenant-Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich, Australia, Army, Navy, Air force, air views, aerials
Background: Peaceful, industrious images of life on Java show why Indonesia (the Dutch East Indies) is so attractive to Japan, aerial footage depicts fighters taking off to defend the island, Netherlands commander Vice Admiral Helfrich makes plans, and cruisers and destroyers skim along the ocean

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