Manus Island is Important Pacific Base. Australian Diary 72.
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- čas přidán 18. 11. 2018
- From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1953. Directed by Jack S Allan. Following World War Two, Manus Island in Papua New Guinea was an important Commonwealth naval base for the RAAF.
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
2:35 - in awe at the size of this bosun. Absolute unit.
My father Alisi Kamonabi was one of the first 19 recruits as seafarers to newly created PNG Division in 1951. He and his 9 other relatives from Taemigidu Village, Finschafen, Morobe Province were recruited and left for Lombrum. His instructor training him, doing the popular seamen's knot or figure of 8 is Leut. Claude Button. He is the one wearing a white material on his left hand and racing to the gunnery. White stripe is a mark of seniority. He passed away in 2021, he was 88 years old
Japanese Army took my Great Grandfather as labour to help cleared coconut trees form the field which is now Momote Airport, and later claimed by US Army.
What a coincidence - reminds us of how we build up the air & sea power at Manus Island all those years ago; here we are today having a repeat performance against a different -"foe"- influential power.
The gun turret shown at 2:55 in. They had one of these at Albany West. Australia by the for-shore that as a child I would play on. You could turn the wheel and make it move up and down and left and right, I pretended I was shooting down aircraft and I rapidly turned the wheels. When my mother said we had to go, I nearly cried. Looking forward so badly to the day I could go back and play on it again. To this day, it has been removed.(Welded to stop movement before that so children cant 'hurt' themselves) .... I was more 'hurt' to see it removed. It was moments like that day that got me into loving History.
I never knew that Manus Island had such a history. Thanks for bringing this one to us.
You're welcome Trevor. We have another Manus Island film on here too. czcams.com/video/YKVJrkHtbck/video.html Thanks for the feedback.
The WW2 base on Manus was the second largest allied base in the Pacific, after Pearl harbour. The Americans offered it to Australia but our government said we could not afford the price. So the Yanks dismantled most of it; a lot of stuff was dumped at sea. At the time of this movie, when the Dickins family were living at Momote, there was military junk all over the place and washing back onto the beaches. There was even a ship loaded with salved equipment stuck on a reef - probably near Larengau. A great place to be a kid!
Thanks for sharing the memories.
The dog on the parade ground was out of step!
Marching to the beat of his own drum.
The officer who is No 2 in the first flight saluting is my father.
Thanks for letting us know, Helen.
I meant father-in-law. Flt Lt Ken Dickins
Bloody short minded politicians. I hope Whitlam and co are turning in their graves knowing they destroyed PNG. Australia wastes more money today in PNG than when it was part of the mainland. Now we have less security to the north, the locals are poorer and dying of preventable illnesses and despite massive foreign aid over many years, the average Papua New Guinean is worse off in all areas of life. PNG politicians still prefer flying out to foreign hospitals because the local ones are falling apart, Angau in Lae, being a great example. Somare, Chan, Wingti, Skate and O'Neill, to name a few, you can all hang your heads in shame.