'Gona - the northern most of the three Japanese entrenched positions.'
See also The Japanese Besieged-the Battle of the Beachheads: Buna, Gona, Sanananda
[In aerial footage a flat tree-clad landscape stretches to distant mountains. A wide creek winds through thick trees. The brown roofs of buildings are visible through the trees.
Text: Gona village.]
VOICEOVER: In the foreground is Gona Creek and the village of Gona where, in November 1942, 900 Japanese were entrenched with their backs to the sea. The Owen Stanley Range lies in the distance, with Port Moresby beyond.
[Palm trees grow on thick grass fringing the dark brown sand of a beach.]
VOICEOVER: This black-sand beach on the shores of the Solomon Sea, now so tranquil, was, in December 1942, the scene of the Battle of Gona, where the Japanese garrison was destroyed and 220 Australians died.
[The image freezes on a section of beach. On the grassy shore, palm trees tower near a small building.]