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From The Pacific Front 1944
Description
Item title reads - From the Pacific front.
Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
Waves roll up onto the beach on the island. Various shots of allied soldiers unloading equipment and supplies. Various shots as they build the runway using steel matting for a new airfield there. L/S as smoke...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 44504
- Sort Number:
- 44/009
- Time in/Out:
- 01:27:27:00 / 01:28:17:00
- Canister:
- 44/9
- Film ID:
- 1350.15
- Issue Date:
- 31/01/1944
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