From The Pacific Front (1944)

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 rises from an oil dump hit by Japanese fire. Dense smoke and flames billow through the trees. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.