SEABEE ACTIVITY ON BOUGAINVILLE Part 1

Description

1) MLS Bulldozer clearing underbrush in dense jungle growth and felling a tree.2) MS Tree which has been felled by bulldozer.3) LS Looking thru jungle clearing; bulldozer in BG.4) LS Partially completed airstrip; bulldozers and other construction equipment in BG.5) MS Bulldozers and trucks on partially completed strip.6) MS Bulldozer clearing out trees and shrubbery.7) MCU Seabee operating bulldozer clearing jungle growth; PAN with "dozer.8) LA LS PAN Tree falling to the ground being pushed by bulldozer.9) LA CU CB, wearing pith helmet, operating bulldozer; PAN with the bulldozer.10) MS Bulldozers hauling dirt-carrying vehicles across field.11) MS Bulldozer pushing trees and shrubbery toward the camera.12) MLS Looking thru clearing, bulldozer moving towards the camera.13) MS Bulldozer clearing jungle undergrowth (SV).14) MLS Partially completed airstrip in jungle; personnel laying matting in the BG.15) MS Personnel laying steel matting on airstrip (SV).16) MLS PAN Across airstrip, truck passing in FG (SV).17) MCU Surveyors.18) MS Large group of men assembling steel matting (SV).19) HA CU Two men placing pegs in between the matting.20) GV Lane of matting on the airstrip; truck dumping more matting in BG.21) MS CB"s picking up piece of matting (SV).22) MS Dump truck dumping sections of matting on airstrip; man picks up piece in FG.23) MCU Man with chisel and hammer breaking binoing on stacks of matting.24) MCU Two men laying piece of matting (SV).25) CU Hands of CB as he unpacks package of cleats which hold the matting together.26) MS CB picking up strips of matting from piles.27) MS 6X6 dump truck dumps sections of matting; PAN following truck.28) MS to CU Steam roller packing dirt on strip, moves out of frame to right.29) MS Two men drawing water from a tank.30) AtoG Bombed out airstrip (SV).31) AtoG PAN Bombed out area on and near airstrip (SV).32) AtoG Damage to island33) AtoG PAN Munda airstrip; planes parked on runway, trucks moving about.34) AtoG Cemetery on island.35) AtoG Munda airstrip and a point of land; PAN to planes parked on the strip.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities