018705 Accession Number: 018705

Description

Labuan Island, Borneo. 26 June 1945. Roy Driver and his pipe, Department of Information cameraman, who provided the newsreel cover on the Labuan Island operation, uses a light meter with his Bell and Howell Eyemo 35mm cine camera. The ruined buildings on the waterfront in what was once the pretty little town of Victoria, were wrecked by bombs and shelling before the landing of 9th Division troops.

Details

Accession Number
018705
Photographer
Jack Band
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
26 June 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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