Naval training and operations. Airfield construction [Extracts from Japanese newsreels] Accession Number: F06939

Description

1. Japanese? women arrive in New Guinea. 2. Senior Japanese Officer visits troops in Java. 3. The Celebes, Indonesian sailors receive instruction on sailing ships. Sailors drill with signal flags. Sailors rowing in longboat. Naval cadets in training. Japanese warships at sea and in action. (Indonesian narration). 4. Japanese and native workers labouring with hoes. Elephants used to move boulders and explosives to fell trees. 5. Andaman Islands, Japanese coastal artillery and searchlights. Andamanese labouring at a quarry. Bulldozers and elephants used in airfield construction. (Indonesian narration). 6. Activities at a Japanese observation tower on coastal survelliance.

Details

Accession Number
F06939
Classification
Film
Object Type
Newsreel
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: CDN
Format: 35mm
Sound: sound
Measurement
Duration: 0h 16' 9"
Footage: 1449 ft
Projection speed: 24 fps
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
2
Access
Open
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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