Civil Construction Corps

Accession Number F01822
Collection type Film
Measurement 3 min 27 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Bagnall, Frank N
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 4 May 1943
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of the Civil Construction Corps (CCC) under contract to the United States Army on a building project. Shots of CCC men working on timber framework of a large cool-store; hammering, drilling, sawing, coating lining timber with bitumen etc. CCC workers' living quarters (US Army tents); mess parade of workers.

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