NEW GUINEA. NOTHING IS APPRECIATED MORE BY THE BOYS AT OPERATIONAL BASES BATTLE STATIONS AND ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 014792
Collection type Photograph
Object type 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Bagnall, Frank N
Place made New Guinea
Date made 5 May 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NEW GUINEA. NOTHING IS APPRECIATED MORE BY THE BOYS AT OPERATIONAL BASES BATTLE STATIONS AND FRONT LINE AREAS THAN MOTION PICTURES. THANKS TO THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND MOTION PICTURES CAN NOW BE SCREENED IN FORWARD AREAS, EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO ROAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH MAIN BASES. THIS PHOTO SHOWS TALKIE EQUIPMENT BEING FITTED IN JEEP WHICH CAN GET TO AREAS WHERE BIGGER UNITS CANNOT. (NEGATIVE BY BROWN & BAGNALL).

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