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Weather Watch on Bougainville

Reel Number: 220642-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1943

Country: South Pacific Bougainville

Location: South Pacific Bougainville

TC Begins: 02:00:06

TC Ends: 02:06:15

Duration: 00:06:09

Weather Watch on Bougainville Officer climbing up hill through trees - stares at sky. Accompanied by native carrying gun. Soldiers goes back through trees - shots repeated. 02.02.08 Natives from Bougainville seeing 90mm ack-ack gun in action. Troops arming and turning anti-aircraft gun. Natives hold ears as gun fired. 02.03.32 Coastal weather watch - nice shots clouds in sky. Soldier walking through trees to native village / compound. 02.05.29 Coast watcher radios weather conditions. Man enters hut and takes seat at radio transmitter. Puts on headphones, lights pipe. Watched by native in background.

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