Shaggy Ridge (1944)

Item title reads - Shaggy Ridge. New Guinea. Various shots showing treacherous area known as Shaggy Ridge in the Ramu Valley in New Guinea. Australian soldiers climb up ridge after the battle in which they cleared the Japanese from this stronghold, men from New Guinea help them. Various shots of the wounded being attended to, some are carried off on stretchers. Various shots of the Australian soldiers taking a break and having some food from portable kitchen. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957