Pacific Island Ammo Dump And Model Tests (1943)

Unissued / Unused material. Various shots of fire and explosions at ammunitions dump in Pacific. Various shots of American soldiers kneeling in front of it. Various shots of the fire explosions. Various shots as a man tests out a model of a futuristic plane (?), it swings around on a big hoist (location of events unknown). 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 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.