Construction Issue Title Is Points And Pints (1944)

Part of POINTS AND PINTS issue. Australia. Civilian Construction Corp build new airfield for RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force). Various shots of men clearing undergrowth, laying down landing strip and building hangars. They use modern mechanical diggers, as well as horses. The men and their families live in temporary barrack huts as work is underway. All the men are too old to join the fighting forces, this is their way of contributing to the war effort. Various shots of aeroplanes taking of from new runway. Various aerial shots of planes in flight. 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), B