American entertainers in Bougainville, Solomon Islands during World War II. Comedian Bob Hope acts as the Master of the Ceremony and introduces Tony Romano. Tony Romano sings and plays a guitar at a microphone. The audience applaud after the performance.
American entertainers in Bougainville, Solomon Islands during World War II. Comedian Bob Hope acts as the Master of the Ceremony at USO show and introduces Patty Thomas. Patty performs a dance for the audience of U.S. Army soldiers and Navy sailors.
American entertainers in Bougainville, Solomon Islands during World War II. Comedian Bob Hope acts as the Master of the Ceremony and introduces comedian Jerry Colonna. Jerry sings a song as Tony Romano plays a guitar. Bob Hope and a man perform to amuse U.S. soldiers.
American entertainers in Bougainville, Solomon Islands during World War II. Comedian Bob Hope acts as the Master of the Ceremony and introduces singer Frances Langford. Hope and Langford crack a few jokes to entertain U.S. soldiers. Langford sings and Tony Romano plays a guitar behind her.
Work of the United Service Organizations (USO) on Bougainville Island during World War II. Soldiers enter a theater. They watch a movie. Soldiers set up a projector system in a camp. Tents in the background. The soldiers dance. An aircraft takes off. Crates of movies unloaded from the aircraft. A soldier sits on a truck. Soldiers come out of a foxhole. A board outside a tent reads 'Bougainville Roxy Theater, tonights feature'. The soldiers enter the tent. Soldiers carrying tables and chairs walk. A soldier gets seated.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilot of Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Curtiss P-40 aircraft signals that he is going to start engine. He dons goggles and goes about starting engine. A group of RNZAF pilots conversing near one of their P-40s. Most of the pilots light up cigarettes. Camera focuses on New Zealand shoulder patch on one of the group. Scene shifts to active runway, where an RNZAF F4U Corsair aircraft takes off followed by an RNZAF Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft landing.