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Allied victory
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Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
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Allies blast Truk
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The largest Japanese Naval base outside of Japan is attacked by carrier aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF-58. The attack was co-ordinated with General MacArthur's land operations in New Guinea. Scen...F00802
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1. Americans raid Tokyo in B25 Mitchell Bombers from USS "Hornet" 2. AIF jungle training. (News From Home No. 40)
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1. (4 min 18 sec) Tokyo raid by carrier borne Mitchell Bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942 led by Major General Doolittle. Admiral Halsey and General Henry H. Arnold also app...F00735
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1. Australian built Austen gun is hard hitting 2. US carrier in spectacular sea - air battle. (News From Home. No. 24)
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Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 241. (1 min 38 sec) The Austen gun, an Australian adaption of the Sten, goes through its paces at Port Kembla, NSW. 2. (3 min 10 sec) An American aircraft carrier is s...F00720
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1. Chips off the Anzac block 2. Sinking of 'Yorktown' (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41. 1. (2 min) Two thousand Victorian boy cadets learn from AIF instructors 2. (1 min 20 sec) Sinking of United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown ...F00363
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First pictures: Admiral Halsey's sweep in the China Sea (Movietone News)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel extract circa February 1945. Covers the operations of the task force of the US Navy's Third Fleet operating in the China Sea. The US task force operated in a storm that served ...F04907
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HMAS Canberra: Solomons action
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Maker: Unknown
HMAS Canberra with United States Naval units. Shots of HMAS Canberra burning. HMAS Canberra was sunk in action against the Japanese Navy in a night action on 8-9 August 1942.F01747
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HMAS Shropshire
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Maker: Driver, Roy
In April 1944 HMAS Shropshire, as a unit of Task Force 74, took part in escorting convoys up the coast of New Guinea and the bombardment of Hollandia and after the landing at Hollandia, escorting US a...F01760
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HMAS Supply refuells USN aircraft carrier USS America
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Maker: RAN Public Relations
HMAS Supply refuells USN aircraft carrier USS AmericaF11130
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HMAS Warramunga
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Maker: Harbison, Robert Frederick Fitzgerald
This film though titled 'HMAS Warramunga', does not show a full shot of the ship. All scenes were taken from Warramunga when she was part of Task Force 74. Warramunga was in the 9th Destroyer Squadr...F10145
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Nazi sub seized: Navy captures sub in first boarding since 1815
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Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the first boarding and capture of a naval vessel by the United States Navy since 1815. An anti-submarine Task Force Group consisting of the CVE (escort carrier) USS Guadalcanal and fi...F10181
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Oceanlink
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Coverage of naval exercise Oceanlink. Participating in the exercise were ships and aircraft from the Australian, New Zealand, British and United States navies. Fremantle, Western Australia, stern shot...F04981
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SWPA News
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A collection of South West Pacific Area (SWPA) news items from 1943 to 1944. Opens with titles SWPA news. 'First authentic film of US Navy's victory in the Philippines. Gallant death of the carrier Pr...F00446
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United States Navy Combat Bulletin No. 5
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Maker: US Navy
1. "Air Sea Battle: surface fleet continues to batter enemy air attacks". Coverage of the Kamikaze attacks on USN TF-58 in the Okinawa campaign. Shows suicide aircraft attacking through an intense ant...F10179
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1. US Navy dive bomber [Helldiver] 2. Jap planes blasted by US Navy guns 3. Diggers return home from Nazi prisons 4. Young Australian radio star entertains US troops. (News From Home No. 76)
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1. (55 sec) the new US Navy dive bomber, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 2. (1 min 25 sec) A Japanese attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific is beaten off by the accuracy of the American gunners. T...F00768