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1. America comes to Australia 2. Pearl Harbour bombed 3. Allies prepared to fight back from their last strongholds in the Western Pacific. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 15)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Vol. 13 No. 15 Fox Movietone News 1. (1 min 48 sec) Arrival of United States troops in Australia. 2. (2 min 39 sec) Scenes of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on the United States Pa...F00338
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Interview with Joyce Batterham (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Joyce Batterham was a member of the Communist Party. She discusses her feelings about the outbreak of war, the banning of the Communist Party, her period in the textiles factories as an organiser, att...F04024
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Mechanical cane cutter at work
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
The inventor of this simple harvester was a Queenslander, Larry Moloney of Mackay. It has proved a valuable aid in the quick harvesting of cane during the war period, when; on most farms, there was a ...ART25656
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Mosquitoes in the flight shed
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Making final adjustments to Mosquito aircraft in the flight shed at Bankstown before handing them over to the Royal Australian Air Force.ART26034
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Personnel awaiting man-power interview
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Personnel for discharge gathering around awaiting an interview with Manpower authorities at General Discharge Depot, Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne. In 1940, the Army used Caulfield Racecourse as a r...ART25129