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Angels of war
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Maker: Pike, Andrew
In January 1942 Papua New Guinea became the battle ground for nearly 2 million foreign soldiers. This film documents the experiences of Papua New Guinea's indigenous population during this campaign. S...F10262
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1. Anti-tank practice with new automatic tin hare target 2. Melbourne pays tribute to untried soldiers and seasoned veterans. (Cinesound News No. 515)
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1. (2 min) Puckapunyal, Vic. A section of the new armoured division goes into action in realistic exercises. Manouevres with Bren Gun carriers. A Crusader tank. Vickers medium tanks on gunnery range f...F00544
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Arthur Sandell interviewed as a Flight Lieutenant, 43 Squadron RAAF by Dr Geoff Haw
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Maker: Sandell, Arthur Kenneth Haw, Geoff
Arthur Sandell interviewed as a Flight Lieutenant, 43 Squadron RAAF by Dr Geoff Haw.F08901
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Australia at war (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 30)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No 30. Camouflage nets being woven in Sydney by members of the National Defence League. Miss Kay McDowell watches the weaving. School boys, policemen and ex 19...F00301
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Australian airmen 1939-1945
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Maker: Commonwealth Film Unit Unknown
Produced by the Commonwealth Film Unit for the information of officers in the Repatriation Department. Bulk of the material supplied from the AWM film collection.F10160
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Australians remember
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Maker: Tapscott, Russell Leake, John Walker, Robert Meikle, Richard Johnson, Peter Burgess, Francis Patrick "Pat"
Depicts Australia's role in the two World Wars, Korean and Vietnam war. Uses archival footage as well as film of exhibitions at the Memorial.F10220
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Burma Railway (Our world)
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
"The Burma Railway" traces the events after the surrender in 1942 of the ill-fated 8th Division. It tells of their internment in Changi Prison, the construction of the Burma Railway in Thailand and th...F03402
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By the seats of their pants
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Program on famous Australian Aviators and their experiences in war. Interviewees include: Bert Richie, Nancy Bird Walton, Sir Jones, Dr Newton, Esther Mather, Jack McMaster, Air Commodore Kingwell, Ch...F03471
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Confusion at the face of battle: an interview with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly KBE, CB, DSO (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This video is an oral history on the topic of "Confusion at the face of battle". It draws upon the command experiences from World War II and the Korean conflict of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly, ...F04837
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Death railway
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Maker: Bilcock and Copping Melbourne Pty Ltd
Relates the story of the building by prisoners of the Japanese of the Burma-Siam Railway during the 1939-1945 war. Uses interviews with survivors, contemporary colour footage of the area and B&W archi...F10252
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Hobbies for soldiers (Cinesound News No. 563)
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Army education encourages soldiers who have spare time to take up hobbies that may prove useful after the war.F00589
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Improvisation in training and adapting for operations: an interview with Colonel L.G. Coleman (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
The subject of this interview is Colonel Leslie Coleman. Colonel Coleman graduated to the RAAC from the Royal Military College in 1939 and transferred to the 2nd AIF in 1941. The interview focuses on ...F04847
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 9 - Alex Hurse & Henry Wrigley
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09563
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 5 - Arnold Easton about Les Knight
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09559
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 7 - Bob Iredale & Ian Edwards
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09561
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 19 - Catherine May "Tommy" Eagleton (nee Cameron) 886646, WAAF & Reg Boyes
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09573
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 4 - Derek French, Johny Johnstone & Ian Richardson
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09558
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 17 - Don Charlwood
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09571
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 22 - Geoff Maddern
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09576
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 12 - Geoff Taylor & Stan Moss
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09566
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 10 - Henry Wrigley & Peter Isaacson
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09564
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 8 - Ian Edwards & Joyce Thomas
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09562
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 14 - Jack Cannoy & Monty Carroll
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09568
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 6 - Jan Birch
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09560
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 1 - Johny Johnston
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09555
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 16 - Keith Kaufman
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09570
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 2 - Lorrain Moore & Philip Coffey
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09556
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 15 - Monty Carroll
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09569
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 21 - Nell Charlwood & Gerry Girardau
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09575
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 11 - Peter Isaacson & Geoff Taylor
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09565
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 3 - Philip Coffey, Elizabeth McFarlane & Derek French
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09557
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 20 - Reg Boyes, Doug Wheeler & Bob Murphy
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09574
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 13 - Stan Moss & Jim Taylor
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09567
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Interview for 'Wings of the Storm': 18 - William Edmund "Ted" Eagleton RAAF 403727
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Maker: Video Images Pty Ltd
Interviews with pilots, aircrew and families of RAAF men involved in the Bomber offensive against Germany during the 1939-1945 war.F09572
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[Interview with Alex Baz (Images of Australia 'Decline and fall')]
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Maker: Braddon, Russell Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Interview with Alex Baz for the ABC Television programme Images of Australia conducted by Russell Braddon. Alex Baz talks about his experience of bombing of Darwin 19 February 1942.F00265
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Interview with Beryl Haley (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Haley was a young girl when war was declared. In her interview she talks about her families reaction to the announcement of war. She also talks about the two Japanese POWs that were sent to her ...F04089
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Interview with Captain Henry Katekar Adjutant 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Captain Henry Katekar Adjutant 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04810
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[Interview with Captain R J 'Bert' Ritchie AO CBE] (By the seats of their pants)
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Captain Ritchie talks about his career in aviation and the role of Qantas during the Second World War. Among the topics mentioned are the 'Double Sunrise' operation, Australia to Colombo, using Catal...F00242
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Interview with Corporal Ray Baldwin "C" 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Corporal Ray Baldwin "C" 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04814
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[Interview with Dave West (Images of Australia 'Decline and fall')]
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Interview with 1939-1945 war veteran Dave West for the ABC Television programme Images of Australia conducted by Russell Braddon. Dave West talks about his service with the 2/43 Battalion during the ...F00276
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Interview with former RAN sailor Thomas Arthur Bennett RAN
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Maker: Bennett, Thomas Lyle
Farm life in southern Tasmania. Hearing that the war has broken out. The decision to enlist in the Navy. Coming from Tasmania to Victoria. Becoming ill. Training and discipline. His first ship HMAS Ca...F04893
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Interview with Laurie Nairne and stills. Ray Adams pick-up (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Laurie Nairne was seventeen when war was declared in 1939. He enlisted in 1940 and joined the Light Horse . In 1941 he was transferred to the AIF Imperial Forces Unit, and was sent to Singapore. He...F04086
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Interview with Lieut-Colonel Ralph Honner CO 39 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieut-Colonel Ralph Honner CO 39 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04817
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Interview with Lieutenant Bob Johns "A" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/ Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Bob Johns "A" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/ Buna interviews)F04813
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Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Cooper 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Geoff Cooper commander of the 2/27 Battalion. Rates the 21 Brigade before Gona as well trained and seasoned troops made up of long term Militia members. Faulty intell...F04808
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Interview with Lieutenant Hugh Dalby MC "A" Coy 39 Bn (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Hugh Dalby MC 'A' Company 39 Battalion. Changes to the 39 Battalion after the Kokoda campaign. Description of the ground for the attack on Gona.F04809
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Interview with Lieutenant Ron Plater MC 39 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Lieutenant Ron Plater MC 39 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04816
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Interview with Private Bert Ward "D" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Private Bert Ward "D" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04811
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[Interview with Ralph Honner (Images of Australia 'Decline and fall')]
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner for the ABC Television programme Images of Australia conducted by Russell Braddon. Ralph Honner was commander of the 39 Battalion during the Kokoda campa...F00274
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Interview with Sergeant Roy Thredgold "D" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Sergeant Roy Thredgold "D" Coy 2/27 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04815
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Interview with Signals Officer 2/14 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Interview with Signals Officer 2/14 Battalion (The Gona/Buna interviews)F04812
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Interview with Tom Mitchell (Keen as mustard)
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Interview with Tom Mitchell regarding his experiences as a volunteer during the Mustard Gas trials conducted at Brook Island, North Queensland by the Chemical Warfare Unit in 1944. Human guinea pigs w...F03550
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Jack at Kelly's Garage, Richmond (Keen as mustard)
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Jack talks regarding maintenance of mustard gas bombs as used by the chemical warfare unit during the Second World War.F03564
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1. Japanese surrender at Wewak 2. Hospital ships bring home sick POW.
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 36 sec) 13 Sep 1945. Cape Wom Airstrip Wewak, New Guinea, veteran 6th Division in impressive ceremony at Japanese surrender. Lieutenant-General Adachi signs the surrender before Major Genera...F00821
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Journey to the end of the night
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Recollections of Bill Neave, a veteran of the New Guinea campaign and a prisoner of the Japanese during the 1939-1945 war. Film was produced by Peter Tammer Productions with assistance from Film Victo...F03001
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Members of 61 Battalion Association and others visit New Guinea battlegrounds April 1976
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Members of 61 Battalion Association and others visit New Guinea battlegrounds April 1976F03339
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Reginald Evans recalls the rescue of PT-109, 2 August 1943
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Maker: NBC
A kinescope recording on 16mm film of an item from the NBC televsion's Jack Paar Program on the PT-109 commanded by Lieutenant John F Kennedy the then current President of the United States of America...F03487
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Remember (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
For many men and women, the war was the most memorable experience of their lives. Was it worth it?F10222-26
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Sandakan survivors ex NBN Television production Sandakan the untold story. Interviews with Mick Lofty Hodges, Keith Botterill and Nelson Short.
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Maker: NBN Television
Includes interviews with Don Wall, Mick "Lofty" Hodges (ex Z Special Unit), Keith Botterill, Sandakan survivior and Nelson Short, Sandakan survivor. There is also a brief interview with former Prime M...F04636
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The battle of Buna
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The story of the battle of Buna as told by Australian soldiers who took part as tank and gun crews, supported by cuts from AWM films and contemporary still photographs.F10250
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The unnecessary war
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
Documentary featuring historical footage of Australian troops in the last campaigns against the Japanese in Borneo and Bougainville. Interviews with veterans, politicians, historians and Ian Charlton,...F03345
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Training to survive in war: an interview with Lieutenant Colonel Hugh McBean Stewart (In retrospect)
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Maker: Bevans, D W
The video "Training to survive in war" is part of an oral history project conducted at the Command and Staff College and complements an Army-wide campaign to improve the study of military history. The...F04838
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We were ANZACs
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Maker: Porter, Brett Legg, Frank Hooper ATN Channel 7 The Shell Company Legg, Frank Hooper
Opens with the title "The Shell Company is proud to present this film record of a national TV Programme produced at the studios of ATN Channel 7 Sydney. Produced by Brett Porter. Written and presented...F10032
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Where death wears a smile
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Maker: Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank
A documentary film produced for television release by Cinetel Productions. "This film follows the path of a group of Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war who so infuriated the Nazi regime by th...F04761