Filters
Collection
64 Results
-
Advance into Syria
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian engineer recovery team at work. Showing captured Vichy French vehicles and guns: Renault UE Chenillette armoured tracked carrier towing another carrier with trailer and 25mm anti-tank gun, ...F01100
-
All quiet on the Hills of Jesus
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Wrecked enemy vehicles in desert near railway station at Tel El Eisa. Staged shots of Australian troops in shallow trench under fire from enemy tank.F01226
-
Battle of Egypt
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian and British troops in the Alamein area; Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry. VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell and 225 (NX73) Major Charles Hector Finlay of 26 Australian Infantry Brigade; G...F01223
-
Bedouin fair
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
'A' Squadron of the 7th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment motor cycle patrol enters native village of Neirab, Northern Syria where members are greeted by the locals. Shots of native market.F01151
-
Bethlehem, scenes of countryside
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
High angle; pan left to right over Bethlehem, Palestine. Three members of film unit in foreground at start of pan.F01059
-
Billeting at Barraca Cyrenaica
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian troops billeted with Italian settlers at Bardia, Cyrenaica. Private M Nichollis repairs Italian peasant girls sandal.F01067
-
Blamey, 1940 Christmas message
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
General Sir Thomas Blamey sends Christmas message to the people of Australia and Britain. Full text of message in the sound track.F01058
-
Blood transfusion story
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
El Alamein area, 5 August 1942. A soldier with a shrapnel wound in the abdomen being transferred from an ambulance to a resuscitation tent; examined by medical officer and blood transfusion adminstere...F01225
-
Brigadier Fallen, message to New Zealand
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Brigadier Fallen (New Zealand Army) sends a Christmas message to the people of New Zealand from New Zealanders serving in the Middle East.F01053
-
Camera Club AIF in Cairo
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Members of the AIF Camera Club tour Cairo, city of strange bazaars and countless mosques. They see the native silver smiths and potters at work and become bargain hunting tourists as well as cameramen...F01050
-
Camp concert (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Syria, 1941. This concert was arranged by the troops for the troops. The organiser was NX12498 Lieutenant John James Talbot of the 7th Division Ammunition Park and the show was held in their camp. Ope...F01142
-
Casualty Clearing Station (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Introduction by VX234 Lieutenant Colonel Henry McLorinan, Commanding Officer 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station. General shots of hospital open air ward. Beds are arranged under a shady colonade that surro...F01135
-
Cavalcade of victory
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
-
Cedars, valleys, Roman Bridge (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Two shots of old Roman Bridge then swirling, mist covered valley. Australian soldiers visit small church in Cedar Forest. Ron M Williams Department of Information and driver facing away from camera ri...F01137
-
Christmas, 1940
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
This film is made up of a number of fill-in shots. Scenes 1, 2, 5, at Deir Suneid (November 1940); the 2/1st Pioneer Battalion Band provides marching rhythm as the 19 Australian Infantry Training Batt...F01056
-
Christmas story, 1941
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Sound track introduction by General Sir Thomas Blamey, GOC AIF ME. A comedy sequence by Captain Frank Hurley on Christmas greetings 1941 from troops and nurses in Middle East. Identified personnel are...F01123
-
Churches (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Standing high on the extreme point of one of the coastal mountains between Beirut and Tripoli is the Church of Lady of Lebanon or sometimes known as the great Madonna. The church acts as a 50 feet bas...F01134
-
Churchill's visit to the desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's visit to the troops in the Middle East. The troops he is visiting have just come out of line and have stopped on the roadway, and give him a welcome. This was a unex...F01230
-
Church parade (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Church parade in the village of Alley, HQ 1st Australian Corps in Syria and Lebanon. The Minister conducting service is SX10008 Senior Chaplain Arthur Leslie Bulbeck of Adelaide, SA. Band of Corps Gua...F01136
-
Church service. Libyan letter
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion billeted in old Roman Catacombs around Torca Castle (HQ 2/11th Battalion) have a short respite from battle in which to catch up on letters home, cleaning and r...F01071
-
Comforts Fund Officer
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian Comforts Fund Officer (ACF) with ACF parcels for troops.F01057
-
Conquerors of the desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Eight illustrious months at Tobruk and a highly successful campaign amid the wastes of Alamein entitled the men of the AIF to this distinction [i.e as "Conquerors of the desert"]. This film gives a fe...F01830
-
Crusades: AIF in Syria
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Scenes 1 to 24 show Australian soldiers marching through part of Syria to a bivouac area-laying out bedrolls and erecting mosquito nets. Scenes 25 to 36, infantry troops training before leaving Syria ...F01221
-
Damascus (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Location mood shots of Damascus, bazaars, native vendors, mosque, metal and wood craftsmen and rope makers. Ron Williams Department of Information and an army driver are silhouetted in the foreground ...F01139
-
Desert hospital
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Coverage of activities at the 7th The Australian General Hospital, Western Desert, Egypt, 27 August 1942. General view of the hospital with doctor and nurse doing the rounds. X-rays and the making of ...F01829
-
Duke of Gloucester's visit to AIF
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
One of the most impressive ceremonial parades witnessed in the Middle East took place during the recent visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester to the AIF troops somewhere in Syria. His Roy...F01240
-
Early manoeuvres Western Desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A training exercise for infantry in the Western Desert. Troops take up positions, repel aircraft (Gloster Gladiator) attacks and finally charge the enemy positions.F01234
-
Fall of Bardia 1940
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The advance of the 2nd AIF from Salum to Bardia with shots of infantry advancing and Australian and British Artillery Bombardment. Italian soldiers surrendering, abandoned Italian equipment and enemy ...F01060
-
Father Christmas under shell fire
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
This film taken less than 2000 yards from the German lines shows how the gifts were secured from the Father Christmas store. The shopping innovation was conceived by NX12629 Lieutenant-Colonel E MacAr...F01831
-
Field Workshops (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A spoken introduction by Officer Commanding 2/3 Field Workshops AIF Lieutenant Colonel C A Strachan, previously shire engineer for Fairfield, Sydney. Captain R W Jeremy QX6438 checks a gun barrel befo...F01129
-
Free French review (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Damascus area, Syria, September 1941. Three units of the Free French Forces in Syria -the 14th Escadron Tcherkess (The Circassians), the 3rd Battalion Du Levant and the Pacific Battalion consisting of...F01141
-
Gas alarm
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Nurses of the 2/5th Australian General Hospital receiving instruction on gas respirators.F01078
-
Gaza cross country race
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Gaza, Palestine. AIF Cross country race run on Sunday 23 November 1941, with three hundred and thirty six entries. The outright winner was Driver Richardson. The course extended over approximately eig...F01144
-
General O'Connor visits 6 Australian Division Headquarters
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
General Officer Commanding (GOC) XIII Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor, accompanied by Brigadier Harding, called at 6 Australian Division HQ to farewell Major General I G Mackay and seni...F01068
-
Gilly-Gilly man in action
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A native street magician, Gilly Gilly man, entertains Australian troops on leave.F01044
-
In the wake of Rommel
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Convoy of motor vehicles moving through the Halfaya Pass, Salum. General scenes of Bardia, Tobruk, Barce and Benghazi showing war damaged buildings and abandoned enemy equipment.F01833
-
Lebanese welcome to Australian troops
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian troops march through the square of the village of Abbe. A Lebanese child presents a gift of grapes to Lieutenant F J Terry, 1 Australian Corps Salvage Unit with a message of welcome. Miss A...F01128
-
Libyan panorama
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
General shots of the Libyan countryside and Italian land settlers. 6 Australian Division engineer units at work in different areas of Libya. Ruins of ancient Greek city of Cirene. A group of 2/11 Aust...F01072
-
Marching and Last Post (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Syria, 1941. Fill-in shots of Australian troops marching along road and silhoutte of bugler and troops as bugler sounds the Last Post.F01143
-
Menzies tour, Middle East and Palestine
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Parer, Damien Peter Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The Australian Prime Minister Mr Robert Gordon Menzies toured the Middle East and Palestine visiting Australian sailors, soldiers and airmen at Jerusalem (at the Australian Soldiers Club), Julis, Beit...F01065
-
Messages to home from Middle East
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A group of men from the 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion send messages to the families at home.F01079
-
New Zealand troops marching
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
New Zealand troops marching. Cut ins for film F01053.F01054
-
On very active service
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian soldiers carrying full fighting kit train in an area which embraces all types of obstacles likely to be encountered in battle area.F01076
-
Parade to fallen comrades
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Forces, General Sir Harold Alexander reviews the Ninth Australian Division commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead at Gaza Airport during a parade to honour ...F01451
-
Patriach's message, Bethlehem
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Patriach facing towards camera reading message.F01052
-
Railway construction
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
AIF Railway Construction and Maintenance Group (Royal Australian Engineers) composed of NSW Railwaymen with a small detachment of WA Railwaymen. They are engaged in the reconstruction of the old Turki...F01051
-
Recruiting talk Brigadier J A Chapman DSO
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Gaza, Palestine. Sound track; Brigadier J A Chapman giving a short commentary on Australian Army activities in the Middle East. Item intended for recruiting material in Australia.F01149
-
Recruiting talks
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Camp Deir Sineid, Palestine, October 1941. Recruiting talks by: 1. W/O Grenfell 2. Private Henderson 3. Lieutenant Colonel G G Hayman 4. General Sir Thomas Blamey. Parade inspected by the Commanding O...F01150
-
Red Shield on the battlefront
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The story of the Salvation Army in the Western Desert. The Red Shield has won honour and regard throughout the battlefield by the kindly service it has given to the diggers in all areas. Commissioner ...F01827
-
Ruins of Baalbek (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Old Roman ruins comprising, in the main, two temples, the Temple of Jupiter and Temple of Baal. Australian soldiers sightseeing. Ron Williams of the Department of Information Photographic Unit examine...F01138
-
Salvage Corps (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The 1st Australian Corps Salvage Unit associated with an English Recovery Unit (6th LOC). The combined units being under the command of Australian Lieutenant F J Terry. Vichy French artillery pieces a...F01130
-
Salvage under shell fire
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
El Alamein, 1942. Recovery team salvages a damaged Bren carrier from mine field under mortar fire.F01228
-
Salvaging plane from sea
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Shots of German aircraft in surf at edge of beach being salvaged by Australian soldiers.F01231
-
Sermon on the sandhills
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A church service among the sandhills in the Alamein Sector. The Padre is Commissioner Bill Tibbs of the Salvation Army.F01227
-
Silk industry (Syria)
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Silk in the raw state being processed by Lebanese into Silk skeins, then woven on hand loom.F01132
-
Snow patrol
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
1st Australian Corps Ski School at Beharre, Lebanon, 'The Cedars'. The Ski School comprised 6th, 7th, 9th Australian Division Ski Companies. This film shows troops learning ski control. Full informati...F01154
-
Sons of the Anzacs [1939-1943]
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N Carty, William Montague Driver, Roy Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Murphy, Mervyn R Parer, Damien Peter Finch, Peter Parer, Damien Peter Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester) Australian War Memorial Bletcher, Neville R Higgins, Arthur E Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester)
A history of the Australian forces in the Second World War up to 1943, covering the principal campaigns in which they fought and utilising contemporary footage. Includes cinematography by Damien Parer...F00188
-
1st advance in Western Desert
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian soldiers advance through heavy sand and storm. Scenes of Italian POW's and captured equipment.F01233
-
The drive on Beirut
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The official film taken by war photographers of the drive on Beirut by the Australian 7th Division, beginning from Haifa during the Syrian campaign.F01540
-
There's gold on the battlefields
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Salvaging material from the battlefield. Wrecked fuselage of German fighter, stacks of wrecked aircraft wings, tanks being stripped for parts, Egyptians salvage rubber pads from helmets etc.F01832
-
The road to Russia
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Keating, Rex
The story of Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force) an army created in 1942 to carry supplies to Russia from the Persian Gulf for 1200 miles to Tabriz on the Russo-Persian border by the British route and fr...F01595
-
Turkish frontier
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The 7th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment exercising and on patrol near Turkish border. The 2/10th Infantry Battalion provides border patrols. A Free French outpost. Australian soldiers sightseeing...F01124
-
Where there's a boom in dentistry
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A short item on the Australian Army Dental Service in the desert. Australian Army Dental Major Flemming working on patient. Private Owens receives new dental plate.F01229
-
Workshops at Cairo
Film
Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
In November and December, 1940 the Australian Photographic Unit photographed the AEME Field Workshop. This workshop was the biggest in the Middle East. Ron Williams of the Photographic Unit interviews...F01073