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Activities in No 9 POW Camp New Britain
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
Situated approximately twenty miles outside Rabaul, No 9 Group Camp holds some 10,000 Japanese POW. Scenes depict activities followed by the prisoners; administration inside the compound area is the r...F07425
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Activities of 1 Australian Port Construction Company, RAE at Balikpapan
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
During operation Oboe 2 the two approaches to the shipping wharf, 400 yards offshore, were destroyed. A temporary approach was made from welded steel pontoons. Film shows construction of a new wooden ...F07275
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Activities of 2 Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group & scenes and inspection at Changi POW camp by Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Formation, embarkation and arrival of 2 Australian Prisoners of War (POW) Group at Singapore, whose task it was to receive and assist released prisoners of war: mainly 8th Division personnel. Scenes d...F07336
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Activities of Australian Women's Army Service in Lae New Guinea.
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Some 400 girls of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) arrived in Lae in May 1945. Their job was to release men for service in operational areas. Scenes show girls at work as typists, clerks, dr...F07411
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[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]
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[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]F04772
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A day with the Garrison Engineer and Staff, Tura, Egypt 1941-42
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Maker: Unknown
This item is composed of activities of unidentified British and New Zealand engineer units in the North African Campaign. The first part deals with the advance into Libya and then "A day with the Garr...F10035
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Advance on Kokoda
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Kokoda Trail, 8 October 1942. Scenes during the advance of Australian forces over ground just evacuated by the Japanese. Australians examine Japanese 75 mm mountain gun and ammunition. Bringing up 25 ...F01809
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Advance on Sanananda
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Coverage of action in Sanananda area. Most of this item being photographed with the 2/9th Battalion AIF. Identified personnel: C Bottomley, Department of Information still photographer. H. Black YMCA ...F01848
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AIF in action in Malaya
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Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
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AIF return from Malaya
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
AIF return from Malaya after capitulation of Japan. A general coverage of troops relaxing and playing sport on board troopship. Some shots of a Bofors gun and crew and troops disembarking from troopsh...F01172
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Allied prisoners of war repatriated from Japan
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Maker: Unknown
Australian and allied POW at Yokohama preparing for repatriation and shots of Australian prisoners of war (POW) on the American hospital ship 'Benevolence'. The footage is low contrast, yet there are ...F01441
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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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American forces liberate South Korea
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Australian troops captured at Singapore in 1942 and liberated in Korea by Allied forces after Japanese capitulation. Film commences with aerial shots of Korean landscape, moves to a panning shot of f...F01244
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1. Armoured division on parade 2. Newsbriefs: Lady Gowrie in Sydney - General Macarthur and PM in Melbourne. (Cinesound News No. 556)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound newsreel No. 556. 1. (1 min 46 sec) American tanks demonstrate before a big parade which is inspected by Generals Blamey and Robertson 2. (35 sec) Sydney, NSW. Lady Gowrie tac...F00582
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Arrival of Australian paratroops at Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
In the afternoon of 9 September 1945, five C47 Dakota transport aircraft arrived over Singapore Island in formation and after circling the city, landed at the civil airport. They contained men of 1 Au...F07323
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Arrival of evacuated POW from Sumatra at Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Although Sumatra had not yet been occupied by Allied troops, Dakota aircraft of RAF, RAAF, and Royal New Zealand Air Force started flying POW and internees to Singapore on 15 September 1945. By 17 Sep...F07341
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Aussies in Germany, RAAF in Brussels
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian airman in Germany; Australian and Allied POW in Stalag 357 and Stalag II B and in United Kingdom; RAAF vs BLA rugby, Brussels. Australian airmen with No 175 RAF Hawker Typhoon Squadron in G...F01274
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25 Australian Infantry Battalion in action Slater's Knoll
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Early in the morning of 5th April, in South Bougainville, a sizeable enemy force attacked the HQ 25th Australian Infantry Battalion and a platoon of "C" Company. Sixty men were cut off from their comm...F07191
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Australian paratroops at Labuan and Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
The advance detachment of 1 Australian Paratroop Battalion, AIF, approximately one hundred and twenty men, were flown to Labuan from Cairns, QLD, in preparation for being called to Singapore. It was t...F07324
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Australian POW at 10 Cycle Camp, Batavia
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Scenes of Australian Army, Navy and Air Force personnel at 10 Cycle Camp. All these POWs were flown back to Singapore. Sapper Newman, 8 Australian Division Engineers, showing his well patched slouch h...F07342
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Australian POW's return to England
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Lancaster bombers of No 622 Sqn RAF parked on airfield. Lancaster of No 138 Sqn RAF taxis into frame. Medium shot of servicemen (POWs?) deplaning and gathering near aircraft to pose for camera. Lancas...F02635
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Australians advance in New Guinea
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Ioribaiwa Ridge, New Guinea, Australians advance and take first Japanese prisoners. Hauling 25 pounder guns on Kokoda Track, C-47 Dakota aircraft drop supplies, Corporal John Bromwich, Davis Cup tenni...F00820
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Australian women from German concentration camp arrive in Sydney. (Cinesound News No. 584)
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A small party of women, most of them middle-aged, who have been prisoners of war in Germany, reach Australia. Betty Lanigan O'Keefe tells of her captivity in German-occupied Paris.F00607
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A war story
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Maker: National Film Board of Canada
Documentary drama based on the diaries of Canadian doctor, Ben Wheeler, during internment in a Japanese prison camp.F03421
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Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)
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Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Bardia - Tobruk (Anzac TV series)F10034-01
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2/43 Battalion AIF Borneo 1945
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Maker: Jones, Peter Hesketh Whitlock
Opens with a close up of a sign show the word Beaufort written in English and Chinese. An Australian soldier walks up to a woman with a child both carrying open umbrellas and points to the camera. Ano...F00420
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Battle of Egypt
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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
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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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Catalina taking officers and supplies to Kuching POW camp
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
On 7 September 1945, a Catalina aircraft, loaded with medical supplies and carrying three officers left Labuan Airstrip for Kuching POW Camp. The officers were VX40155 Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Walker...F07315
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Cavalcade of victory
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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
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Civilian internees and dockyards, Singapore
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
General shots of civilian internees wandering around after release from Japanese internment camps. A few shots of released Australian POW. Allister Greig of Western Australia, artist, displays some of...F01438
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Commemoration service Rabaul
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
During May 1942, 800 Allied prisoners of war and internees embarked on the vessel Montevideo Maru at Rabaul for shipment to Japan; she was subsequently sunk en route. On 23 January 1946, four years af...F07419
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[Compilation of post Second World War footage showing repatriation of allied prisoners of war in South East Asia and captured Japanese]
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Compilation of post Second World War footage showing repatriation of allied prisoners of war in South East Asia and captured Japanese, including scenes of injured and emasciated POWs, crowd scenes of ...F03401
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Construction of camps in the Gazelle Peninsula by Japanese troops
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Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
Japanese troops were to be concentrated in camps built in the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain; when completed these camps were capable of holding some one hundred and thirty thousand Japanese troops. C...F07363
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1. Crack swimmers take to water between war jobs 2. Chasing Rommel through Libya (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 6)
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1. (1 min 42 sec) On leave from New Guinea, Geoff Valentin wins NSW 100 metres 2. (5 min) Latest film of 8th Army's advance. Thousands of prisoners taken including General Ritter Von Thoma, German Com...F00378
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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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Departure of POW by Catalina flying boat for Darwin
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Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward
To date, some fifteen thousand ex POW have been processed by 3 Australian POW Reception Group. Each man undergoes a medical and dental examination and is issued with clothing, equipment and new payboo...F07373
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Desert victory
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Maker: Macdonald, David Army Film and Photographic Unit RAF Film Production Unit
The 8th Army's push against and the driving back of Rommel through the desert. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.F01308
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8 Division POW on board HMT Highland Brigade
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Maker: McLeish, N
Scenes taken on board HMT Highland Brigade of men of 8 Division and civilians who had been prisoners of the Japanese for some three and a half years, during the trip from Singapore to Fremantle, WA. T...F07340
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Drive against the Japanese up the Markham and Ramu valleys
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Maker: Driver, Roy
General coverage of the drive against the Japanese up the Ramu and Markham River valleys, New Guinea. Shows the every day activities of the troops. Identified personnel: Church of England Padre H No...F01853
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Dumping of Japanese ammunition in Blanche Bay, Rabaul
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Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
Japanese troops, under the direction of Australian forces, dump ammunition into Blanche Bay in accordance with the surrender terms. Film shows hand grenades, 4.5 shells, one hundred pound bombs and ....F07357
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[Eastern Front, Monte Cassino and Luftwaffe night raids on London, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenshau) = (The German newsreel)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa early 1944. Items covered: 1. Winter on the Eastern front, Stug III Assault gun, Panzer Grenadiers, PzKpfW VI Tiger tanks, Soviet POWs, land mine clearance, knocked out Soviet T-...F01995
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Eichelberger presents money belt to natives
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Studies of Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs), a group of Eurasian women and children in European clothes. Lieutenant-General Eichelberger presents money belt to Saluver Librak.F01870
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El Alamein area, Mr Casey's visit to El Alamein, El Alamein Railway Station, 450 Squadron in the Western Desert
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Maker: Military History Section
Various scenes of battlefield with wrecked tanks and vehicles in desert country near the Hills of Jesus. Three soldiers examine captured Italian 20mm Breda gun. Valentine tank at Tank HQ. Men of the 2...F07016
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El Alamein, armoured cars, anti aircraft gunners, prisoners, hospital train
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Maker: Military History Section
El Alamein area, 1942. Armoured cars in desert country. Anti aircraft gun and crew. Men cooking meal over a petrol stove. Signals unit laying out telephone cable from utility. Group of soldiers run to...F07021
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El Alamein, captured enemy equipment
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Maker: Military History Section
El Alamein area, 1942. Captured enemy equipment. Enemy planes overhead. Wounded in ambulances. Burial service. Italian POWs. Italian war graves. Tanks moving up. Work carried out on Bren Carriers at a...F07018
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El Alamein, Dabaa wounded & field hospital
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Maker: Military History Section
Australian Army Band playing outdoors. Stretcher bearers and truck outside of Field Hospital tents. Tower, store sheds, platform and railway lines at Dabaa Station with four-wheel railway truck, railw...F07017
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Evacuation of first Australian POW by sea from Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Scenes on Singapore wharf as the first Australian prisoner of war (POW) from Changi and other Singapore POW Camps arrive to embark on HMAS Manunda, a Hospital Ship, to be taken to Australia. Approxima...F07322
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Exhibition of Ju Ken Jitsu by Japanese prisoners of war
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
At Timbali Surrender Camp, Labuan, Japanese prisoners gave a demonstration of bayonet fighting. The contestants are dressed in thickly padded suits, head piece with wire mesh front and thick gloves. W...F07408
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[Extracts from German newsreels: Home front and Arnhem] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 41/42 1944 Wpr) = (The German newsreel 41/42 1944 Wpr)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c September 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Hitler Youth members of the Landienst (land army) learn agriculture and animal husbandry as part of a 10 year project fo...F01964
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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Fall of Bardia 1940
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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
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Fall of Buna Mission
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Allied troops in occupation of Buna after its capture. Generals Blamey and Eichelberger inspect captured Japanese equipment. Australians attack Japanese sniper in pill box. Shots of Korean prisoner...F01811
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Fall of Corregidor in Manila Bay 7th May (Nippon News 102)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha Nippon News
Extract from Nippon News newsreel covering the United States surrender at Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippines. Japanese Navy and Army officers moving away from camera along mountain track. Officers st...F06814
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[Federated Malay States Volunteer Force] / William Charles Barton
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Maker: Barton, William Charles
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF). Private William Charles Barton served with "D" Company Armoured Car Section Ipoh Division 1 December 1941 to 14 April 1946. He was taken as a prisoner o...F03495
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First Australians leaving Singapore
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Released Australian prisoners of war at Kallang airfield, Singapore waiting for aircraft to depart for Australia. Japanese soldiers pushing disabled transport through the streets of Singapore; other J...F01683
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Gaumont British News No. 37
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Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Title: 'Mr Menzies has a message for America.' At the end of his first wartime visit to Britain the Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies held a press conference to say that he would use ...F01464
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General scenes of damaged town of Jesselton and views inside Japanese internment camp.
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
Jesselton is the site of the largest concentration of Japanese POWs in Borneo. Many Japanese women and children are interned in a special camp. Japanese POW are employed in clearing the damaged town. ...F07409
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[German home front, Hitler and Mussolini, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German convoy under air attack and Waffen SS on the Eastern front, circa 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 714) = (The German newsreel No. 714)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Nazi leaders at May Day celebrations. 2. A womens fashion parade. 3. Bicycle race in Berlin. 4. Youths of the Arbeitdienst in ...F01972
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Glimpses of Army days by George French
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Maker: French, George
George French's film of his service as a Sergeant with 8 Garrison Battalion Newcastle Defence and later as an officer with Australian Water Transport and British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU). Ope...F00277
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Guadalcanal: America's first offensive (Crusade in the Pacific part 7)
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Maker: March of Time Television
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at...F04959
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[Hainan Island, China, Sarawak and North Borneo 1946- 1947 and 1951]
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Maker: Jackson, Henry Walter Samuel
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Jackson was Contact Officer (rank at the time was Major) in 3 Australian Prisoner of War Contact and Enquiry Unit and carried out the release and repatriation of POW on Haina...F03316
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Handling POWs
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This British Army training film has been acted. It shows basic method of handling Prisoners of War (POW) by the soldier in the field unit before they are handed over to the intelligence branch.F01901
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His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke's Birthday celebrations, Kuching & scenes in 9 Division released POW camp & visit of Lady Mountbatten to 2/1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
March past of Kuching Force and twenty one gun salute for the Rajah of Sarawak's birthday. Activities at 9 Division released POW and Internee camp, Labuan Island. Medical examinations at 2/1 Australia...F07372
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[HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Hobart] / Lieutenant Commander B.I. Freeman
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Maker: Freeman, Bruce Irving
Reel 1. The armed merchant cruiser HMAS Kanimbla's part in an operation by "B" Force under command of Captain W.L.G. Adams CB, OBE, RN to capture German and Italian merchant ships at Bandar Shapur, Ir...F03343
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HMAS Voyager in the Mediterranean, 1940
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Maker: Hollis, John
HMAS Voyager and crew in the Mediterranean, circa mid 1940. Alexandria or Cairo, car trip through the city. Various scenes of parks, buildings etc. At sea, long shot of a destroyer underway at speed. ...F04798
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HMS Formidable and HMS Speaker
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian soldiers arrived at South Harbour, Manila, by trucks from the 8th Australian Prisoner of War Reception Camp and were taken out to the Royal Navy aircraft carriers HMS Formidable and HMS Spe...F01626
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Homeward journey
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Maker: Thompson, Geoffrey
This is a National Films Council presentation using material from film No F02081, Flying Nurses (except 12 scenes). The emphasis in this version is more on wounded being returned to Australia than the...F01251
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Indian troops in POW camp Rabaul
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Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
During their imprisonment by the Japanese, these Indian troops were treated very badly. Food and medical supplies were insufficient and raids had to be made on Japanese dumps to fill the gaps in the r...F07354
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In enemy hands
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A short film explaining how the Red Cross supplies comforts to allied prisoners of war. A female nurse introduces the film and a male voice over explains aims and processes of the organisation. Scenes...F01369
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2/23 Inf. Battalion on Tarakan Island
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Coverage of activities in Tarakan area made up from Cpl Doug Hardy's original job numbers 359, 365, 366 & 367. VX147635 Private (Pte) Reginald Vincent Clarke and VX142554 Pte Peter Leslie Dow of 11th ...F07216
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Inspection by HQ 6 Australian Division officers of Japanese hospital on Muschu Island
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Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On 1 October 1945, Lieutenant General Yoshihara, Chief of the General Staff, 18 Japanese Army and Commander of the Japanese compound on Muschu was ordered to improve the hospital site, lay paths and g...F07376
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Interrogation of enemy airmen
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film TF-1.3326 produced by the First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces. Demonstrates psychological approaches, methods and interrogation techniques employed by ...F02373
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Interrogation of suspected war criminals
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Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On 19 October 1945, at HQ 6 Australian Division, began the preliminary interrogation of suspected or accused Japanese war criminals. The first Japanese to be questioned is a Lieutenant Tazaki who is a...F07377
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Interviews for "Song of survival"
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Interviews with Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for the film 'Song of survival'. Interviewees on each tape: 1. Vivian Stratham and Flo Syer 2. Betty Jeffrey and Mickey Syer 3...F03469
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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 Bob Taylor (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Bob Taylor worked in the Post Office in 1942 when he was 13 years old. His work there involved shredding documents, receiving telegrams and operating as a bicycle messenger. He tells a number of st...F04095
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Interview with Helen McAnulty (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Helen McNulty was twelve when the war ended. She recalls her experiences during the war years, especially the memories of friends who had brother that were in POW camps, one of which were crucified. ...F04088
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Interview with Jerry Judd (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Gerry Judd for the documentary series 'When the war came to Australia. Gerry Judd discusses his reactions to the outbreak of war, the enlistment of his father and brother in the AIF and...F04011
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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 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 Russell Braddon (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Braddon joined the army after completing his degree. He comments on the 'Ratty Diggers' - men who signed up for the Second World War after surviving the First World War. He remarks that the army re...F04155
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Invasion of Hollandia
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
On 22 Apr 1944 Task Force 'Reckless', assisted by aircraft of TF58 and gunfire of United States and Australian naval vessels, invaded Dutch New Guinea in an amphibious operation and began a pincers mo...F01731
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1. Italian prisoners arrive in Sydney 2. Prime Minister, R.G. Menzies returns home. (Cinesound News No. 500)
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1. (1 min 18 sec) An overseas liner brings hundreds of Italians captured in the Libyan campaign to Australia for internment for the duration of the war 2. (4 min 10 sec) After his 36,000 mile trip of ...F00529
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Italian prisoners at Haifa
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Italian prisoners board a train in Haifa under the watchful eyes of Australian soldiers.F01237
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Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi at Rabaul
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
On the evening of 30 January 1946, a Japanese 22,000 ton aircraft carrier Katsuragi carrying 5,000 Japanese troops from Fauro to Japan, called at Rabaul for fuel and water. Most of the troops were in ...F07420
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Japanese patrol in Tarakan
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Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward
After the cessation of hostilities and leaflets had been dropped on the remaining Japanese who were still in the hilly country of Tarakan, Japanese prisoners were asked to go out on patrols to bring i...F07369
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Japanese POW & internees embark on the Daikai Maru for repatriation
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
On 2 March 1946, 2,500 Japanese POW and internees embarked on the first Japanese vessel to use Sydney Harbour since the cessation of hostilities. The prisoners arrived at No 1 Wharf, Balmain, NSW, by ...F07436
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Japanese POW patients in 2/1 Aust Casualty Clearing Station
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
These scenes of Japanese POW patients were taken by Sergeant (Sgt) D C Hardy while he was a patient at the 2/1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station. The following is a transcription of Sgt Hardy's pre...F07559
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Japanese prisoner of war camp Morotai
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Amongst the three hundred thirty five Japanese prisoners held at Morotai are about one hundred who are listed as war criminals. These men are put to heavy work and treated differently from the remaind...F07389
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Japanese prisoners arrive at Rabaul
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
Under the supervision of Provost Marshal, NX77304 (N5002) Colonel Keith Charles Fleming Harris, Land Headquarters, the first batch of Japanese war criminals were placed in the POW compound at Rabaul. ...F07417
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Japanese prisoners at Torokina
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
The Japanese garrison on Nauru Island was transferred by sea to a special compound at Torokina. Daily inspection of compound was carried out by SX1442 Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Ronald Matthews, 9 Au...F07350
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Japanese prisoners surrender
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Shots taken from American gunboat with loud speakers fitted to bow as it cruises along jungle foreshore calling on Japanese to surrender. Japanese on shore waving white flags and in water wading out t...F01628
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Japanese repatriation centre Ujina, Japan
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Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
For several months a detachment of Australian soldiers have been supervising the repatriation of Japanese POWs at Ujina, port of Hiroshima. Inspection of belongings, confiscation of prohibited article...F07467
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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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1. Japs blasted back from airfield 2. Solomons, captured Jap aviators off to detention camp 3. War on the roof of New Guinea. (News From Home No. 26)
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Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 261. (2 min 36 sec) The battle for Wau, 25 pounder guns and Beaufighter aircraft in action (See also F01820 for Department of Information unedited footage). (58 sec) J...F00722
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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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Kuching Hospital & POWs embark for Australia
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
Civilian internees and prisoners of war were flown from Kuching to Labuan at the start of their journey home after being liberated from POW camp, Kuching. Several Australian and British POW received t...F07330