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Abraham, Walter V (Flying Officer, RAAF, Attached Air Industry Section HQ, USAaf b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Abraham, Walter V
Manuscript titled `AIRIND in retrospect: a RAAF contribution to Allied Intelligence 1942-1945'. Describes the establishment and operations of Air Industry Section, an Allied Research Intelligence unit...PR89/052
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A day in the life of a GI at 7 mile aerodrome Port Moresby
Film
Maker: Hohmann, Franklin P (Frank)
Introduction: I was already in the United State Army Air Corps (USAAC) when December 7 1941 came upon us. I was by then a qualified Flight Engineer on the B17c/d, flying surface interdiction from Guat...F03478
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Aerial camera types (Aerial photography TF1-138)
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
An official United States War Department training film produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the Chief of Air Corps. Uses animated diagrams to illustrate the workings of a camera, use of ...F02516
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Air aces ready for Japs
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Line of US Kittyhawk Aircraft run engines, close up of pilots, Lieutenant Reynolds, Captain Hannon, Lieutenant Moorhead and Captain George Kaiser, damaged Japanese drop tank, Japanese bomber wreck, Ki...F00837
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Airborne division entering planes and Japanese envoys land at Ie Shima on way to Manila
Film
Maker: Driver, Roy
On 18th August, 1945, a party of 16 Japanese envoys headed by Lieutenant General Kawabe Takashio, Vice Chief of the Japanese general staff, landed on the tiny island of Ie Shima near Okinawa. They arr...F01538
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Air Commodore F M Bladin inspection of 319 Squadron USAAF
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Fenton Airstrip, Northern Territory, 1943. Air Commodore F M Bladin, RAAF, inspecting 319 (B24 Liberator) Squadron USAAF, stationed at Fenton under Air Commodore Bladin's direct control.F01800
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Aircraft machine guns and cannon: calibre .50 machine gun stripping and assembling
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official training film 1-260 War Department produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the chief of Air Corps. Begins with brief description of the .50 Calibre Browning and types of fixed and ...F02436
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Air sea rescue, 1943 (Flying Officer John Shelton, warrant officer Fred Ring, Flying Officer A Filear, Sergeant S.J. Bell, Lega and US Pilot Lieutenant George Wicks)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Bootless Bay; air-sea rescue, launch; 45 Operational Base Unit, Air-Sea Rescue Unit; l-r: Flying A J Filear, Commanding RAAF Flying Boat Base and Marine Section, Sergeant G J Bell, coxswain of crash b...ART22745
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Air transport in New Guinea
Film
Maker: McKechnie, Frank
At Port Moresby wharf Australian soldiers take delivery of supplies, which they re-pack and load on to C-47 Dakota transport aircraft at Ward's Aerodrome. The transport planes take off and fly in sta...F07099
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Allied leaders seal Italy's fate (News From Home. No. 54)
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Allied leaders discuss the coming battle for Italy at a conference. Montgomery, Churchill and Roosevelt all appear.F00748
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American airmen rescued
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
American airman rescued with parachute from sea. Rescue craft races across to aircraft to rescue crew from coral reef.F01266
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Anderson, Louis Tregillis Ross (Flight Lieutenant, b.1905 - d.1984)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Louis Tregillis Ross
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 263500 Flight Lieutenant Louis Tregillis Ross Anderson, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, early 1970s. This collection consists of one memo...AWM2017.1146.1
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A2 Portable Photographic Laboratory
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Official War Department training film TF I-847 explaining the operation and use of the A2 portable photographic laboratory. Shows inspection prior to starting on a mission, selection of site, setting ...F02331
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Attack
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Maker: United States Department of War
The battle for New Britain a United States War Department production photographed by the United States Signal Corps and USAAF. Shows scenes at the 'Overpower' Task Force three staging areas including ...F01928
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1. Australian war loan has America's practical support 2. Australian heroes receive medals for gallantry 3. What rubber means to Australia 4. Bushmen answer call for mounted VDC guerillas. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 27)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 50 sec) US Air Corps and nursing units parade at Sydney rally, Colonel Harry Cullings, CMG of American Army speaks 2. (48 sec) Governor-General decorates Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler with ...F00350
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Auto pilot C-1: setting up for bombing
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Maker: Walt Disney Productions
United States Army Air Forces training film AF-212B produced by Walt Disney Productions in cooperation with Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company. An animated film on the setting up for bombing of t...F02494
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Beware...It may be a flak trap
Art
Maker: Unknown [S.L. : AIR FORCE, N.D.]
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV03291
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[Brigadier General Scanlon with Air Commodore Lukis and interview with US pilots returned from the] Coral Sea battle
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter Anderson, Alan Frederick
Australian war correspondent Barry American walks under the wing of a United States B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber with the bomber's aircrew. Lockheed Hudson landing. Fighter aircraft patrol over t...F01198
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1. Brisbane pageant opens Red Cross appeal 2. Douglas C54 (DC4) Transport 3. AWAS scientist tests canned food for army 4. RAAF wrestling 5. Cue ace helps acf 6. Troops relax in island paradise. (News From Home No. 90)
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1. (56 sec) Brisbane, Queensland. City pageant opens Red Cross appeal week 2. (1 min 4 sec) New American transport aircraft, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster or DC-4 3. (57 sec) An AWAS Lieutenant in a labo...F00782
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Burma
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Loading wounded Indian troops into DC-3 aircraft from ambulance at Akyab. Beaufigther dispersal at Joari airstrip. Supply parachute folding by Indian Army personnel at Akyab. DC-3 propeller being remo...F02130
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Burma - Thailand Railway the Battle of Midway (United States Air Force, 436 Bombardment Squadron (H), Aaf, 431 Bombardment Squadron (H))
Official Record
COPY OF SQUADRON HISTORIES INCLUDES LIST OF PRISONER OF WAR (JAPANESE) CAMPS, MAPS, ETC OF BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY AND BATTLE OF MIDWAYORMF0034
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C-46 Curtiss Commando
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official training film TF I-3375 produced by the First Motion Picture Unit Army Airforces. Uses animated drawings, stills and motion picture film to show the main recognition features of the Curtiss C...F02303
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China
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Kunming, China, street scenes, United States troops. Coolies carrying stone from quaries for airfield construction. Shots of United States Army Airforce and Chinese Nationalist Air Force Curtiss-Wrig...F02131
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Cologne, Germany. C. 1945-03. A general view of damage in the outskirts of Cologne, showing ...
Photograph
Cologne, Germany. C. 1945-03. A general view of damage in the outskirts of Cologne, showing damage in the residential sector as a result of severe air attacks by both the RAF and US Army Air Force.SUK13946
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COLONEL ROSS G. HOYT, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS, CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES ...
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
COLONEL ROSS G. HOYT, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS, CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN AUSTRALIA (USAFIA). PHOTOGRAPHER: CRANSTONE.011560A
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Colquhoun, David William (Air Commodore, DFC, AFC, RAAF Command : b.1916 - d.1987)
Private Record
MIXED COLLECTION OF REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATED TO RAAF TRAINING, ORGANISATION AND RECRUITING, OPERATIONS REPORTS FROM MALAYA, JAVA AND THE SWPA, LECTURE NOTES FROM THE JOINT SERVICES STAFF COLLEGE, NO...PR83/124
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Cross channel action
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A combined exercise and operation as Allied Navy and Army units steam to wards the French coast. United States B-26 Marauder aircraft attack targets in Northern France these include a target hidden in...F00807
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Dakotas and gliders
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Maker: Jago, Kenneth Francis RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAF and American Dougals C-47 Dakota transport aircraft landing; loading wounded and taking off from Meiktila airfield Burma. A token coverage of Dakota aircraft towing Waco gliders and of gliders lan...F02123
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Dissassembly of P-40 armament
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official War Department training film I-739 produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the Army Air Forces. Explains the disassembly of the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk armament consisting of six .5...F02362
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Duff, Ken (Flight Sergeant)
Manuscript
Maker: Duff, Ken
"The Darwin Lockheed Hudson Squadrons and the War They Traversed" gives a account of the work of 2 and 13 Squadrons from 1941 to 1943. The manuscript also includes copies of navigation logs, photograp...MSS1504
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Emergency care of air crew casualties
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film I-3335 produced by the First Motion Picture Unit Army Airforces. A Flight Surgeon describes and demonstrates the use of the First Aid Aeronautics Kit and the use ...F02337
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Emerson nose and tail turrets: operation and servicing (Airplane turrets)
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Maker: Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field
An official War Department training film I-469 produced by AA7 Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field. A dramatized story of a trainee air gunner practising for an oral test on the Emerson t...F02345
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Esler, Alan John (Flight Lieutenant, b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Commonwealth Government of Australia
Collection relating to the Second World War service of O35066 (408645) Flight Lieutenant Alan John Esler, MID, 24 Sqn RAAF. Consists of correspondence and citations relating to the US Presidential Uni...PR82/017
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1. Europe, pre invasion battle of the air 2. Little ships hit high spots. (News From Home No. 87)
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1. (4 min) Covers Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Squadrons of the USAAF 8th Airforce flying as fighter escorts for B-17 Flying Fortresses. Shots of pilots, P-47 take offs, in flight and gun camera film of ...F00776
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Fairfax, Allan Graham (Pilot Officer, b.1917 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Fairfax, Allan Graham Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 412502 Pilot Officer Allan Graham Fairfax, 19 Bombardment Group, Australia, New Guinea, 1940-1942. Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of a letter acknowle...PR03263
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Glenn, Bob B. (Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Glenn, Bob B
Manuscript titled "Brigadier General Patrick J. Hurley's mission to expedite blockade runner ships to the Philippines February 1942" describing the observations of US Army's Lt Glenn, who accompanied ...MSS1549
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Green, Francis N (Private, Attached United States Army Forces (USAf) Intelligence Unit)
Private Record
Maker: Green, Francis Nathaniel
REPORTS WITH GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY GREEN ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND SITUATIONS ON RABAUL AND THE DUKE OF YORK ISLANDS AND PRINTED MAP OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. MR GREEN WAS FORMERLY A PATROL OFFICE...PR86/231
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Ground check and trouble shooting (Maintenance and servicing of the C-1 Auto pilot part 5)
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Maker: Walt Disney Productions
United States Army Air Forces Training Film AF-224 produced by Walt Disney Productions in co-operation with the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulation Company. The purpose of this picture is to show how to ...F02490
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Groves, J J (Sapper, 12 Australian Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Groves, J J
DIARIES DESCRIBE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. JAPANESE AND AMERICAN AIR RAIDS ALSO NOTED. PLACES INCLUDE QUEENSLAND, BUNA, WAU AND LAE IN NEW GUINEA AND...PR90/034
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[Headquarters 2 Australian Corps activities]
Film
Maker: French, Raymond George
[Headquarters 2 Australian Corps activities]F10029
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Highlights Eighth Airforce fighter combat vs Me-163 [and Me-262]
Film
Maker: Anderson, William H Conner, R E Dupree, Charles W Gerbe, William T Glessnor, M F Glover, Fred W Kolbe, John E Lux, Frank O Norley, Luis H Pidwell, John C Shoffit, Jimmy C Voss, J R
This item comprises of gun camera films taken by United States Eighth Airforce fighter pilots in combat with Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163 rocket and Messerschmitt Me-262 jet aircraft. Inter title li...F05428
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HOLLAND, 1945-02. MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER AIRCRAFT OF THE USAAF. (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
HOLLAND, 1945-02. MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER AIRCRAFT OF THE USAAF. (PHOTOGRAPHER: C. ISAAC; DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.273
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Identification of raiders
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official War Department training film I-1017 produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the Commanding General Army Air Forces. A dramatized story of how a pilot of a B-25 identifies a German ...F02506
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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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Interview with Roy Parker (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Interview with Ray Parker who came to Australia as a member of the 22nd Bombardment Group USAAF in June 1943. Discusses his first impressions of Australia, how they spent their rest and recreation lea...F04021
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Interview with Sergeant Wilbur E Brown USAAF
Film
Maker: Department of Information
Sergeant (Sgt) Wilbur E Brown, USAAF, radio operator on a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft, twice unhesitatingly faced death in order to rescue two comrades who had been injured during...F01713
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Kittyhawks, Darwin
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
American airmen flying Curtiss P40 Kittyhawks fighter aircraft of the 9th Pursuit Squadron, 49th Pursuit Group United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) based at Darwin. Identified flyers are; Lieutenant R...F01778
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Krell, Walter A (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Manuscript
Maker: Krell, Walter A
Manuscripts titled `Incendiary Bombs to Rabaul', `Rabaul Airfield', and `Lae Raid with Jerry Flanigan', describing attacks by the USAAF launched from Australian bases. Include a report of a crash at I...MSS1461
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Land and live in the jungle
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film TF I-334 produced by the First Motion Picture Unit Army Air Forces. Dramatisation featuring the downed crew of a B-25 to demonstrate the basic principles of survi...F02335
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Learn and live
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film No. 1-330 produced by the First Motion Picture Unit Army Airforces in co-operation with the Director of Air Traffic and Safety. This film is dedicated to the prop...F02385