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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