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Attack on Waitavalo
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
General coverage of the attack on Waitavalo Plantation New Britain. Supply difficulties, artillery bombardment of enemy positions, wounded Australians, captured Japanese equipment ( Type 99 7.7 mm Lig...F01697
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Boulton & Paul turret
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Maker: Cinema Branch Department of Information
A RAAF training film produced by Cinema Branch Department of Information. Covers daily inspection and maintenance of the Bolton and Paul turret as used on the Lockheed Hudson bomber. The turret is sho...F02323
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Camera gunnery
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A Official RAAF training film on camera gunnery. Shows the routine at an RAAF Gunnery School. Covers the loading of the camera gun in the aircraft turret and other procedures involved in flight exerci...F02349
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Common stoppages in automatic weapons
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
Australian Military Forces Directorate of Military Training film C 852 from the RAEME (Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) Training Centre Command Library (copy 'A'). It was produced...AWM2018.451.3
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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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Fall of Sattelberg
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Sattelberg road river crossing. Bulldozers make a ford and tow any jeeps that get stuck. Engineers work on foundations of bridge. Pontoon crossing. Wounded coming back by jeep. Jeeps bringing up food ...F01878
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Martin upper turret basic type: operation and servicing (Airplane turrets)
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Maker: Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field
Official United States Army Airforces training film produced by the Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field. While this film deals specifically with Martin Turret type A-3B it also covers in ...F02326
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20mm cannon
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An RAAF training film on the 20mm Hispano Cannon of the type mounted on the Supermarine Spitfire. The film covers the examination of the external parts, the barrel assembly, stripping the cannon, remo...F02499
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Re-arming a fighter
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Maker: Brent Productions
Official RAF training film produced by Brent Productions. Shows the quick turn around of fighters engaged with the enemy. The work of the ground crew and how each person performing his respective job ...F02377
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Salbani
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton
Salbani India; native laundry. Buildings under construction by coolie women. Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI (B-24H and early B-24J model) heavy bombers of 356 Squadron RAF as seen by the distinctive...F02132
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Theory of aerial gunnery: sighting
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
War Department training film TF 1-117 produced by the US Signal Corps in collaboration with the Chief of Air Corps. Uses mainly animated diagrams to explain the principles of sighting in aerial gunner...F02437
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Tracer method of air sighting
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Maker: British Thomas-Houston
RAF training film directed by British Thomas Houston (BT-H) Research Laboratory on the tracer method of air sighting for aerial gunnery. Explains the principles of deflection shooting, the misuse of t...F02398
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Training of aerial gunners (fixed): ground targets
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Maker: Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field
An Army Air Forces Training TF I-415 film produced by the Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field. Shows a U.S. Army Air forces target range, its facilities, operation, method of score keepin...F02497