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AIF in training
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Maker: Driver, Roy
General shots of 7th and 9th Australian Divisions training in Northern Queensland. Map reading, flame throwers, mortar crews, Bren and Owen gunners, infantry training supported by Matilda tanks, bridg...F01305
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Akyab
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Akyab Island airfield Burma.F02150
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Americans land on Trobriand Island
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
A general coverage of American troops embarking in Landing Craft Infantry (LCI), Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) at Milne Bay, the convoy at sea and the landing at Trobrian...F01261
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Americans prepare to land at Wakde Island
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
An American convoy of landing of craft left Aitape, New Guinea, escorted by Australian and American warships for a landing on Wakde. This was accomplised by two separate operations; first a landing on...F01268
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Amphibious training
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) Kinna, Darrell
Troops of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion training with RAN personnel at Trinity Beach, Cairns.F07123
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Amphibious training 16 Brigade
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
The Australian 16th Brigade amphibious training at Yorkey's Knob Beach or Trinity Bay Beach Cairns, North Queensland 24 August 1943. American soldier keeps watch with 50. Calibre Browning heavy machin...F07046
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Assembly of Oboe 6 Force for invasion of British Borneo
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Maker: Driver, Roy
In May 1945 troops equipment and shipping were assembled at Morotai Island in preparation for Oboe 6, the invasion of British Borneo. Shows the invasion vessels in harbour and the activity ashore as p...F01724
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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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Attack on Biak
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Maker: Driver, Roy
American landing force at sea escorted by Australian and American warships. Landing on Biak Island by part of 41st US Division at 06.30 am on 27 May 1944 watched by two Australian observes - Major F A...F01269
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9 Australian Division on Labuan Island
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
NX8 Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB KBE CMG DSO ED; 351001 (NX7) Major General George Frederick Wootten CB CBE DSO; Rear Admiral Royal, US Navy; O38 (25) Air Commodore Frederick Rudol...F07226
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31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion landing at Sipaai, North Bougainville
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
This film covers the move of the unit from Torokina to a new forward base in the north-west coast at Sipaai, near the mouth of the Kiakara River. The troops were moved in three barges escorted by the ...F07185
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21 Australian Infantry Brigade amphibious training
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
The first thirty feet of this film was shot as a camera test. The subject of the test was the waterproofing of jeeps by personnel of the 2/6 Field Coy RAE at Barron River, Redlynch about 14 miles from...F07560
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Bombardment and landing Labuan Island
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Maker: McInnes, Hugh
Royal Australian Navy vessel bombarding landing area, shots of gunnery officer and naval lookouts. 24th Australian Infantry Brigade troops landing from Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). Troops unloading s...F01708
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Bombardment and landing on Brunei Peninsula
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
Bombardment of Brunei Peninsula by ships and aircraft. Also waves of Landing Craft, Vehicle Personnel (LCVP's) K17, K6, K12 moving into the shore.F07221
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Bombardment Tarakan, troops load onto barges
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
Bombardment of Tarakan area as viewed from a ship approximately half a mile from the beach. Most shots very dull.F07212
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Cairns and Lake Boga
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Cairns, Queensland and Lake Boga, Victoria amphibious transport co-operation with Catalina aircraft.F02268
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Conference at H.Q. 24 Australian Infantry Brigade on Oboe 6 operations
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) Hardy, Douglas Charles
Coverage of Oboe 6 Conference held at HQ 24 Aust. Inf. Brigade. SX9364 Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn Roderick Jeanes MC, CO 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion (officer listening); VX133 Brigadier Selwyn H...F07219
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Dieppe 19 August 1942 (Degeto Weltspiegel Nr 41) = Dieppe 19 August 1942 (Degeto World Mirror No 41)
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Maker: Degeto Film GmbH
Title translations: The enemy naval landing craft are on fire. Attack by British fighter and tactical aircraft. The twenty eight disembarked [Churchill] tanks are completely destroyed. The first w...F00444
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Embarkation for Cape Gloucester landing
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
United States First Marine Division embarking on Land Ship Tank and Landing Craft Infantry in New Guinea for landing on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Identified personnel Lieutenant General W Krueger...F01855
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Embarkation of 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
On Operation Oboe 6. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) embarkation area. Group from 3 Section C Company, from left: VX21091 Private (Pte) Roy Leslie Russell of North Fitzroy, Vic; WX17324 Pte Alfred Geprge Kir...F07222
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Exercise "Jantzen"
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
A British military training film produced for the War Office by AKS Crown copyright, approved October 1943. This film is a record of an exercise the main object of which was to practice beach maintena...F05047
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First pictures of battle in Solomons
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Shows the United States invasion fleet on route to Guadalcanal. United States Navy Douglas Dauntless dive bombers and USAAF B-17 heavy bombers. Marines boarding assault barges, naval gunfire in prepar...F00811
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Flotation exercises by AASC 9 Australian Division
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Flotation exercises by Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) 9th Australian Division trial in floating ashore US 75mm field gun packed in waterproof boxes.F07218
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Going north
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Maker: Netherlands East Indies Film Unit
A Department of Information propaganda film produced by the Netherlands East Indies Film Unit on the Allied invasion of Japanese occupied Morotai. The Morotai Task Force comprised of United States Arm...F01380
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2/5 Independent Company in New Guinea and Borneo / Mick Sheehan
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Maker: Sheehan, Michael Lawrence (Mick)
Mick Sheehan's film record of his service with the 2/5 Independent Company (later 2/5 Cavalry Commando Squadron) in New Guinea and Bougainville. Shows VX56 Major Ian Kerr CO 2/5 Commando Squadron. Inv...F03422
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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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Invasion convoy, Lae
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Shipboard activities on an Landing Ship, Tank (LST) bound for Lae. VX27403 Major Maxwell Auton Radford, the Senior Chaplain of the 9th Australian Division gives his blessing to the men.F07102
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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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Invasion of Leyte, Philippines
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On 20 October 1944 the United States 6th Army invaded Leyte, Philippines, landing on the east coast in vicinity of Tacloban, the capital. Two firm beach heads were established. On 21 October 1944 US A...F01704
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Invasion training Western Australia
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Maker: Phoenix, Cyril Raymond
Point Walter, Western Australia, 6-7 February 1943. Troops of the 6th Australian Infantry Battalion on invasion training course. Troops climb down scramble-nets slung over timber frame (mock up of shi...F01715
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"Jeheemy" (Amphibious warfare)
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Maker: US Navy
United States Navy training film MN-430a. This film illustrates the Jeheemy, a mobile gantry-type structure for the salvage of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). The film illustrates the method o...F05071
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Labuan bound invasion convoy
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Maker: Driver, Roy
On 4 June 1945 Oboe 6 sailed from Morotai on an one thousand one hundred mile voyage to make an amphibous landing on North Borneo. This item covers the 24th Australian Infantry Brigade en route to the...F01707
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Lae falls to Australians
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel story of the capture of Lae by 7th and 9th Divisions. (See also F01862 & F01860 for original Department of Information footage.)F01616
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Landing at Balikpapan
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Maker: Edwards, Reg J
General coverage of invasion fleet; HMAS Shropshire and a destroyer bombarding; LVT's and other small landing craft loaded with 7th Australian Division troops underway to landing beaches; troops landi...F01975
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Landing at Red Beach
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Australian 9th Division land on Red Beach to commence the drive down on Lae. Identified personnel: Major-General George Wootten.F01869
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Landing on Brunei Peninsula by 20th Aust. Inf. Brigade
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Landing at Brunei by Australian troops also activities on board HMAS Kanimbla to Operation Oboe 6. B Company 2/2nd Australian M. G. Battalion moving along Route 6. Private (Pte) Hugo resting on roadsi...F07228
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Landing on Labuan by 24 Australian Infantry Brigade
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles O'Halloran, John Frederick M
Activities of troops on board Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 637-1 on Saturday 9th June 1945 (D-1) prior to landing on Labaun Island. Australian troops in Victoria Town. VX67583 Lieutenant Neil Herbert Pay...F07224
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Landing on Labuan Island by 24 Australian Infantry Brigade
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
Infantry of 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion crossing wrecked Labuan airfield, showing damage caused by Allied air attacks. Men of the 2/1st Australian Docks Operating Company resting amongst ruin...F07225
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Landing on Tarakan by 26 Australian Infantry Brigade
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Coverage aboard United States Navy Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 637 transporting units of the 26 Australian Infantry Brigade to Tarakan. Close up of anchor chain coming inboard. Anchor coming up. Unite...F07211
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Landing on Wewak
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Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
Wewak May 1945. The initial stages of an amphibious landing by troops of an Australian Infantry Battalion. Shows bulldozer and trailer being unloaded down the ramp of LST 1346. Troops searching the cl...F07231
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[Landings at Labuan] (Labuan No. 012)
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Army and RAAF personnel boarding and loading U.S. ships at Morotai. Liberator aircraft of 21 Squadron and 24 Squadron RAAF take off for Labuan. Army and RAAF landing at Labuan. Ships bombard island. L...F02146
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Landings on Gloucester
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
On Christmas Day 1943 the American 1st Marine Division sailed from New Guinea for Cape Gloucester. At dawn on the 26 December 1943, Australian and American naval units bombarded the landing beaches; ...F01856
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Medical Department in the amphibious assault (USC118)
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A mitiary training film produced by the Photo-Litho Section Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet United States Marine Corps with cooperation of the Cinematography Laboratory National Medical Center, Bethe...F05094
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Military exercises [Extracts from Japanese newsreels]
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1. Tokyo area, military exercises featuring amphibious landings of troops and tanks, captured Brewster Buffalos and Curtis P40 Kittyhawks in Japanese markings, anti-tank tactics and flame throwers. 2....F06935
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Morotai
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Landing craft and alligator amphibious armoured vehicle operating in Morotai area and a few scenes of General Douglas MacArthur.F01743
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[Noemfoor Island] (RAAF Batch 006)
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Locations in this film are given when confirmed by dope sheets. Opens with shot of airfield. Religious service being conducted at the Vicarage. Noemfoor Island, No. 5 Bomb Disposal Unit conduct search...F02631
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On board "Westralia" for Tarakan
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Troops on board the troopship HMAS MV Westralia waiting to sail from Morotai area to Tarakan.F07209
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On way to Noemfoor Island & Allied landing Noemfoor Island
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
On 2 July 1944 Alamo Force (Sixth Army) landed on Noemfoor Island on coastal strip adjoining Kamiri Airfield. They were supported by 503rd U.S. paratroopers. No.13 Survey & Design Unit, RAAF, landed w...F01686
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Pontoon equipment Mk V: construction and use of the landing bay
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
British military training film B.306 C.306 produced for the Directorate Army Kinematography by Publicity Films Ltd. This film illustrates the construction and use of pontoon landing bay in bridging. A...F05098
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Saidor landing
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
On 2 January 1944 United States Army Sixth Task Force (code name Michaelmas), consisting of 126 Regiment Combat Team, 32nd Division Reinforcements, landed at Saidor on Huon Peninsula. There was no opp...F01723
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[1st Tactical Airforce Force at Noemfoor Island] (RAAF Batch 016)
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Noemfoor Island, shot of a group of Indian POWs moving stretcher cases onto a DUKW for transport to ship. Indian POWs being transfered from a beached Landing Ship Tank (LST) onto a DUKW. Sign post lis...F02629
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Taking of Sansopar
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
On 30 July 1944 the 6th American Division AIF landed in the Sansapor area on the Vogelkop Peninsula west of Mano Kwari. Shows the landing force at sea and the landing. Australian Army observers Lieute...F01698
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Tarakan landing
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
The landing was made by troops of 26 Australian Infantry Brigade - "P" Day being 1 May, 1945. Prior to the landing, the shore was bombarded from the sea and air causing heavy clouds of black smoke fro...F07213
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Tarakan / R Wingfield-Jounkergouw
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Maker: Wingfield-Jounkergouw, R
Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Austra...F04975
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'T' for Tarakan
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Maker: Hardy, Douglas Charles
Coverage of the embarkation at Morotai for the Tarakan landings. Shows trucks going aboard Landing Ship, Tank (LSTs). Signals on on LST and Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) on LST (these scenes shot on 20...F07553
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24th Australian Infantry Brigade's landing and advance on Labuan Island
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Landing and advance on Labuan Island by troops of 24th Aust. Infantry Brigade. They were supported by Matilda tanks from 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment. An RAAF Airfield Construction Unit of 1st T...F01709
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6th Division troops arrive at Aitape
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Aitape Harbour, showing ships at anchor. Troops embarking onto Landing Craft, Mechanised (LCM) barges. Motor trucks reversing off barges and onto beach. DUKWs loaded with stores moving down beach. Tro...F07178
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Training for war: an interview with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly KBE, CBE, DSO. (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This history commences with an introduction by Major Cantwell who states the importance of military history as a tool for learning lessons for today's Army. This is followed by a summary of Lieutenant...F04844
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Troopships en route to Tarakan
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
This film deals with the invasion convoy taking part in the Tarakan operations. There were twenty two Landing Ship, Tank (LSTs), two troopships and numerous smaller vessels such as Landing Craft, Infa...F07210
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United States Army manoeuvres, Brisbane
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American Army training in amphibious landings on the Queensland Coast. Assault boats towed by Australian motor boats close inshore, slipped; then assault boats are paddled in by troops. American troop...F01691
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US landing Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville
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Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
In the early hours of 1 November, 1943 the US 3rd Marine Division commanded by General Turnage made a landing on the north shore, Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. The landing force was transported b...F07518
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Vasey Highway Balikpapan
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Maker: Edwards, Reg J
Landing Ship Tank (LSTs) beaching and unloading; directed by RANVR Sub Lieutenant. On beach with two-way radiophone. General shots of military traffic on the Vasey Highway and three aerial shots. Wrec...F01302
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Visit of Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead to Tarakan
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
Coverage of General Morshead's visit and general activities on Tarakan Island. General Officer Commanding 1st Australian Corps, NX8 Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB KBE CMG DS...F07214