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  1. A day with the Indian Army

    Film

    Maker: Talyakahn, A F S Bombay Talkies Limited

    Indian soldiers of a battalion of the 15th Punjab Regiment, activities, from Reveille, at physical training, eating, squad and rifle drill, arms drill, sport and play, through to retreat.

    F01315

  2. After Darwin raid [bomb damage] (Darwin series, 3)

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    Maker: Bagnall, Frank N

    Damage caused by Japanese bombing raid on Darwin. Troops training, firing various weapons. Rifle, Lewis guns and Vickers machine guns, Browning .50 HB M2 machine gun.

    F01176

  3. AIF in training

    Film

    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

  4. ANGAU rehabilitation Bougainville

    Film

    Maker: Unknown

    From Australian New Guinea Adminstrative Unit War Diaries and other records it is assumed that the film covers the general rehabilitation of Bougainvillean people as territory previously held by the J...

    F01247

  5. Anzacs march again

    Film

    Maker: Fox Movietone News

    A propaganda short produced by Movietone News for the Department of Information on the events leading up to the outbreak of the 1939-1945 war and Australia's part in the early stages.

    F01257

  6. Army and RAAF reinforcements enroute to New Guinea

    Film

    Maker: Parer, Damien Peter

    Army and airforce personnel on troopship and disembarking at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Shot eighteen shows three American cameramen. Martin Barnett of Paramount News with the Arkeley 35mm cine camera...

    F01209

  7. Army medical rehabilitation

    Film

    Maker: Military History Section

    Australian soldiers in action, evacuation of front line wounded, transport of wounded, hospitalization, convalescence and rehabilitation. [Reels 1 and 2 have sound, 3 and 4 are silent.]

    F07524

  8. Australian troops land at Tol Plantation

    Film

    Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick

    Australian troops land unopposed from small landing craft on to a beach at Tol Plantation. Wire mesh ramps are assembled across sandy beach; mine detection; domestic shots showing troops settling in, ...

    F01264

  9. Bapaume to Bullecourt

    Film

    Maker: Baldwin, Herbert Frederick Malins, Geoffrey Wilkins, George Hubert

    The advance on Bapaume and Bullecourt after the Germans had retreated to the Hindenburg Line. Shows Australians participating during this action. The infantry advancing across no-man's land; the con...

    F00045

  10. 25 Battalion in action at Artillery Ridge, Bougainville

    Film

    Maker: Kinna, Darrell

    Vought Corsairs of the RNZAF flying left to right. 25 Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel J. G. McKinna, observing strafing. Mount Bagana in background. 3 inch mortar unit in action firing from emplacment. ...

    F07184

  11. 17 Brigade, 16 Division at Yamil

    Film

    Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery

    "A" Company, 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion attack on the Yamil area, several miles east of Maprik.

    F07238

  12. Broadmeadows Camp, 1914

    Film

    Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria 1914. Enlistees march into camp. Uniforms, personal equipment and rifles are issued. Washing clothing. Setting up tents. Machine gunners set up Vickers guns. Gunners ...

    F00164

  13. Citizen Air Force exercises by 23 Squadron RAAF & CMF exercises

    Film

    Maker: Hazzard, Jack

    The first items shows No 23 Sqn RAAF Citizen Air Force activities featuring P-51 Mustangs. The second item deals with CMF exercises NSW during 1953 and is divided into three activities. Exercise fea...

    F03643

  14. Citizen army (AC151)

    Film

    Maker: Heath, George Higgins, Bryce

    Promotional film on the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) produced by Cinesound Studios Melbourne and Sydney for the Australian Army. The CMF take part in a mock assault on an objective during training. S...

    F03099

  15. Desert victory

    Film

    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

  16. HMAS Sydney Debris Field- Dive 3, Part 7 of 17 (The search for the Sydney)

    Film

    Maker: HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Finding Sydney Foundation Mearns, David

    Footage begins with jellyfish then to tyre on seabed, debris on seabed and shoe, remnants of Vickers .5" Mark III machine gun on Mark II mount, debris on seabed, ships boat and end of aircraft catapul...

    F08972

  17. HMAS Sydney Debris Field- Dive 3, Part 3 of 17 (The search for the Sydney)

    Film

    Maker: HMAS Sydney Search Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Finding Sydney Foundation Mearns, David

    Footage includes port side of inverted bow with scuttles present, port side anchor closeup, chain cable from bow, compressed 4" shell casings, metal box on seabed, splinter mat on seabed, inverted aft...

    F08968

  18. John Bryden Wells: home movie taken while serving with the 2/4th Battalion AIF in the Middle East

    Film

    Maker: Wells, John Bryden

    Opening scene 2nd Lieutenant John Bryden Wells. Nile River scenes. Boulevarde, cars and horse drawn vehicles. Nile showing Egyptian boats [feluccas]. El Montaza Royal Gardens Alexandria. Alexandria st...

    F11530

  19. Keith Ash: home movie Mediterranean sea and Greece

    Film

    Maker: Ash, Keith

    Home movie footage from Keith Ash's service in the Mediterranean sea and Greece. Shots consist chiefly of views of the ships, the coast line, water, crew members on shore, landmarks and sightseeing in...

    F03384

  20. Long Range Recce Patrol [LRRP]

    Film

    Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick

    The first scene in this film is of Q3747 (QX40903) Lieutenant Sydney Swain Appleby, with a short explanation on sound track. Lieutenant Appleby, OC No 5 Patrol, 5 Australian Division Long Range Reconn...

    F01208

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