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Army Centurion tanks in realistic manoeuvres (AC120a)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extract from a Cinesound newsreel item. Commences with a survey of the use of tanks by the Australian Army in the 1939-1945 war and the different roles played tanks in the desert and the jungle campai...F03009
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Fifth air lift: RAAF families for Malaya
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel on the fifth air lift to Butterworth, Malaya of RAAF families. The women and children were flown out on the DC-4 'Malaya Trader' from Kingsford Smith airport, Sydney.F10189
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First flight: delta wing in air
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel on the first flight in Australia of the British Avro Delta 707 jet aircraft. The pilot for the flight was Squadron Leader Cousins. The aircraft was in Australia for high speed exper...F10186
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Jump: Australia's paratroops in training
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel on the joint Army and RAAF Parachute Training Wing at Williamtown, NSW. Shows some of the training apparatus used by the trainees and their first jump made from a RAAF Dakota transp...F10187
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New careers: women of the RAAF
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel on some of the 30 different types of jobs performed by women in the RAAF. Also shows the sporting and social activities offered by a career in the RAAF.F10188
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Promising experiment: new aircraft fire-rescue tender
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel extract on a new Australian fire tender designed to rescue trapped passengers by cutting a hole in an aircrafts fuselage to create an escape access. The fire tender was demonstrated...F10175
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Royal Australian Artillery
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel on the work and equipment of the Royal Australian Artillery. Shows the 6 inch guns of the coastal artillery, field artillery's 25 pounder and 5.5 inch guns. The work of the artiller...F10190