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Opening of Australian war cemetery Dumpu
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Australian soldiers move slowly past graves and reading inscriptions. A line of crosses with troops moving slowly past in the background. Inscription on nearest cross reads reads SX20529 Pte F Heinz, ...F07081
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[Operation Barbarrosa: the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. Rommel and Afrika Korps at Tobruk] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) [1941] = (The German newsreel) [1941]
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
A collection of German newsreels extracts and a travelogue c June 1941 covering the following topics. 1. Troops of the Waffen SS placing flowers on their dead comrades graves. 2. The German Army's adv...F01967
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POW leaving Changi prison, visit of Major General Dempsey & Changi area, funeral of three POW
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Members of 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion, 2/12 Field Company and 8 Australian Division Signals shown leaving Changi prison by truck for Singapore wharf and home. Funeral of three POWs who died in...F07339
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POW's Korea
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Australian prisoners of war who were captured by the Japanese at Singapore, and since September 1942, spent their time in prison camps in Korea. The prisoners were released on 29 August 1945 when the ...F01351
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RAAF graves at Bas Oha Communal Cemetery Belgium (C/B 526)
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Bas Oha Communual Cemetery Belgium and the graves of 7 crew of Lancaster bomber of No. 50 Squadron RAF which was lost in action on 13 August 1944. Four of the seven crew were Australians. Film shows t...F02574
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RAAF Marine Section, New Guinea c 1944, HMS King George V, Port Melbourne, circa October November 1945 and Melbourne Cup 1945
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Maker: Lucas, William John
RAAF Marine Section boat 015.91 being lowered onto the water by a large crane. RAAF officer in winter uniform. Landing barge moving past small vessels - many LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) at anchor - film ...F04794
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RAAF Mosquito squadron England goes to France
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
On the 5 February 1945 No. 464 Squadron RAAF moved from Dunsfold, Thorney Island, England to Rosieres-En-Santerre, France. Shows Squadron vehicles on the road during transfer period, RAF and RAAF pers...F01619
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Rabaul Cemetery, Japanese build compound to hold war criminals
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Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
During the Japanese occupation of Rabaul, the European cemetery was used as a dump. Scenes show extensive damage and desecration of graves by Japanese troops. Japanese prisoners are seen constructing ...F07355
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Rajah's Palace at Kuching
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
Views of the Astana (native for Rajah's Palace) situated on the north bank of the Sarawak River. The Palace was used by General Yanamura as Japanese headquarters, Sarawak, and is now Kuching Relief Fo...F07332
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Ramu Valley and Shaggy Ridge
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Road signs in Ramu Valley, "Our 'Arbour Bridge", "Kumbarum 4 M", "Pacific H'way to Tripoli Terr" and jeep driving along muddy road. Patrol of Australian soldiers move past graves in a jungle clearing....F07077
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Raymond "Ray" Edward Parkin: Interviews for the Channel 10 program, "Surgeon of the Railway", 1987
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Maker: Parkin, Ray Fogarty, Quentin
Raymond "Ray" Edward Parkin discusses his experiences as a Prisoner of War during the Second World War. More specifically, he recalls his memories of Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop. This interview w...F09396
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Repatriated POW's, Middle East
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Maker: Ashwood, Terry
Motor trucks moving across desert ground, wreath laying ceremony and Australian soldiers looking at war graves at El Alamein war cemetery. Identified graves: WX9452 Private P J Wheatley, NX19969 Lance...F01541
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Return to Morotai of the Halmahera Force
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Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward
The corvette HMAS Rockhampton arrives at Morotai carrying fifty eight Japanese war criminals and many crates of booty including swords and articles of equipment along with some eight million yen. All ...F07390
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Roman Catholic memorial service at the Lae war cemetery
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
A commemoration service to those who gave their lives in the capture of Lae - men of 7th and 9th Divisions and attached personnel. Mass was celebrated by NX369 Colonel Patrick Treacy Boland (ACG - RC)...F07165
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Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop: Interviews for the Channel 10 program, "Surgeon of the Railway", 1987
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Maker: Dunlop, Ernest Edward 'Weary' Fogarty, Quentin
Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop discusses his experiences as a Prisoner of War during the Second World War. This interview was conducted in 1987 for a television program called, "Surgeon of the Railw...F09395
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Tobruk for valour (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 42)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News newsreel Vol. 12 No. 42. Mr and Mrs Edmondson receive the Victoria Cross from the Governor-General on behalf of their son, NX15705 Corporal J.H. Edmondson, 2/17th Bn A...F00313
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Tobruk, 30th July to 22nd October
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Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith
The day by day story of Tobruk. The leisure hours, the bombing and the wounded. Scenes of bomb damaged Tobruk. Sunken ships in Tobruk harbour. The wrecked Insect Class gunboat HMS Lady Bird and anti-a...F07001
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Tunis, Malta, Sicily [3 Squadron RAAF] / Leading Aircraftsman Ralph Courtier Wilkinson
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Maker: Wilkinson, Ralph Courtier
Tunis, Tunisia, German war cemetery showing headstones. French graves. Locals waiting in front of the Credit Fancier d'Algerie et de Tunis. Street scenes. High angle of town. Airmen sightseeing. ...F00258
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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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Visits to war graves, Sandakan North Borneo and Bougainville
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Maker: Robertson, Graham Douglas
The 31st Australian War Graves Unit's work in British North Borneo and Bougainville, 1945-1947. Footage includes shots of: the township of Sandakan; local people; the waterfront; local craftwork; Aust...F03416
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War graves party leaves Bangkok for Burma Thailand Railway
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank Nicholson, George Harvey
On 22 September 1945, a party of sixteen, thirteen of whom had been POWs of the Japanese, left Bangkok by Japanese truck for Nakom Paton where they transferred to two trains and set out for the start ...F07346
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William (Bill) Griffiths: interviews for the Channel 10 program, Surgeon of the Railway, 1987
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William "Bill" Griffiths discusses his experiences as a Prisoner of War during the Second World War. More specifically, he recalls his memories of Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop. This interview was ...F09400
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William "Bill" James Bernard Haskell: Interviews for the Channel 10 program, "Surgeon of the Railway", 1987
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William "Bill" James Bernard Haskell discusses his experiences as a Prisoner of War during the Second World War. More specifically, he recalls his memories of Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop. This in...F09399
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YMCA activities in Egypt and Palestine
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Maker: Jones, Leonard John
El Alamein War Cemetery showing close ups of the graves of TX4065 Private Murray Buxton 2/1 Australian Field Workshop and TX4723 Corporal Harold Johnson 2/3 Australian Field Company. Young Men's Chris...F03438
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YMCA activities New Guinea and Bougainville
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Maker: Jones, Leonard John
This film was taken by Commissioner Leonard John Jones during his service with the YMCA & Australian Comforts Fund in New Guinea and Bougainville. Scenes include: prevention. Lae Australian War cemete...F03437