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Battle for Tunisia
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Title : Battle for Tunisia. This captured German film shows Italian fleet, Japanese submarine crew, and Rommel. Also seen is the landing of British forces and equipment, British convoy, and ships ab...F00815
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Desert victory
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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
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Fall of Addis Ababa
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The campaign in Ethiopia and the surrender of Addis Ababa. The viceroy of Italian East Africa, the Duke of Aosta arrives in a Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 to plea for the safety of Addis Abba's civilian pop...F01450
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Fall of Bardia 1940
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
The advance of the 2nd AIF from Salum to Bardia with shots of infantry advancing and Australian and British Artillery Bombardment. Italian soldiers surrendering, abandoned Italian equipment and enemy ...F01060
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Interview with Rick Pisaturo (When the war came to Australia).
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Pisaturo was an Italian soldier during World War 2 who served in Libya. He describes conditions for the Italian troops in the desert: very bad. He was taken prisoner in Benghazi and ended up sailin...F04043
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1. Italian prisoners arrive in Sydney 2. Prime Minister, R.G. Menzies returns home. (Cinesound News No. 500)
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1. (1 min 18 sec) An overseas liner brings hundreds of Italians captured in the Libyan campaign to Australia for internment for the duration of the war 2. (4 min 10 sec) After his 36,000 mile trip of ...F00529
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Italian prisoners at Haifa
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Italian prisoners board a train in Haifa under the watchful eyes of Australian soldiers.F01237
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Sign boards to El Alamein, transporters, anti-tank ditches, evacuation civilian population at Alexandria
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Maker: Military History Section
Two soldiers examine captured a German 5cm Pak38 anti-tank gun. Close up of the mechanism of the gun. Traffic on the road near El-Imayid staging area. Camera pans to follow heavy traffic movement. Var...F07015
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1st advance in Western Desert
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian soldiers advance through heavy sand and storm. Scenes of Italian POW's and captured equipment.F01233
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SWPA News
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A collection of South West Pacific Area (SWPA) news items from 1943 to 1944. Opens with titles SWPA news. 'First authentic film of US Navy's victory in the Philippines. Gallant death of the carrier Pr...F00446
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The siege of Tobruk
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Maker: British Army Army Film Unit
Tobruk, Libya. Siege of Tobruk filmed by British Army Film Unit, story line in commentary. Outlines the events leading up to and during the siege. Includes action shots of the capture of enemy positio...F01469
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The Springboks crowning triumph in Abyssinia (African Mirror)
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Incidents following the capitulation of the Duke of Aosta and the 7,000 Italian defenders of Amba Alagi, the last Italian stronghold in Abyssinia on 19 May 1941. The first time defeated enemy units we...F01467
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The tragedy of Italy (News From Home No. 50)
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Propaganda documentary on Italy's part in the world conflict and a prediction of a sticky end for that country.F00744
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Tobruk action 1941
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
The Tobruk area in which the British Forces had imprisoned a garrison of 25,000 troops was protected by two formidable rings of defence, an outer perimeter of stone fortifications protected by mines, ...F01063
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Victory in the Western Desert
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British 8th Army including 9th Australian Division at El Alamein, North Africa. Ranks and jeeps in sand and floods, Italian and German prisoners walking and in trucks, close up of German prisoners and...F00834