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Army's most precarious job
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Bomb disposal in the Western Desert. Royal Engineers bomb disposal unit receive a report that a UXB (unexploded bomb) has been dropped in a certain camp area. The bomb disposal officer is sent to inve...F01828
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1. Army specialists learn latest in battle technique 2. Queensland, 25 pounder practice. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 31)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 31. 1. (2 min 8 sec) Field engineers practice mobile bridging with box girder at School of Military Engineering, Liverpool, NSW. 2. (58 sec) Queensland, 25...F00353
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1. Army tests compressed foods 2. RAAF departure. (Cinesound News No. 517)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No. 517. 1. (1 min 44 sec) Food briquettes compressed under a compression of one ton contain a square meal. May be the answer of iron rations for paratroops. Vic...F00546
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Army trains in rubber boats. (Cinesound News No. 522)
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Rubber boats made in Australia are used in river crossing exercise.F00551
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Army trains wild donkeys for pack work
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Maker: Driver, Roy
During the wet season tracks to army outposts become too boggy for motor convoys. To overcome this difficulty the army are rounding up wild donkeys to be trained as pack animals. These donkeys are rat...F01258
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Army visit to Bathurst Island and Melville Island
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Maker: Crispe, Ronald Roy
This film was taken by WX30779 Lieutenant Ronald Roy Crispe, Darwin Coast Artillery AIF, while on visit with a Darwin Water Transport vessel to Catholic missions at Bathurst Island and Melville Island...F03714
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Arraignment of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
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Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward
Arraignment of General Tomoyuki Yamashita by American Military Commission at the residence of US High Commissioner, Dewey Road, Manila. General Reynolds (US Army) and his staff sit at head of the cour...F07374
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Arrival Adelaide
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Port Adelaide, South Australia. RAAF personnel return from overseas service. Air Force Association welcome banner on wharf. The airmen are met by their families. Children line the street waving Union ...F02152
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Arrival and departure, Colombo
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian soldiers on a troopship entering Colombo. Troops ashore. Troops sailing away from Colombo.F01004
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Arrival in Rabaul of Mr J K Murray
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
The Civil Administrator, Mr J K Murray, accompanied by his staff, NGX371 (NG2455) Mr Kenneth Carlyle MacMullen, Mr R Rose and Mr T V Lowney arrived at Rabaul by Catalina flying boat aircraft. On arriv...F07428
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Arrival Melbourne
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Shows arrival of the "Tamaroa" at Princes Wharf, Melbourne on 16 October 1945 and arrival of the "Stratheden" at Railway Wharf, Melbourne on 17 October 1945. The "Stratheden" coming in to wharf, perso...F02153
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Arrival of Australian paratroops at Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
In the afternoon of 9 September 1945, five C47 Dakota transport aircraft arrived over Singapore Island in formation and after circling the city, landed at the civil airport. They contained men of 1 Au...F07323
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Arrival of Australian's servicemen's dependents in Japan
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
Australian servicemen's dependants arrived in Kure on the 11 June 1947, in the Merkur from Australia. The families, twenty seven wives and twenty three children, came from all Australian states except...F07476
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Arrival of Duke of Gloucester in Syria
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Maker: Military History Section
Coverage of the Duke of Gloucester's visit to the Tripoli area. Duke of Gloucester accompanied by General Leslie Morshead inspect guard of honour in town square.F07011
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Arrival of evacuated POW from Sumatra at Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Although Sumatra had not yet been occupied by Allied troops, Dakota aircraft of RAF, RAAF, and Royal New Zealand Air Force started flying POW and internees to Singapore on 15 September 1945. By 17 Sep...F07341
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Arrival of first contingent of the Australian Army Nursing Service. Native sing-sing, Jaquinot Bay
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
On 24 February 1945 the first contingent of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) arrived at Jacquinot Bay on the troopship "Katoomba". This item covers the arrival of the "Katoomba" and a few sh...F01988
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Arrival of Japanese envoys from Bandjermasin
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
A party of Japanese, Major Hirmatu (Army), Morita (Interpreter) and Captain Gato (Navy), attended HQ 7th Australian Division, for a conference on carrying out of surrender arrangements. Australian off...F07320
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Arrival of Japanese surrender envoys at Balikpapan
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) O'Halloran, John Frederick M
As a result of an intermediary conference held at Japanese HQ on 3 September (See film F07312) a party of Japanese officers arrived at HQ 7 Australian Division to further discuss surrender and arrange...F07313
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Arrival of Lend Lease goods from United States
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Maker: Military History Section
Unloading of Lend Lease goods from ship. Appears to be Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Victoria. Equipment unloaded includes M3 General Stuart Light Tank and large wooden cases marked "Buick Motor GM Corp, ...F07034
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Arrival of Lieutenant General H C H Robertson as C-in-C BCOF
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Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant Colonel Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, flew from Australia to Tokyo a few days prior to 16 June 1946, the date on which he was to officially take over command ...F07465