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Why matches are in short supply (Cinesound News No. 587)
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All over Australia today, matches are a problem. This story explains why matches are hard to get. Many of the 16 chemicals which go into the making of a match head are vital in the production of explo...F00610
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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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William Henri Coomber 'Brun' interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project
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Maker: Coomber, William Henri (Brun) 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc.
William Henri Coomber 'Brun' interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project.F08025
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William Morris Hughes and a day with recruits
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Maker: Movietone News
The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes Minister for Recruitment, appeals to young Australians to join the Militia and bring the strength of the Militia to 70,000. Also a brief coverage on procedur...F01922
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Williamson Multi-printer
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A continuous photographic printing machine designed to print aerial negatives of various sizes (5 inch to 9 1/2 inch width) from aerial film rolls. These machines were of great value in terms of speed...F02273
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William Thomas Aldis Moran home movies of his service with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Navy 1935-1940
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Maker: Moran, William Thomas Alldis
Reel 1. Titles: The arrival of HRH The Duke of Gloucester at Portsmouth in HMAS Australia March 1935 At sea in the fog with the 1st Cruiser Squadron and some destroyers. A sailing race in Plymouth So...F11472
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Wings of attack: featuring Group Captain Cobby DSO, DFC
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Maker: Cinesound
Recruiting film for the RAAF featuring group Captain Cobby.F01661
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Wings over New Guinea (Cinesound Review No 599)
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Cinesound newsreel showing the RAAF in New Guinea bombing and strafing enemy positions. Identified personnel are Squadron Leader Brian Reginald 'Black Jack' Walker and Flight Lieutenant Cyril 'Curley'...F01366
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Wireless set No. 18 Mk III: description and training
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Maker: Strand Films Ltd
A military training film produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Strand Films Ltd. This film illustrates the operation of the No. 18 Mk. III pack wireless set in the field; descriptive ...F05209
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Wirraway test flight
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Maker: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Shows a Commonweath Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Wirraway taking off from Fishermans Bend airfield on a test flight and then three shots of the aircraft in flight over the Fishermans Bend factory and su...F00462
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Withdrawal of Indian contingent BCOF from Japan
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Maker: Cuthbert, Allan George
The first phase of withdrawals of the Indian contingent from Japan began today. The 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles embarked at Kure onto the troopship Devonshire on their first leg home. Four special troop...F07486
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Withdrawal of RAAF meteorological station on Seroen Island and coverage of No 43 Sqn RAAF, Darwin.
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Two items are covered in this film. The first deals with the RAAF meterological station on Seroea Island (latitude 6-20 S; longitude 130-00 E) which was withdrawn after completion of its assignment th...F02107
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With the RAAF in New Guinea
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Beaufort bombers of No. 100 Squadron RAAF (Sqn code GH) preparing for a raid against the enemy in the Gasmata area, New Britain; Beauforts taking off in flight and bombing target. The Beauforts were e...F01739
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With the Western Forces in Markham Valley
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Troops push onto Lae; general scenes of Lae. Airstrip and wreckage, in the township. Identified personnel; Private William of Bathurst, Brother Hall Red Shield officer.F01860
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Wodonga cattle sale, June 1944
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Maker: Trerise, John William
On 23 June 1944 the largest Wodonga sale of beef cattle for forty years was held. Three thousand four hundred head of beef breeds, Herefords, Hereford-Shorthorn cross, Devon Shorthorns, Aberdeen Angus...F01690
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Wolf pack (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
The battle of the Atlantic.F10222-10
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1. Women conductors on Melbourne trams 2. It's up to you. (Cinesound News No. 514)
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1. (56 sec) Victorian women learn to collect fares on city trams, taking the place of conductors who have joined the fighting services 2. (4 min) A feature written by, and featuring Hal Percy, the C.J...F00543
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1. 80,000 women for war effort 2. Anzac Memorial Club, Sydney 3. London ARP expert hits at complacency. (Cinesound News No. 567)
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1. (2 min 50 sec) Appeal for more women to aid the war effort 2. (38 sec) Opening of the club at the Anzac Memorial Hall, North Sydney 3. (2 min 4 sec) Mr Hamman of the Security Services, London, tell...F00593
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80,000 women for war effort (News From Home. No. 2) (Cinesound Review)
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Maker: Cinesound
Documentary showing the vital part women are playing in the war effort by relieving men in their jobs and thus allowing men to go away and fight.F00702