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Aircraft machine guns and cannon: calibre .50 machine gun stripping and assembling
Film
Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official training film 1-260 War Department produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the chief of Air Corps. Begins with brief description of the .50 Calibre Browning and types of fixed and ...F02436
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Aircraft torpedo
Film
Maker: Brent Productions
RAF training film using animated drawings to show the main features and workings of the 18 inch Mk 12 aircraft torpedo. Includes footage of RAF Blenheim bomber.F02392
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Airmen train in hard school
Film
Maker: Cinesound
News item showing RAAF trainees at various types of physical training including a five mile cross-country race.F02024
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Air Training Corps
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound production for the RAAF with the co-operation of the Department of Civil Aviation. The story deals with some of the major aspects of the Air Training Corps (ATC) training and activities. Ide...F02204
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Alcorn, Gordon Charles (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Alcorn, Gordon Charles
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 421289 Warrant Officer Gordon Charles Alcorn, 354 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada, England and India, 1941-1945. Wallet ...PR04564
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Allan, Fergus Alister (Pilot Officer, b.1917 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Allan, Fergus Alister
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401265 Pilot Officer Fergus Alister Allan, 70 Operational Training Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Egypt and Kenya, 1941-1943. Wall...AWM2019.1052.1
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1. Anti-tank guns made in Australia 2. Air training corps has field day. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 14)
Film
1. (1 min 41 sec) Anti-tank guns made in Australia go through their paces before being sent into battle 2. (2 min 12 sec) Air Training Corps members parade before Wing Commander Elliott, inspect bombe...F00337
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Anzac story: British Commomwealth Air Training Plan in Canada
Film
Maker: National Film Board of Canada
Calgary, Alberta Canada, January 1945: The men from "down under" of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan receive training and get their wings before returning home to be posted. Ten thousand Aus...F02111
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A2 Portable Photographic Laboratory
Film
Official War Department training film TF I-847 explaining the operation and use of the A2 portable photographic laboratory. Shows inspection prior to starting on a mission, selection of site, setting ...F02331
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Army-air co-operation
Film
Training film showing the co-operation of training between Army and RAAF. Students include RAAF and RNZAF pilots and Australian and Allied army officers. Shows the various operations involved for the ...F02074
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1. Army tests compressed foods 2. RAAF departure. (Cinesound News No. 517)
Film
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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ATC's [Air Training Corps] birthday parade
Film
Air Training Corps (ATC) 21 Squadron, Melbourne University Squadron, held a second birthday parade. The Director of Air Training Corps, Group Captain R.R. Radford, M.M. inspected the parade, took the ...F02033
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1. Aussies return from Japanese occupied countries, yachting training for future airmen 2. Women at war - WAAAF (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 22)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 22 1. (1 min 43 sec) Aussies return from Japanese occupied countries, how or when, nobody tells. Yachting training for future airmen (air training corps) 2...F00345
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Autographed Other Ranks British Army greatcoat : Lieutenant Colonel R A W Whitby, 143 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Other Ranks British Army pattern single-breasted khaki greatcoat, secured with 5 plastic buttons. The left breast features the regimental badge of the Royal Corps of Signals. The greatcoat is decorate...REL/00145
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Baker, John Henry (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, John Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409982 Flight Lieutenant John Henry Baker, 100 Squadron and 32 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and New Guinea, 1942-1948. Wallet...PR04873
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Baker, John Henry (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2010)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, John Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409982 Flight Lieutenant John Henry Baker, 100 Squadron and 32 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, 1942-1944. Wallet 1 of 1...PR06319
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Barker, John Norman (Flight Sergeant, b.1917 - d. 1942)
Private Record
Maker: Barker, John Norman
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 406341 Flight Sergeant John Norman Barker, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 –...AWM2020.922.1
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Barraclough, John Askham (Flight Lieutenant); Ingoldby, Peter Norrison (Pilot Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Barraclough, John Askham Ingoldby, Peter Norrison
Collection relating to 265137 Flight Lieutenant John Askham Barraclough, 7 Communications Unit and 407176 Pilot Officer Peter Norrison Ingoldby, 22 Squadron, 1941-1945. It includes one log book kept b...PR03282
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1. Beaufighter, Australian made 2. Plastic glass is modern miracle 3. Army beats NSW in rugby thriller 4. On location with the Rats of Tobruk 5. Army PT for women. (News From Home No. 94)
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1. (1 min 3 sec) The first Australian made Beaufighter is shown on its test flight 2. (1 min 36 sec) Plastic glass being made in Australia and its final use in aircraft turrets 3. (1 min 21 sec) Army ...F00785
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Beaufighters in action
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A short item showing RAAF Beaufighters of Operational Training Unit, Wagga Wagga in strafing practice; pilots briefed on tarmac; aircraft taking off and strafing.F02066
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Beaufighters, Wagga
Film
RAAF Wagga Wagga, circa 1940's. Tracking shots of line of Beaufighter aircraft of Nos 30 and 31 Squadron RAAF being serviced by mechanics. Crews briefed on training flight mission. Beufighters in line...F03325
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Blackwell, Arthur Frederick (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: Blackwell, Arthur Frederick Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403980 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Blackwell, 500 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean and ...PR03882
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Bombers away
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Review news item showing ground crews arming Beaufort bombers. WAAAF radio operators and parachute packers. Aircrews being instructed on abandoning aircraft procedures and ground control of ...F02018
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Bomb handling fusing and loading parts 1-6
Film
Maker: Signet Pictures Corporation Limited
An RAF training film produced by Signet Pictures Corporation on bomb handling and fuzing. Deals the 1000lb, 2000lb, 12,000lb bombs and 250lb depth charges at RAF operartional units from bomb dump to t...F02535
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Bombsight Mk XIV: bombing with the Mk XIV bombsight
Film
Maker: Science Films Ltd
A RAF official training film produced by Science films Ltd. Uses animated diagrams to illustrate the function and use of the bombsight, the imaginary release circle, the sight line, finding wind speed...F02489
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Bracey, Harold Pearce (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.2005)
Private Record
Maker: Bracey, Harold Pearce Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 411855 Flight Lieutenant Harold Pearce Bracey, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 2 – Consists of one flying log book...PR03779
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Bradley, Thomas Bolger DFC (Flying Officer, b.1909 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Bradley, Thomas Bolger
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 413338 Flying Officer Thomas Bolger Bradley DFC, 75 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945. Wallet 1 ...PR03675
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Brodie, Ian George (Flight Sergeant, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Brodie, Ian George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 401739 Flight Sergeant Ian George Brodie, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1943. Wallet 1 of 1 –...PR03346
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Brown, Roye Wilmott “Bill” (Flying Officer, b.1918 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Brown, Roye Wilmott
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 404932 Flying Officer Roye Wilmott Brown, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), attached to 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF), Canada and England,...PR03872
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Bruce, Robert Dickson (Leading Aircraftman, b.1908 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Bruce, Robert Dickson
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 71167 Leading Aircraftman Robert Dickson Bruce, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 1942-1943. This collection consists of six notebooks of l...PR04436
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Cadd, Kenneth Francis (Sergeant, b.1921 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Cadd, Kenneth Francis
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415114 Sergeant Kenneth Francis Cadd, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists ...PR05643
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Camera gunnery
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A Official RAAF training film on camera gunnery. Shows the routine at an RAAF Gunnery School. Covers the loading of the camera gun in the aircraft turret and other procedures involved in flight exerci...F02349
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Carlyle, Hubert George (Warrant Officer, b.1913 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Carlyle, Hubert George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416651 Warrant Officer Hubert George Carlyle, navigator with No. 463 Squadron, Bomber Command, RAAF. Collection consists of an original handwrit...PR05954
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1. Chips off the Anzac block 2. Sinking of 'Yorktown' (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41. 1. (2 min) Two thousand Victorian boy cadets learn from AIF instructors 2. (1 min 20 sec) Sinking of United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown ...F00363
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Clayton, William Thomas (Flying Officer, b.1914 - d.1989)
Private Record
Maker: Clayton, William Thomas Royal Australian Air Force
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423447 Flying Officer William Thomas Clayton, 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1943-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR06193
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Coast of New Brunswick
Art
Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Atlantic weather rolls in over the coast as New Brunswick is reached on a flight from No.8 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. The Unit is part of the Empire Air Training Scheme under w...ART21961
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Cockram, John Crothers (Flying Officer, b.1924 - d.2017)
Private Record
Maker: Cockram, John Crothers
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 419379 Flying Officer John Crothers Cockram, 466 Squadron, 462 Squadron, and 96 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, United Kingdom, and...AWM2017.586.3
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Constable, Donald Frank (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Constable, Donald Frank Mace, H A Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409383 Flight Lieutenant Donald Frank Constable, 78 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1956. Wallet 1 ...PR04055
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Coward, Ivan Fernley (Flight Lieutenant, b.1911 - d.1982)
Private Record
Maker: Coward, Ivan Fernley
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 416415 Flight Lieutenant Ivan Fernley Coward, 13 Squadron, 2 Squadron, Heavy Bomber Replacement Training Unit and 24 Squadron, Royal Australian A...PR05877
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Cradle of the RAAF
Film
The Air Training Corps is the cradle from which flows the splendid young manhood of the Royal Australian Air Force. This film presents some of the history and much of the activities of No. 5 Wing West...F02701
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Decompression chamber
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound item showing RAAF pilots undergoing training in a decompression chamber. Shows the pilot's reactions to lack of oxygen at high altitude. This demonstration was under the control of a RAAF me...F02091
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De Medici, John Royston (Flight Lieutenant, b.1916 - d.1962)
Private Record
Maker: De Medici, John Royston
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 11142 Flight Lieutenant John Royston de Medici, 626 Squadron and 113 Air Sea Rescue, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom...PR04420
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Dinghy drill
Film
Maker: Nettlefold Studios
RAF training film produced by Nettlefold Productions at Nettlefold Studios, Burgh Island Bigbury-on-Sea South Devon. Shows the main features and operation of the Seat Type Single Seater Dingy Type K. ...F02371
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Dixon, Donald William Robert (Sergeant, b.1923 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Dixon, Donald William Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 428957 Sergeant Donald William Robert Dixon, 3 Advanced Flying Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and United Kingdom, 1943-1944. Wallet 1 ...PR04148
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Dobson, Ronald Joseph (Flying Officer, b.1922 - d.2013)
Private Record
Maker: Dobson, Ronald Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422540 Flying Officer Ronald Joseph Dobson, 51 Squadron and 35 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, England and Australia, 1941-1946. W...PR06311
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Dodds, John Reginald (Flight Lieutenant, b.1917 - d.1944)
Private Record
Maker: Dodds, John Reginald
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 403838 Flying Officer John Reginald Dodds DFC, 460 and 156 Squadron RAAF. Collection consists of a diary written by Dodds in 27 very descriptive...AWM2016.70.1
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Drogue plane takes off for gunnery practice
Art
Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
A Lysander plane taking off at No.2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank. Lysanders where used as drogue-towing planes for air gunnery practice by trainees under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) ...ART21956
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1. Dutch present hospital ship Oranje to Australia and New Zealand 2. RAAF women's auxilliary splendidly efficient. (Cinesound News No. 505)
Film
1. (2 min) 20,000 Ton liner Oranje presented 2. (2 min) WAAAF training in Melbourne.F00534
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Dyring, Alfred Edgar (Warrant Officer, b.1921 - d.2011)
Private Record
Maker: Dyring, Alfred Edgar
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 15577 Warrant Officer Alfred Edgar ‘Eddie’ Dyring, 2 Squadron and 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, 2003. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consi...PR05695
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Dyson, John Henry (Flight Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Dyson, John Henry
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402569 Flight Sergeant John Henry “Jack” Dyson, No. 405 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and United Kingdom, 1940-1942. Flight Serge...PR05367