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A day with the Garrison Engineer and Staff, Tura, Egypt 1941-42
Film
Maker: Unknown
This item is composed of activities of unidentified British and New Zealand engineer units in the North African Campaign. The first part deals with the advance into Libya and then "A day with the Garr...F10035
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Admiralty House, Tobruk
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Originally the Headquarters of the Italian Regia Marina, now British Naval Headquarters. Building was damaged by bombing, causing the collapse of the western wing. The red flag is a warning to town an...ART21741
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[Aerial shots of bomb damaged city] (Ops 172 C/B 462)
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Maker: RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film No 172. A low level aerial photographic reconnaissance flight over an unidentified heavily bomb damaged German city. Roll 3 is a low level aerial photographic recon...F02583
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Aerial views of Bougainville
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
General views of areas in Bougainville showing heavy damage by shells and an aerial bombardment. Also scenes of Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit on Green Island and departure of 36 (VX38969) ...F07399
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Aerial views of Hamburg (C/B 491)
Film
Hamburg, Germany circa 1945. An RAF low level reconnaissance film showing the bomb damaged shipyards, industrial and residential areas. The Blohm & Voss shipyard where the latest class of German U-boa...F02626
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Aeroplane graveyard, Nadzab
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
The Nadzab area - scene of great air activity during the Ramu and Finisterres campaign, now presents a desolate sight. A large aeroplane dump stands as mute testimony to the wastage of war, while odd ...ART23725
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After Darwin raid [bomb damage] (Darwin series, 3)
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Damage caused by Japanese bombing raid on Darwin. Troops training, firing various weapons. Rifle, Lewis guns and Vickers machine guns, Browning .50 HB M2 machine gun.F01176
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After Darwin raid Manunda in Perth
Film
Maker: Phoenix, Cyril Raymond
Bomb damage sustained in Darwin by hospital ship Manunda on 19 February 1942. Repairs to bomb damage made at Fremantle between 27 February and 5 March 1942. Report of damage in 2/1st Australian Hospit...F01175
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AIF in action in Malaya
Film
Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
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Anderson air raid shelter: Adams family home, Mascot
Technology
Maker: John Lysaght Pty Ltd Lysaght's Newcastle Works Pty Limited
Anderson air raid shelter. The outside of the shelter is painted black and consists of an internal timber frame which is covered by six sheets of corrugated steel sheeting (three each side). The corru...REL29034
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Atom bomb damage, Hiroshima
Film
Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
General view of the damage caused by the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb exploded at 8.15 am on the 6 August 1945. Approximately 60 per cent of Hiroshima was destroyed.F07489
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Attack on Calais (Ops 232)
Film
Maker: RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command operational film No. 232. Time 15.59 - 16.20. Height: 4,300ft. Heavy attack by 646 (27 of 460 Sqn RAAF) Lancasters of Bomber Command on Calais. Markers can be seen going down and bo...F02586
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Aussies in Germany, RAAF in Brussels
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian airman in Germany; Australian and Allied POW in Stalag 357 and Stalag II B and in United Kingdom; RAAF vs BLA rugby, Brussels. Australian airmen with No 175 RAF Hawker Typhoon Squadron in G...F01274
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Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. Damage caused by bomb blast can be seen to the buildings. In the ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. Damage caused by bomb blast can be seen to the buildings. In the background are the domes of the Roman Catholic Cathedral.MEA0511
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Berlin Recce's (Ops ?)
Film
Maker: RAF Film Unit
Berlin, Germany circa early 1945. RAF Bomber Command Operational film. A low level reconnaisance flight showing the bomb damaged areas of the city.F02627
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Blast hole in wall of building, Darwin.
Photograph
Maker: McPhee, Ronald Alexander
Interior view of a blast hole in the wall of a building, an unidentified soldier framed by the hole in the wall.AWM2020.776.1
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Blown bridge in Brallos Pass
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Study for locale of picture of Australian Motor Transport withdrawing at night from position on Brallos Pass - Thermopylae line in 1941. The bridge was blown up by our troops in April, 1941, repaired ...ART24008
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Bombarded landscape, Tarakan
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Sketch for painting showing troops ascending Tank knoll among broken tanks. A torn and twisted oil tank forms a frame through which the artist looks.ART25440
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Bomb crater
Art
Maker: Koehne, Kurt Casper Irwin
Depicts a local Malaysian person swimming in a bomb crater on Labuan, off the coast of Borneo.ART96207
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Bomb crater, Noemfoor
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a bomb crater in Noemfoor, Papua, Indonesia.ART23813
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[Bomb damage and civilian refugees] (Labuan No. 010) [Aerial views of landings and RAAF Liberators] (Labuan No. 013)
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Labuan North Borneo. No 010: Bomb damage and civilian refugees. RAAF camp scenes. No 013: Aerial views of landings. B-24 Liberator aircraft of 21 Squadron RAAF and 24 Squadron RAAF.F02144
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Bomb damage, graves of air victims, defences and local Aboriginal people (Darwin series, 2)
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Bomb damage to Darwin Hospital; staff working in hospital. Graves of air raid victims. Soldiers preparing defence position. Local Aboriginal people.F01179
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Bomb damage Singapore, guns men etc
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Maker: Edwards, Reg J
Singapore; bomb damage, trainer aircraft, anti-aircraft crews and Bofors gun training. Soldiers on field training. Mortar crew get their equipment cleaned and oiled.F01169
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Bombed area, Yokohama
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
This drawing shows the devastation caused by incendiaries in an Allied bombing raid in 1945. Concrete structures were the only buildings surviving after two hours intense bombing. After the surrender,...ART22803
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Bombed house in Elasson
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This is a watercolour sketch of a bombed house in the Greek town of Elasson. Two men stand in the foreground of the image. Elasson was on the line of withdrawal of ANZAC Corps from Greece in 1941.ART23979
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Bombed house near the air strip, Iraklion, Crete
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The town Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. Heraklion was one of the points where German air-borne troops were landed in the invasion of Crete. The 2/14th Australian Infan...ART24042
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Bombing (Darwin series, 13)
Film
Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
On 16 June 1942, twenty seven Japanese aircraft made a high altitude bombing attack on Darwin, hitting and destroying oil storage tanks and damaging parts of the residential and business area. This wa...F01188
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[Bombing raid, Mandalay] (India)
Film
RAF operational film of bombing raid in Burma, target unknown could be Mandalay. First scene is the bomb drop shot from the aircraft's bombing camera. The target is partially obscured by clouds. Scene...F02645
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BREMEN, GERMANY, 1945-05. BOMB DAMAGE AT BORGWARDS HANSA-LLOYD-GOLIATH MOTOR WORKS (137.3) ( ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
BREMEN, GERMANY, 1945-05. BOMB DAMAGE AT BORGWARDS HANSA-LLOYD-GOLIATH MOTOR WORKS (137.3) ( DONOR: C. KROYER)P00687.555
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Bridge down on the Rhine, Nimegen
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing a destroyed bridge along the Rhine in Germany. In the background bombardment balloons that are supporting chains, which entangle low-flying enemy aircraft.ART25723
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Campbell, Keith William (Flying Officer, b.1923 - d.2019)
Private Record
Maker: Campbell, Keith William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 423220 Flying Officer Keith William Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944-1945, Germany. The collection consists of a small diary covering ...AWM2016.392.1
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Collection of images relating to the service of Section Officer Maud Gilberd, WAAF
Photograph
Collection of images relating to the service of Section Officer Maud Gilberd, WAAF; 23 x photographs of DC-3 flight over Germany, post-war, to viewing damage caused by Bomber Command (includes externa...P12343
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Collection realting to 433678 Leading Aircraftman John Keith Barry, 12 Aircraft Repair Depot
Photograph
Images taken in Darwin, showing bombing damage, Japanese mines, fires, following attack.AWM2018.569.1
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Control tower, Forli aerodrome
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A drawing showing the wrecked control tower at Forli aerodrome, which is surrounded by the building debris of bombing.ART25005
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Darwin Raid [Monty Tuckerman home movie: HMAS Warnambool, Darwin bombing raid and Ambon evacuation]
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Maker: Tuckerman, Victor Ernest Montague (Monty)
Chief Petty Officer Monty Tuckerman's home movie footage of the bombing of Darwin. Film reel opens with a handcrafted intertitle, "Darwin Raid", which is ignited with a burning taper. The following s...F11775
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Darwin's 31st air raid
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
General shots of bomb damage after Darwin's 31st air raid. Troops cleaning up wreckage; salvaging equipment from AWA House whch received a direct hit. D McNeill Department of Information still photogr...F01197
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Debris tunnelling
Film
When a bomb demolishes a building the urgent need is to rescue any casualities trapped under the debris. There are two methods of doing this by either clearing the debris or tunnelling through. Film d...F01425
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Demolitions, Piraeus, Greece
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Piraeus, the seaport for the city of Athens, was the port of disembarkation for troops of the 6th Australian Division when entering Greece in April 1941. The damage shown here was caused to German ins...ART24023
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Derelict Dutch tanker
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Strafed and bombed, this craft is ashore just outside the Japanese submarine base at Tenau. In the foreground is a very old piece of and unknown craftART26338
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Destroyed palms, Noemfoor
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a group of destroyed palm trees in Noemfoor, Indonesia.ART25888
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Destroyed workshop, oil distilling area, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a workshop that has been destroyed by bombing in Balikpapan, Indonesia.ART22453
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Dili airstrip
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
In ruins from the Allied bombing during the Japanese occupation. It was here that the section of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company under Lieutenant C E G McKenzie fought a brilliant action when the...ART26323
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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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Drawing inside Fort Khiam
Art
Maker: Herbert, Harold
Fort Khiam (or Al Khiam), previously part of Syria, is now within the borders of Lebanon. It has been the site of so many occupying armies from different nations that its name means tents in Arabic. B...ART30300
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Dr Evatt's tour of BCOF installation
Film
Maker: Cuthbert, Allan George
Dr and Mrs Evatt, as guests of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, made a tour of the BCOF installations today on their arri...F07496
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Druce's Store, Baker St
Art
Maker: Meeson, Dora
A lone man walks past a row of damaged and destroyed buildings in Baker Street, London, following an air raid. Note the milk bottle on the doorstep at centre and the airship in the sky. Despite being ...ART26909
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First bombing of Singapore. AIF stand to
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Maker: Nichols, Melmer Frank
Buildings being demolished by explosives. Burning building with only the frame left standing, black smoke and flames rising. An Australian 8th Division 25 pounder gun crew. Crew load and fire gun. Si...F01158
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Gordon's Hotel after the Darwin raid
Photograph
Maker: McPhee, Ronald Alexander
Gordon's Hotel after the Darwin raid.AWM2020.776.2
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Gun emplacement overlooking Moresby Harbour; verso: [bombed house]
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two soldiers in a gun emplacement covered by a camouflage net are depicted overlooking the harbour at Moresby verso: A sketch of a house destroyed by bombing.ART29977
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India Command No. 2
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton
Akyab airfield, Burma, shows 428056 Pilot Officer (P/O) Selwyn Leonard Bently (Champ) Skeels of Hobart, Tas, a navigator of 197 Squadron RAF as he dries himself. 420261 P/O Edward Roland (Eddie) Poll...F02125
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In occupied Japan
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Maker: Courtenay, William
Opening titles read: "The Daily Graphic and Kemsley News papers present "In occupied Japan". The historic document in Kodachrome of the first six months of life in the fallen Empire of the Rising Sun....F10003
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Inside hangar at Penfoei
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The skeletal remains of a hangar roof at Penfoei, Timor, showing the damage caused by an Allied bombing shortly before the Japanese surrender. The roof was constructed from local materials, with bambo...ART26316
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Koepang sketch
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicting a scene in war-damaged Koepang, the principal town in Dutch Timor. Koepang was in Japanese hands for most of the war period and suffered from Allied air raids.ART26171
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La Chiesa San Lorenzo
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A sketch of an Italian church that has suffered damage from bombing. The campanile remains intact, however the roof has been partially removed. A wire fence lay broken in the foreground with some le...ART26626
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Little boy lost
Art
Maker: Fleming, Ian
A young boy, the lone survivor of a bombing raid, stands forlorn beside the bodies of victims crushed by falling debris. Surrounded by the smoking ruins of homes, he stands with his mouth agape, clutc...ART29192
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London can take it
Film
Maker: GPO Film Unit
Scenes before air raid; preparations after air raid warning; people enter air raid shelters; Anti-Aircraft gun flashes into night sky; scenes inside shelters; aerial stethoscope; buildings on fire and...F01516
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LONDON, ENGLAND, 1945-07. ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF BOMB DAMAGE SURROUNDING THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1945-07. ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF BOMB DAMAGE SURROUNDING THE CATHEDRAL. (158.1) (DONOR: R. CALVERT)P00687.804
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Lutong oil refinery
Film
Maker: Driver, Roy
A few shots of the landing at Weston, North East Coast of Brunei Bay and soldiers scouting. Two shots of Indian prisoners of war. They were members of an engineering unit captured at Singapore and wer...F01353
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Main Adriatic supply line bombed and strafed by RAAF
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A railway line and surrounding buildings have been bombed by the 450 Squadron of the RAAF. Rock debris litters the railway line. This sketch features a hand-drawn pen and ink border.ART25717
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Mess room and Headquarters
Art
Maker: Flett, James
24th Australian Infantry Brigade, Beaufort, Borneo.ART25464
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MV Manunda Association
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service and legacy of the hospital ship MV Manunda, Merchant Navy, Australia, Japan, Egypt, Borneo, and the Solomon Islands, 1940-c.2001. Collection consist...PR05365
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No. 3 Sqn Mustangs flying over ruins of La Chiesa San Lorenzo
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing aircraft from the No.3 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force flying in formation over the ruins of La Chiesa San Lorenzo in Forli, Italy.ART25720
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[No. 8 Squadron Beauforts bombing raid] Tadji
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Aerial shots of bombing and bomb craters at Tadji, Aitape area, New Guinea. Bristol Beaufort of No. 8 Squadron RAAF (code UV-P). Interior shot of Beaufort. Shot of squadron formation from cockpit. Str...F02167
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No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawks over wrecked ammunition train
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Showing a flight of Kittyhawk aircraft of No.450 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force, flying over the site where a German ammunition train has been blown up by Allied bombers.ART25721
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Observation Post, Hatu Hudo
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
View of an observation post at an industrial plant at Hatu Hudo, a village in East Timor. The 2/2nd and 2/4th Australian Independent Companies fought in this area when waging guerilla warfare against ...ART26324
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Parachute drops, Rangoon
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Akyab Island, Burma showing two Australians of No 267 Squadron RAF visit some Burmese. 8th Indian Supply Despatch Company loading used chutes that have been brought back by air from D.Z.'s at the fron...F02126
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Part of cracking plant feature plant, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Part of cracking plant feature shows the devastation of attack by troops in Balikpapan.ART25516
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Photo intelligence of damage assessment
Film
Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film I-3340 produced by the 1st Motion Picture Unit Army Airforces. Dramatized account of the method of identification of individual bomb hits by using the bomber's bo...F02322
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Piraeus and Athens
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The port of Piraeus, pictured in the foreground and the city of Athens in the distance seen from the entrance to the harbour. Note submarine tied up on right. These sites were badly damaged by bombing...ART23958
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Portion of the devastation of the oil refineries, Balikpapan
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This artwork depicts the immense devastation caused to a section of the oil refineries in Balikpapan, Indonesia during the last stages of the Second World War.ART22452
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Pumping out bomb crater
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22896
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Pumping out bomb crater, Labuan
Art
Maker: Friend, Donald
Pumping out a bomb crater. In the early days of the job, when water was a rarity and there was none to spare, the deep green pools in the craters were used as laundries and swimming baths, so that eve...ART22897
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RAAF Fighter bombers close-supporting NZ Infantry passing through Piazza Maggiore
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Members of the New Zealand Infantry are marching through a street in the Italian town of Faenza, Italy. They are surrounded by the debris of war, including bomb damaged buildings. Overhead fighter b...ART26215
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RAF GAZ (Ops 170)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Shows a daylight raid. Bomb drop shot by bombing camera. Target area is shrouded in smoke and heavily pock-marked by bomb craters. Various shots of the target area and flak.F02636
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Raid on Darwin
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Maker: Driver, Roy
The result of one of the many Japanese air raids on Darwin.F01797
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Raid reports: how the RAF assess bomb damage
Film
Maker: Ministry of Information
A Ministry of Information film on bomb damage assessment. High altitude photographic interpretation using stereoscophy. Explaination of the work of photograph interpreters. Film uses examples of RAF B...F02205
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Railway lifted by bomb blast
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Drawing along the Italian coastline near the town of Ancona. The railway line leading into the city has been destroyed by aircraft bombing and the tracks have completely lifted from the ground. In t...ART25719
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[Railway viaduct at Bielefeld] (Ops 268)
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film No 268 of raid by Lancaster bombers on the railway viaduct at Bielefeld, Germany (possibly the strike by 617 Squadron RAF on 22 February 1945). Opening scene of an ...F02582
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[Reconnaissance flight over bombed German city] (C/B 460)
Film
A RAF film of a low level reconnaissance of an unidentified bombed German city. Shows extensive damage to factory complex, bombed railway yards, bridge and residential areas.F02590
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Rimini Railway Station
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
This drawing of the Rimini Railway Station shows severe bomb damage, with train carriages and tracks dislodged. In the distance are waves Allied aircraft.ART25726
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Scrapped Liberators
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Showing damaged and worn out Liberator bomber aircraft at Ward's Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23524
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Searchlight on Japan
Film
Maker: Cinesound
Forward: Japan under Allied Occupation remains an important factor in world politics but the man in the street knows little of Japan today. This presentation essentially an Australian point of view m...F03522
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Shipyards at Kure
Art
Maker: Tucker, Albert
View of the shipyards at Kure. On his arrival, Tucker spent some days making drawings of the devastated cities and landscapes including the dockyards at Kure.ART91453
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Sketch in Benghasi
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Depicts a sketch of damaged buildings near the waterfront, Benghazi, Libya.ART21057
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464 Squadron Mosquito over Villers-Bretonneux Australian War Memorial
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Mosquitoes from the 464 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force fly over the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France. The Memorial is from the First World War and still stands after four ye...ART25010
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Still bombed out, October '46
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Only a few minutes by jeep from the elaborate and unharmed Diet building, families live in humpies like this one, reminiscent of the Dudley Flats in Melbourne. This winter will be a hard one for them.ART26373
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study for Main street, Brunei
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Sketch of a town street that has been destroyed by bombing. Only a few doorways are left standing along the depicted street.ART29803
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[Study of bomb damaged Darwin Post Office]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a study of several buildings, including the bomb-damaged Darwin Post Office, with a forecourt at the front. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, ...ART96360
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Tank dump, Timor
Art
Maker: Bush, Charles
Here, now a non-descript tangle of metal, are seen a number of small tanks and tankettes used by the Japanese on Timor.ART26339
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Tarakan / R Wingfield-Jounkergouw
Film
Maker: Wingfield-Jounkergouw, R
Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Austra...F04975
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Taylor, Norman John Rees (Able Seaman, b.1908 - d.2003)
Private Record
Maker: Taylor, Norman John Rees
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM1927 Able Seaman Norman John Rees Taylor, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of a 43 page handwritten manuscript titled 'One Day in Dar...AWM2016.820.1
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The bell tower
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
A partially destroyed bell tower stands surrounded by rubble from nearby buildlings that have been demolished by bombs.ART22442
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1. The bombing of Cassino 2. Hollandia invasion (News From Home. No. 88)
Film
Extracts from News From Home No. 88. 1. (4 min 10 sec) Cassino, Italy is almost wiped out by a concentrated aerial bombardment. 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the town. However the Germans were w...F00777
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[The bombing of Darwin and aftermath February-March 1942]
Film
Maker: Sheldon-Collins, Francis
Darwin, Northern Territory, February - March 1942. The scenes (although not in chronological sequence) were taken after the first raid on 19 February and before the second in Mitchell Street from outs...F04775
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The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, with ruins of bombed buildings in the foreground.
Art
Maker: Price, E Jessop
The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, London in the middle distance, with ruins of bombed buildings in the foreground. During the Second World War substantial sums of money were collected at Barker College...ART28054