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A Cretan couple witnesses the invasion
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Maker: Winters, Michael
A scared elderly Cretan couple stands in their home as the German paratroopers float to the earth. The civilians of Crete, along with the British and allied soldiers, were amazed by the sight of thous...ART92805
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After the action
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Maker: Slawik, Bernard
Two views of the Lvov ghetto upper and centre. The lower drawing shows a group of people rounded up after an 'aktion'. The 'aktions' were organised SS raids on the ghettos where the Jews would be sear...ART90341
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Alert
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts troops and civilians in Haifa moving towards shelter during an alarm for an air raid. A small newspaper clipping pasted to the front of the drawing reads "Air Raid Alarm in Haifa: An air raid...ART30289
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Assembling a 3.7 anti-aircraft gun, Maribyrnong, Victoria
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A heavy 3.7 inch heavy anti-aircraft gun in the course of construction, Ordnance Workshop, Maribrynong. Melbourne.ART23436
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A tous les francais
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Maker: de Gaulle, Charles J. Weiner Ltd.
A French Second World War poster published by Charles De Gaulle from his headquarters in London. The poster features a quote signed by De Gaulle, appealing to French civilians and resistance to contin...ARTV01616
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A tous les Francais
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Maker: de Gaulle, Charles J. Weiner Ltd.
A French Second World War poster published by Charles De Gaulle from his headquarters in London. The poster features a quote signed by De Gaulle, appealing to French civilians and resistance to contin...ARTV00186
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A tous les Francais
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Maker: French Army J. Weiner Ltd.
This French Second World War poster contains a quote from General Charles de Gaulle from London, soon after he fled following the Axis invasion of France on 17 June 1940. The text comes from a speech ...ARTV02236
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A tous les Francais
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Maker: de Gaulle, Charles J. Weiner Ltd.
A French Second World War poster published by Charles De Gaulle from his headquarters in London. The poster features a quote signed by De Gaulle, appealing to French civilians and resistance to contin...ARTV04087
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Back home
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Maker: Herman, Sali
A returning soldier and a woman embracing at the docks in Sydney as others leave the area to catch waiting buses. On the left a wounded serviceman sits while on the right, part of a troopship can be s...ART22893
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Berlin
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Kaiser Wilhelm II Memorial Church, Kurfurstendamm, Berlin was damaged in air raids on the night of the 23rd November 1943. The church was in the neo-romanesque style and had been built under the Emper...ART25710
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British Centre (British WRENS, VAD Joan Farquharson and VAD Katherine Elwood)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
The British Centre provided entertainment and meals for the large forces of British personnel who were in Australia. The two British WRENS seated at the table had only been in Australia for two days. ...ART25184
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Canal, Helwan
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts a group of Egyptians carrying water away from a freshwater canal in Helwan, which is near Cairo. Other groups are working in the fields. In the distance are hot baking chalk-white hills. Th...ART30045
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Canteen, Fuse and Cartridge Bundling Sections (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts the women's canteen of the Fuze and Cartridge Bundling Sections of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22140
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Canteen impression (Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Scene in the women's canteen, government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22603
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Careless talk costs lives: ".....but of course it musn't go any further!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a railway carriage with Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler sitting in the luggage racks ove...ARTV02450
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Careless talk costs lives: "Don't forget that walls have ears!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster depicts two women having tea. The wallpaper is a repeat pattern of Adolf Hitler's head. This one of a series of 'careless talk costs lives' posters by Cyril ...ARTV02448
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Careless talk costs lives: "...strictly between these four walls!'
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a Club, in front of a portrait of King Charles II with the face of Adolf Hitler. The ima...ARTV02449
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Car park, Main Street, Atherton
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
View from a verandah of a Barrett's Railway Hotel on the main street of Atherton. The street is lined with military vehicles, the post office on the right is surrounded by anti-blast barricades and t...ART23872
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Cement workers, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Four cement workers at Sydney graving dock carrying out heavy manual work working using equipment such as shovels. Cranes and ladders and building structures fill the background. McClintock's focus on...ART30256
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Chargeman in the soldering bay (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of an unidentified chargeman in soldering bay, detonator section, Government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22592