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Allies blast Truk
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The largest Japanese Naval base outside of Japan is attacked by carrier aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF-58. The attack was co-ordinated with General MacArthur's land operations in New Guinea. Scen...F00802
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1. Americans raid Tokyo in B25 Mitchell Bombers from USS "Hornet" 2. AIF jungle training. (News From Home No. 40)
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1. (4 min 18 sec) Tokyo raid by carrier borne Mitchell Bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942 led by Major General Doolittle. Admiral Halsey and General Henry H. Arnold also app...F00735
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America strikes at the heart of Japan (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 19)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Japanese houses, palaces, crowds, Emperor, US bombers, Japanese tank burning.F00342
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1. Australian built Austen gun is hard hitting 2. US carrier in spectacular sea - air battle. (News From Home. No. 24)
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Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 241. (1 min 38 sec) The Austen gun, an Australian adaption of the Sten, goes through its paces at Port Kembla, NSW. 2. (3 min 10 sec) An American aircraft carrier is s...F00720
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1. Chips off the Anzac block 2. Sinking of 'Yorktown' (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41)
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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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Embarkation of 7th Australian Division on HMS Impacable
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Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
On 11 November 1945, 1,360 troops of the 7th Australian Division who were due for release from the Army, embarked on the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable for Australia. The troops were conveyed to the ...F07401
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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First pictures: Admiral Halsey's sweep in the China Sea (Movietone News)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel extract circa February 1945. Covers the operations of the task force of the US Navy's Third Fleet operating in the China Sea. The US task force operated in a storm that served ...F04907
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Guadalcanal: America's first offensive (Crusade in the Pacific part 7)
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Maker: March of Time Television
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at...F04959
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Heavy units of the Royal Navy in Australia
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Maker: Thomas, Wilfrid Movietone News
Movietone newsreel item on the visit to Australia of the British Pacific Fleet just prior to action in the Okinawa campaign. Features the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and the battleship HMS King ...F10194
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HMAS Shropshire
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Maker: Driver, Roy
In April 1944 HMAS Shropshire, as a unit of Task Force 74, took part in escorting convoys up the coast of New Guinea and the bombardment of Hollandia and after the landing at Hollandia, escorting US a...F01760
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[HMAS Stuart in the Mediterranean and Middle East]
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Maker: Carey, Jack
Opens with shots from HMAS Stuart of the bombardment of Bardia by the Royal Navy battleships HMS Malaya and HMS Ramillies. HMAS Stuart did not fired so Petty Officer Carey was able to film the action....F03482
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HMAS Voyager in the Mediterranean, 1940
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Maker: Hollis, John
HMAS Voyager and crew in the Mediterranean, circa mid 1940. Alexandria or Cairo, car trip through the city. Various scenes of parks, buildings etc. At sea, long shot of a destroyer underway at speed. ...F04798
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HMAS Warramunga
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Maker: Harbison, Robert Frederick Fitzgerald
This film though titled 'HMAS Warramunga', does not show a full shot of the ship. All scenes were taken from Warramunga when she was part of Task Force 74. Warramunga was in the 9th Destroyer Squadr...F10145
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HMS Formidable and HMS Speaker
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian soldiers arrived at South Harbour, Manila, by trucks from the 8th Australian Prisoner of War Reception Camp and were taken out to the Royal Navy aircraft carriers HMS Formidable and HMS Spe...F01626
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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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Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi at Rabaul
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Maker: Dolan, Samuel Murray
On the evening of 30 January 1946, a Japanese 22,000 ton aircraft carrier Katsuragi carrying 5,000 Japanese troops from Fauro to Japan, called at Rabaul for fuel and water. Most of the troops were in ...F07420
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[Kamikaze attacks on the British Pacific Fleet at Okinawa]
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Royal Navy ships and aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet, (Task Force 57) in action at Okinawa, circa April-May 1945. The carrier or carriers shown hit by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft could be either...F03521
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Keith Ash: home movie Mediterranean sea and Greece
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Maker: Ash, Keith
Home movie footage from Keith Ash's service in the Mediterranean sea and Greece. Shots consist chiefly of views of the ships, the coast line, water, crew members on shore, landmarks and sightseeing in...F03384
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Know your navy
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Maker: Brent Productions
A RAF training film produced by Brent Productions to assist with instruction in ship recognition. Illustrates the different types of warships used by the Royal Navy. Uses diagrams to illustrate the sh...F02455