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1. AWAS take a rise out of Jack Davey 2. Giant Canadian spruce trees for Mosquito Bombers 3. Crisis in Parliament - Curtin speaks. (News From Home. No 43)
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Maker: Cinesound
1. (2 min 49 sec) Jack Davey conducts a quiz session for AWAS (Movietone) 2. (1 min) Canadian spruce trees are felled to make Mosquito aircraft (Movietone) 3. (2 min 14 sec) Prime Minister Curtin spea...F00738
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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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Comedian Bob Hope in Australia (News From Home No. 103)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extract from from News From Home newsreel compile No. 103. Bob Hope, world renowned American comedian, with a concert party after their return from the Pacific Islands, interviewed by Cinesound.F00786
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Defence of Wau
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian soldiers beat off attack by Japanese on Wau aerodrome. Identified personnel: Brigadier Murray Moten, Lieutenant Colonel H G Guinn, Lieutenant Colonel Star, Lieutenant Colonel Bertram, Priva...F01820
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Delhi RAF Officers' Club
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAAF officers visit Royal Air Force mess, Lytton Road, Delhi, India. Officers playing badminton, relaxing on lawn, eating and reading in mess, and departure of visiting officers in panel van. Indian w...F02113
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8 Division POW on board HMT Highland Brigade
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Maker: McLeish, N
Scenes taken on board HMT Highland Brigade of men of 8 Division and civilians who had been prisoners of the Japanese for some three and a half years, during the trip from Singapore to Fremantle, WA. T...F07340
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Eating out with Tommy Trinder
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A Ministry of Information film produced by Strand Productions promoting British Restaurants as an efficent way of feeding the population during wartime. Features the Cockney music-hall comedian and f...F03610
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Evacuation of first Australian POW by sea from Singapore
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Scenes on Singapore wharf as the first Australian prisoner of war (POW) from Changi and other Singapore POW Camps arrive to embark on HMAS Manunda, a Hospital Ship, to be taken to Australia. Approxima...F07322
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Gary Cooper entertains troops
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Maker: Department of Information
The film stars Una Merkel and Gary Cooper visited New Guinea to entertain Allied troops. This item shows them taking time off for a little relaxation in the swimming pool and later excerpts from their...F01874
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[German home front, Western front and Eastern front, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 49/50 1944) = (The German newsreel 49/50 1944)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c late 1944. Commentary in German. Items covered: 1. Magicians perform for wounded soldiers and hospital staff. Otto Rodewald Ritterkreuz winner, had destroyed five Soviet tanks with a...F01966
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Gilly-Gilly man in action
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
A native street magician, Gilly Gilly man, entertains Australian troops on leave.F01044
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Gracie Fields at Morotai
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Gracie Fields, English singing star of stage and radio, arrived at Morotai on 23 August 1945 on a RAAF transport aircraft. Met by Major R J Hardy, camp commandant; she was taken to the C-in-C's mess w...F01558
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Gracie Fields concert at 6 Australian Division HQ Wewak
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Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On arrival at Wewak airstrip from Madang, where she had given a concert the previous day, Miss Fields and her party were mobbed by diggers who had come down to the strip to catch a glimpse of them. Sh...F07241
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Gracie Field visits Bougainville and thanksgiving service she attended at Gloucester Oval, Torokina
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Gracie Field and her husband Monty Banks arrived at Torokina in a RAAF Lodestar plane to begin a tour of the battlefields. She attended the Thanksgiving Service held for victory over Japan and sang "T...F07286
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Hullo America
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American nurses, three from New Guinea, talk to folks back home aided by comedian Dick Bentley. ABC ProductionF00838
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Jack Benny and party arrive in New Guinea
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
American concert party consisting of Jack Benny, Carol Landis (movie stars), Martha Tilton, June Brunner (singers) and Larry Adler (harmonica virtuoso) arrive in New Guinea and perform for servicemen.F01437
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Malayan material
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Maker: Edwards, Reg J Nichols, Melmer Frank Department of Information
Activities of Australian troops before the fall of Singapore. The visit of Senator H S Foll, Minister for Information and others to Singapore. The opening of the Anzac Club and general views of the cl...F01157
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News From Home Special Issue Xmas 1944
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Christmas variety show with forward by the Commander in Chief Sir Thomas Blamey and featuring Charles Lawerence (Cinesound Review), Bill Moloney (Movietone News), Mary Sinclair (Merrie Xmas), Yvonne B...F00798
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Personal appearance [Bob Hope]
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The Hollywood actor Bob Hope appeal for the public to subcribe to the Second Victory Loan.F01939
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Recognition of Zero
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Aircraft recognition film produced by the United States Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit. Shows the distinctive features of the Japanese Mitsubishi Reisen (Zero fighter) and compares these to...F02062