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2/1 Australian Artillery Survey Regiment Middle East June 1940 - March 1942
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Maker: Pitcher, Eric Edward
An amateur film taken by NX31038 Eric Pitcher while serving with the 2/1 Artillery Survey Regiment in Egypt and Syria. Pan of street scene Cairo or Alexandria. Bazaars. American bar. Geizra cricket c...F00255
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Australian Comforts Fund mobile unit on RAF station for Australian airmen serving in the RAF (C/B 375)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
An Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) mobile canteen at a RAF airfield. Beaufighter aircraft in invasion stripes parked on airfield. Airmen gather around the truck and comforts are distributed to the men....F02589
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1. Brisbane pageant opens Red Cross appeal 2. Douglas C54 (DC4) Transport 3. AWAS scientist tests canned food for army 4. RAAF wrestling 5. Cue ace helps acf 6. Troops relax in island paradise. (News From Home No. 90)
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1. (56 sec) Brisbane, Queensland. City pageant opens Red Cross appeal week 2. (1 min 4 sec) New American transport aircraft, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster or DC-4 3. (57 sec) An AWAS Lieutenant in a labo...F00782
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Cavalcade of victory
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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Comforts for nurses and Australians
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Distribution of Australian Comforts Fund goods to nurses and troops in the Northern Territory, 17 November 1942. Identified personnel: Captain George Wright, Staff Sergeant Medows.F01792
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Comforts Fund Officer
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian Comforts Fund Officer (ACF) with ACF parcels for troops.F01057
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Development of Jacquinot Bay New Britain
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Australian engineers in Jacquinot Bay area at bridge building, jetty and airstrip construction. Natives assisting construction work. American landing craft used for communications around bay area. Lan...F01265
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Embarkation and shipboard scenes, Lae to Jaquinot Bay
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
The embarkation of troops at Lae aboard the US Liberty Ship "J. Stirling Moreton. "Soldiers receiving parcels from ACF officer Commissioner Gates. Also shots of activities aboard ship and arrival at J...F07207
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Ice cream factory on Bougainville
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
The ice cream factory was taken over by the Australian Comforts Fund from the Americans. The ingredients were delivered in powder form, then mixed with water and placed in the mixer. In ten minutes it...F07194
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Interview with Kathleen Lonergan (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mrs Kathleen Lonergan was involved heavily in the Comforts Fund in Gulgong during the war. She was the President of the Comforts Funds and was involved in fundraising activities such as street stall...F04087
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Lebanon and Syria
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Maker: Military History Section
General shots of the countryside and inhabitants and Australians sightseeing. The arrival of General Charles de Gaulle.F07009
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News of the week 26 July 1941. 1. RAAF Catalina Aircraft 2. Ambulances presented by Red Cross 3. Senior royal navy officers, Melbourne 4. Australian comforts fund chief returns from Middle East. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 32)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No 32. News of the week 1. (1 min 8 sec) Arrival in Australia of Catalina Flying Boat for service with the RAAF. Interview with Captain Patrick Gordon Taylor,...F00303
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1. News of the week 12 September 1942 2. Comforts Fund benefits when Zeros crash 3. Heroes welcome for gallant 6th Division (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 39)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 39. 1. (24 sec) Perth, WA. WAAAFs march in pouring rain - (52 sec) In Victoria Peggy Glenhill passes medical examination as ten thousandth WAAAF - (36 sec...F00361
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Preparation and dropping of medical and other supplies to POW camp at Kuching, North West Borneo
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
Air Maintenance Platoon, Australian Army Service Corps, at Labuan airstrip. These containers, along with other supplies are dropped from a Douglas aircraft as it flies over the prisoner of war camp at...F07314
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1. Troops preserve the spirit of the turf 2. Diversion for diggers (Waratah concert party) (News From Home No. 36)
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Maker: Department of Information Movietone News News from Home
Extracts from News From Home newsreel compile No. 361. (1 min 44 sec) Australian troops hold a race meeting somewhere in Australia (Picture Department of Information - Sound Movietone) 2. (5 min 26 s...F00731
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Victory in the Western Desert
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British 8th Army including 9th Australian Division at El Alamein, North Africa. Ranks and jeeps in sand and floods, Italian and German prisoners walking and in trucks, close up of German prisoners and...F00834
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1. WAAAF sports 2. ACF parcels 3. Action in the South West Pacific. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 52)
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1. (1 min 34 sec) Airwomen contest races at Sydney meeting 2. (1 min 21 sec) Australian comforts depot in Melbourne pack parcels, troops and army nurses in Northern Territory receive parcels 3. (2 min...F00374
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1. Women conductors on Melbourne trams 2. It's up to you. (Cinesound News No. 514)
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1. (56 sec) Victorian women learn to collect fares on city trams, taking the place of conductors who have joined the fighting services 2. (4 min) A feature written by, and featuring Hal Percy, the C.J...F00543
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YMCA activities New Guinea and Bougainville
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Maker: Jones, Leonard John
This film was taken by Commissioner Leonard John Jones during his service with the YMCA & Australian Comforts Fund in New Guinea and Bougainville. Scenes include: prevention. Lae Australian War cemete...F03437