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A history of the Australian Forces at war 1939-45
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Maker: Legg, Frank Hooper Turney-Smith, Gerald Tycho, Thomas Dearth, Harry Ezard, Alex Harriott, Guy
An Artansa Park Television production made with archival footage from the Australian War Memorial.F10069
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Angels of war
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Maker: Pike, Andrew
In January 1942 Papua New Guinea became the battle ground for nearly 2 million foreign soldiers. This film documents the experiences of Papua New Guinea's indigenous population during this campaign. S...F10262
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Australians remember
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Maker: Tapscott, Russell Leake, John Walker, Robert Meikle, Richard Johnson, Peter Burgess, Francis Patrick "Pat"
Depicts Australia's role in the two World Wars, Korean and Vietnam war. Uses archival footage as well as film of exhibitions at the Memorial.F10220
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Background of a tradition
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Maker: Carnemolla, John McKeon, B Wasley, Les Wendon, Ron Wood, Frederick Sydney Golsby, Kevin Low, David Eagles, Moneta Killan, Frank
A Movietone production on the 50 year history of the Royal Australian Navy. Shows the launch of the battle cruiser HMAS Australia at Clyde. The arrival of the destroyers Warrago, Parramatta and Yarra...F10067
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Battle of Russia (Why we fight no 5)
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Maker: Capra, Frank
Battle of Russia (Why we fight no 5)F01931
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Breakout
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Maker: Levy, Curtis
Documentary film on the escape from Cowra prisoner of war (POW) camp of over five hundred Japanese POWs on 5 August 1944. The Cowra Breakout was one of the largest POW escapes of the Second World War.F03365
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Burma Railway (Our world)
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
"The Burma Railway" traces the events after the surrender in 1942 of the ill-fated 8th Division. It tells of their internment in Changi Prison, the construction of the Burma Railway in Thailand and th...F03402
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Burma victory
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Maker: Macdonald, David Army Film Unit
Documentary film produced by the British Army Film Unit on the campaign in Burma from 1942 to the capitulation of the Japanese in Rangoon in 1945. The last film of the Victory trilogy, the other two b...F10002
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By the seats of their pants
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Program on famous Australian Aviators and their experiences in war. Interviewees include: Bert Richie, Nancy Bird Walton, Sir Jones, Dr Newton, Esther Mather, Jack McMaster, Air Commodore Kingwell, Ch...F03471
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Cameramen at war
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Maker: Glendenning, Raymond Lye, Leonard Charles Huia
A Ministry of Information film produced by the Realist Film Unit with acknowledgement to the Newsreel companies, the Services film units and the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum. The story of Briti...F01419
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Divide and conquer (Why we fight no 2)
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Maker: Capra, Frank
A documentry record of the German attack upon and the conquest of Belgium, Holland and France in 1940.F01904
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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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Kokoda the bloody track
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
Documentary made for the 50th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign. Features on camera interviews with Australian and Japanese veterans of the campaign intercut with archival footage.F03744
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Public enemy number one
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This film by David Bradbury follows the life of controversial Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett, the first western correspondent into Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped. The documentary shows h...F04179
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Sons of the Anzacs [1939-1943]
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N Carty, William Montague Driver, Roy Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Murphy, Mervyn R Parer, Damien Peter Finch, Peter Parer, Damien Peter Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester) Australian War Memorial Bletcher, Neville R Higgins, Arthur E Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (Chester)
A history of the Australian forces in the Second World War up to 1943, covering the principal campaigns in which they fought and utilising contemporary footage. Includes cinematography by Damien Parer...F00188
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Sons of the Anzacs 1939-1945
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Maker: Dreyfus, George Bagnall, Frank N Howes, Oliver F Bowden, Barry
Remake of the film F00188 produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit for the Australian War Memorial. A history of Australia in the Second World War, covering the principal campaigns and utili...F00190
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The German A4 Rocket (B955 C955)
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An Air Ministry film produced by AKS dealing in detail with the manufacture, assembly and operation of the German Army A4 Rocket also known as the V2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2 = Retaliation Weapon 2). Film ...F03318