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A Christmas message from the CAS Air Vice Marshal George Jones
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Maker: Unknown
Christmas greetings to RAAF units serving in forward areas in the South Weat Pacific Area by the Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal George Jones KBE, CB, CBE, DFC.F10176
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A flight to the islands
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The first flight by a RAAF aircraft to territories outside of Australia. The flight's purpose was to survey and gather information on the flying conditions of the islands adjacent to Australia. The fl...F02660
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Aid to India flown by C-130 Hercules (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Aid to India flown by C-130 Hercules (DPR RAAF stock shots)F10411
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1. Air Force ballet 2. New strength in our air arm 3. Fighting men's haven. (Cinesound News No. 465)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel Number 465. 1. (57 sec) RAAF male ballet rehearsing for a show 2. (1 min 54 sec) Features Fairey Battle aircraft 3. (3 min) Sydney, Anzac buffet in Hyde park fea...F00507
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Air Force embarkation Melbourne
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Maker: Department of Information
RAAF personnel embarking on troopship at Port Melbourne. Air Vice Marshal Stanely James Goble, CBE, DSO, addresses RAAF personnel on upper deck of troopship.F01110
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Air Marshal Scherger visits USA (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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United States circa late 1950s. Shows The Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Scherger inspecting Lockheed Neptune and Electra aircraft. Air Marshal Scherger also flew in a Lockheed TF-104 supersonic two s...F10361
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1. Airmen and women march through Melbourne. 2. Australian built ship for Indian Navy. 3. Dutch delegates watch Australia takes wings. (Cinesound News No. 520)
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Maker: Cinesound
1. (1 min 4 sec) RAAF and WAAAF march through Melbourne 2. (1 min 14 sec) Lady Gowrie christens first ship built in Australia for the Indian Navy, HMIS Punjab 3. (1 min 39 sec) Important Dutch press d...F00549
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Air road to Mandalay
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Parked RAF B-24 Liberator bombers. Bombing-up, air and ground crew prepare for mission. Take off, interior shots of aircraft and bombing.F02168
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Air supply drop Malaya
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Maker: RAAF Public Relations
RAAF transport support flight operating out of Butterworth air base, Malaya, drops food and medical supplies to Malaysian police outposts and Malaya villagers. This item shows loading of stores into C...F02739
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Air to air of Lincolns flying over Royal Yacht 'Gothic' (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Tasman Sea, 1954. Shows RAAF Avro Lincoln bombers inflight over the sea to greet HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip abord the Royal Yacht 'Gothic' for the 1954 Royal Tour of Australia.F10375
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Alert
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N Bierre, Eric Parer, Damien Peter Mocatta, George Houlton Anderson, Alan Frederick
Shows how the air and ground defence systems are linked together. Also how certain defence orders and procedures are followed at unit level. Scenario; Group Captain G Sampson OBE RAF; Cameramen Eric B...F02194
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Ambulance presentation RAAF, Melbourne
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Maker: Unknown
Scenes 1 to 5: Field Ambulances presented to the British Red Cross by the Australian Red Cross Society. Scenes 6 to 11: Mr Peter Mallach and wife, Mr Casey of Dried Fruit Board representing the people...F01115
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Anzac club
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India?. Shot of a group of RAAF personnel on the balcony of the Anzac Welfare Centre.F02644
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Army-air co-operation
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Training film showing the co-operation of training between Army and RAAF. Students include RAAF and RNZAF pilots and Australian and Allied army officers. Shows the various operations involved for the ...F02074
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Army and RAAF reinforcements enroute to New Guinea
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Army and airforce personnel on troopship and disembarking at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Shot eighteen shows three American cameramen. Martin Barnett of Paramount News with the Arkeley 35mm cine camera...F01209
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Army in flood relief operations DPR/TV/1383
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Regular Army and CMF soldiers have air-dropped more than 40,000 bales of hay to stock, stranded in flooded areas, west of Moree, since the beginning of last month. The soldiers involved in the operati...F04499
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Arrival Adelaide
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Port Adelaide, South Australia. RAAF personnel return from overseas service. Air Force Association welcome banner on wharf. The airmen are met by their families. Children line the street waving Union ...F02152
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Arrival Melbourne
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Shows arrival of the "Tamaroa" at Princes Wharf, Melbourne on 16 October 1945 and arrival of the "Stratheden" at Railway Wharf, Melbourne on 17 October 1945. The "Stratheden" coming in to wharf, perso...F02153
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Arrival of detachment of Mirage from Butterworth to Singapore base at Tengah (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Tengah air base, Singapore. Shows main gate of air base. Arrival of RAAF Mirage ground crew by Douglas Dakota. Flypast of the Mirages in formation. Mirages landing and taxi-ing. Glimpses of the pilots...F10409
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Aussies in Burma
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel item on Australians serving with RAF P-47 Thunderbolt and Hawker Hurricane equipped squadrons in Burma. Newsreel compiled from F02143 and F02142F10195
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Aussies in Germany, RAAF in Brussels
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian airman in Germany; Australian and Allied POW in Stalag 357 and Stalag II B and in United Kingdom; RAAF vs BLA rugby, Brussels. Australian airmen with No 175 RAF Hawker Typhoon Squadron in G...F01274
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Australia Day 1941
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Maker: Unknown
The 2nd AIF and RAAF march in London on Australia Day. Bad light conditions. RAAF versus the South African services at Rugby Union Football.F01243
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Australia looks to the air (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 4)
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A short history of the supply of aircraft for the RAAF and aircraft production in Australia.F00327
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Australian aces back to blitz Japs
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Maker: Cinesound
Newsreel item showing Flight-Lieutenant H. Graham Pockley, DFC and Flying Officer John L. Waddy, DFC, seated with their wives in a garden of a private home at Palm Beach, Sydney. The two airmen questi...F02009
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Australian airmen 1939-1945
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Maker: Commonwealth Film Unit Unknown
Produced by the Commonwealth Film Unit for the information of officers in the Repatriation Department. Bulk of the material supplied from the AWM film collection.F10160
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Australian airmen sightseeing Agra, India
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Group of Australian airmen sightseeing, examine the Taj Nahal tomb, Agra, India. Exterior shots of the building, two interior scenes and the balance in and around one of the four minarets.F02115
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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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Australians assault Japanese in Halmeheras
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Newsreel on RAN ships and units of the 1st Tactical Air Force, RAAF in operations at Morotai in the Halmaheras. Air Commodore Cobby watches operations from ship's bridge. Features Beaufighte...F00823
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1. Australians for Singapore 2. News briefs, Melbourne, 1941-11. (Cinesound News No. 486)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No. 486. 1. (1 min 10 sec) Australian troops go aboard transports in Sydney Harbour en route to Singapore 2. (3 min) AIF parade through Melbourne streets, RAAF b...F00517
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[Australians serving with No. 137 Squadron RAF] (C/B 326)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Opening scene of a rocket-armed Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber of No 137 Squadron RAF (code SF-M) taxiing on an unidentified airfield. Typhoon parks and Australian pilot climbs out of the aircraft and ...F02570
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Auto pilot C-1: setting up for bombing
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Maker: Walt Disney Productions
United States Army Air Forces training film AF-212B produced by Walt Disney Productions in cooperation with Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company. An animated film on the setting up for bombing of t...F02494
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Balloon barrage
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RAF personnel engaged in the control and operation of barrage balloons in defence of a harbour, against low flying aircraft and dive-bombing attacks.F01769
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7 Battalion RAR advance party arrive Nui Dat DPR/TV/598
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
First elements of 7th Battalion RAR arrive at Luscombe airfield, Nui Dat from their former station, Puckapunyal, Victoria. They were ferried on the final leg of their journey from Saigon to Nui Dat by...F10141
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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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Beaufort bombers
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Maker: Nicholas, Bert
A Cinesound production in co-operation with the Department of Aircraft Production and the Department of Information. Beaufort bomber production in Australian factories.F01443
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Beaufort bomber takes air
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Maker: Cinesound
News item on the assembly of a Beaufort bomber. Aircraft leaving factory and test flight.F02025
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Boomerangs in sensational flying
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Maker: Cinesound
Newsreel item on a test flight of the Commonwealth Boomerang fighter aircraft. Pilot boards aircraft; takes off; several shots of aircraft manoeuvring during test flight.F02007
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Boulton & Paul turret
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Maker: Cinema Branch Department of Information
A RAAF training film produced by Cinema Branch Department of Information. Covers daily inspection and maintenance of the Bolton and Paul turret as used on the Lockheed Hudson bomber. The turret is sho...F02323
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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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Brook Island trials (MC30)
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Maker: Adams, S H Hoffman
This film portrays a Mustard Gas attack carried out on Brook Island under the direction of the following officers. Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel F S Gorill; Officer in charge of the trial Dr A...F05747
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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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Cairns and Lake Boga
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Cairns, Queensland and Lake Boga, Victoria amphibious transport co-operation with Catalina aircraft.F02268
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[Caribou and Winjeel in flight] (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Shows Caribou transport aircraft taking off and landing at RAAF base Richmond. Take off shot from aircraft. Aerials of airbase. Scenes shot in aircraft cargo hold. Three aircrew walking along parked a...F10360
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CAS Air Marshal Hancock visits on bomber mission (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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United States Naval Air Station Sanford(?). The Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sir Valston Hancock and entourage arrive in an USAF Convair Metropolitan transport aircraft. They are greeted by Senior N...F10362
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Coastwatch
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
A Defence Public Relation "Sentinel series" documentary film portraying Australian Coastal Surveillance duties of aircraft (including a GAF Nomad) and RAN Patrol Boats of the Fremantle Class, HMAS Wa...F10272
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Concert party a hit in Vietnam DPR/TV/580
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The largest entertainment group yet seen by Australian troops in Vietnam received a warm welcome when they performed in the Australian Task Force area. The Australian Broadcasting Commission dance ba...F10136
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Convoy escort
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An RAAF production showing liaison between RAAF and RAN for convoy escort. A naval Lieutenant-Commander and an airforce Squadron Leader lecture on RAN methods and problems. Animated models are used to...F02101
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Darwin "under attack" in air exercise: code named "Castor Oil"
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This RAAF Public Relations TV news item is a further supplement to AWM film F02774. Visuals show Mirage "defenders' at Darwin; airfield defence guards; RAF Vulcans; Canberra bombers and Sabre jets at ...F02775
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"D" Day, airmen return home
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Review newsreel item on the return of unidentified RAAF personnel from Britain.F02014
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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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Desert Air Force (Anzac TV Series)
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Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Desert Air Force (Anzac TV Series)F10034-18
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Dianne Badcock as a Sister 1st Australian Field Hospital interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Badcock (nee Lawrence), Diane Swanborough, Greg
Sister, First Australian Field Hospital, RAAMC, Vung Tau 1969. Scene 16, Take 1: Gives reason for joining the Army was to go to Vietnam. Overwhelmed on arrival and describes casualties as suffering...F10662
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Disarmament of Bell Aerocobra Oxford Bay Dec 1971 (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Disarmament of Bell Aerocobra Oxford Bay Dec 1971 (DPR RAAF stock shots)F10412
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Disembarkation at Suez and Canal
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian and New Zealand soldiers, RAAF personnel and army nurses disembark from troopship at Suez and entrain.F01006
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8 Division AIF and RAAF march through Sydney
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News coverage of the city march by units of the 8th Division 2nd AIF and RAAF prior to deployment Malaya.F03389
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Douglas John Riding as Flight Lieutenant RAAF Forward Air Controller interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Riding, Douglas John Stuart Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 24 Take 1 Roll 8. His background as a Mirage fighter pilot and that all Forward Air Controllers (FACs) were fighter pilots; FAC pilot had to know the business of a fighter pilot to control fight...F10606
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[Empire Air Training Scheme personnel on leave Edmonton Canada 1943]
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Opening scene shows four Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) Leading Aircraftmen in front of Mr & Mrs Wize's home at 9918 115th Street Edmonton Alberta Canada. The airmen were stationed at No. 3 Manning...F04630
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Exercise "Castor Oil" gets under way
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This exercise was designed to test the wet season defence facilities of Darwin. RAF Vulcans were flown from Singapore to take part in the exercise. RAAF aircraft taking part included Mirage fighters, ...F02774
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Exercise tests joint forces
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Exercise "Sky Call" - a joint Army RAAF exercise in the Singleton/Putty area. Over 100 men took part in the large scale exercise, held in the rugged mountain ranges near Singleton. The headquarters wa...F02821
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Famine relief highlands of New Guinea (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Previously accessioned at F03271F10435
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"Father" [Sir Richard Williams] of RAAF revisits Point Cook
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Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams revisits Point Cook to "star" in a segment of a film being produced by the Commomwealth Film Unit, to mark the 50th anniversary of the RAAF which falls in 1971. Just a...F02768
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Fauro Island natives, discovery of a complete Japanese aircraft & evacuation of sick patient from Kara airstrip Bougainville.
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
John Henry McDonald, trader and plantation owner, of Fauro Island, was forced to live and act as a native for three and a years, following Japanese occupation in 1942. McDonald (43 years old) was born...F07335
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Fighter aces thrill with spectacular flying
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Maker: Cinesound
A Cinesound Review news item showing Kittyhawks in a training flight over airfield. Commentator mentions fighter pilots Rawlinson, Fisher, Truscott and Warne. Truscott is the only one that has been id...F02021
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Fighter bomber: filmed in Burma by the pilots of 30 Squadron RAF
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Maker: Mainwaring, Wentworth McKenzie, Ernest Alex
A brief history of No. 30 Squadron RAF operations against the Japanese in Burma covering the period from October 1944 to the capture of Rangoon in May 1945. Produced by Ernest McKenzie and Wentworth M...F04778
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Firepower
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Maker: Brown, Kerry Coffey, Denis Cross, Paul Fraser, Andrew Harris, Bob Visikovich, Peter Ward, James Nance, Ian Film Australia
A Head Quarters Training Command film produced by Film Australia. The objective of the film is to show the firepower of the major weapons available on the land battlefield to the Australian Army. Sh...F04902
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1. First Australian Howitzers tested 2. Ground speed for RAAF cyclists 3. They bring 'em round a nice hot cup o' tea. (Cinesound News No. 516)
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1. (2 min 23 sec) Biggest field gun made in this country shows what it can do before army and government officials 2. (1 min 32 sec) Road cycling championship at Albert Park, Victoria, shows that the ...F00545
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First inter-allied services boxing tournament
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Maker: Davey, Jack, (John Andrew) Cinesound
Coverage of the first inter Allied services boxing tournament held at Melbourne Stadium.F10185
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First Lancastrian to land in Japan
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Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
The first Lancastrian aircraft chartered by the RAAF from Qantas arriving at Iwakuni. O36 Air Vice Marshal John Patrick Joseph McCauley greets the crew. Mr Alex Gurney, passenger, originator of the Bl...F07473
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First test flight of RAAF's new F-111C aircraft
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At Fort Worth, Texas, 4 August 1968 the RAAF took delivery of the first of its new strike-reconnaissance aircraft, the F-111C. The aircraft was handed over to the Australian Minister for Defence, Mr A...F02734
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Flight into peace (Australians at war)
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Maker: Channel Ten Sydney
Aviation in the 1920's and 1930's. World unrest and depression.F08005
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Freedom of City of Sydney RAAF Jubilee celebrations (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Previously accessioned at F03271F10422
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1. Future flyers learn mystery of the skies 2. "Ginger" welcomed as mascot of the Air Training Corps 3. Wounded war veterans learn novel hobbies. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 10)
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1. (1 min 36 sec) Air Training Corps cadets get routine instruction from RAAF 2. (1 min 45 sec) "Ginger", popular entertainment personality adopted as mascot to the Air Training Corps is welcomed by C...F00382
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General Brett decorates US Airman (Darwin series, 16)
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
United States General Lieutenant General George H Brett presents decorations to American pilots and a DFC to O21919 Flight-Lieutenant (Flt Lieut) R N Dalkin, RAAF, watched by the GOC Major General E F...F01191
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Goulburn, NSW RAAF recruiting train (Cinesound News No. 464)
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RAAF train is sent to country centres to test recruits who could not make long journeys to the cities.F00506
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Group Captain Cobby recruiting [appeal]
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A recruiting film in which Group Captain Cobby appeals for young men to join the RAAF.F02171
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Group Captain De La Rue
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Maker: Movietone News
Group Captain De La Rue with the Governor General Lord Gowrie. Group Captain De La Rue speech on appointment as the Commander of the Australian Air Expeditionary Force.F01915
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Gun practice practice on ship, street scenes
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Maker: Leithhead, David Stirling, James Belton
Shots taken en route to India on board MV Penrith Castle. The shots taken show Royal Navy and Royal Artillery personel operating the 4 inch gun astern at smoke-float targets. The Oerlikon gun practic...F02147
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[Hercules supply drop by parachute] (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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[Hercules supply drop by parachute] (DPR RAAF stock shots)F10414
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Huge crowds view RAAF march, Brisbane
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Review newsreel covering a RAAF march through the streets of the City of Brisbane. Sir James Blair, KCMG., Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, took the salute at the march past.F02089
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India bombing mission
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Shot from a RAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber, shadow of flying aircraft on the ground. Shot of bombs and incendiaries dropping. Bomb explosions.F02169
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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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Interservice swimming (Darwin series, 17)
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
On 12 July 1942 an inter-service swimming carnival was held at Berry Springs, Northern Territory. Swimming races, competitive diving and a picnic lunch. A shot of O33 Air Commodore Francis Masson Blad...F01192
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[Interview with Captain R J 'Bert' Ritchie AO CBE] (By the seats of their pants)
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Captain Ritchie talks about his career in aviation and the role of Qantas during the Second World War. Among the topics mentioned are the 'Double Sunrise' operation, Australia to Colombo, using Catal...F00242
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Island hopping with the RAAF (Anzac TV Series)
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Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Island hopping with the RAAF (Anzac TV Series)F10034-21
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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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Japanese fighter bombers Nakajima 98 Seversky 98
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Official War Department training film TF I-427 produced by the Signal Corps in collaboration with the Chief of Air Corps. Uses animated drawings to illustrate the main recognition features of the Japa...F02283
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Japanese internees embark on the Koei Maru and arrival of the Stirling Castle at Melbourne
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Maker: Cuffley, Leighton Edward McLeish, N
On 21 February 1946, two thousand five hundred Japanese internees embarked on the repatriation ship Koei Maru at Port Melbourne, Vic. This was the first Japanese ship to arrive at an Australian port f...F07435
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Kai bombers
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Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) Wood, Frederick Sydney
2/5th Battalion of the 17th Infantry Brigade, undertook the job of pushing the Japanese out of the Torricelli Ranges. Supporting the ground forces were three squadrons of RAAF Beauforts. 'Kai Bombers'...F07175
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Leaflets on Ambonia
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
A RAAF Liberator aircraft flew over the Ambonia area where a large number of Australian prisoners of war held by the Japanese. The pamphlets were prepared by FELO (Far East Liaison Office) to inform t...F01625
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Liberated Indian troops
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Liberated troops of 1st Indian Anti-Aircraft Regiment are shown Allied aircraft at Bougainville, New Guinea. RAAF pilot officer explains armour on a Boomerang aircraft of 5 Squadron RAAF (Sqn Code BF)...F07182
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1. Melbourne, airwomen shoot film for RAAF instruction 2. Australia grows Cotton. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 11)
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1. (1 min 14 sec) Melbourne, Vic. Women handle movie cameras as part of instruction for movie unit 2. (1 min 25 sec) Australia grows Cotton on wartime scale.F00383
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Military parade
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Military parade with intermitant sound. RAAF, Scottish Regiment and Militia in dress uniforms are featured.F01920
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Mirage
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First Australian assembled Mirage jet fighter over the Geelong area, Victoria, when final trials of the aircraft were made prepartory to the handover ceremony scheduled for 29 January 1964. The introd...F02787
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Mirages landing and take-off from Butterworth (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Previously accessioned at F03271F10410
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20mm cannon
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An RAAF training film on the 20mm Hispano Cannon of the type mounted on the Supermarine Spitfire. The film covers the examination of the external parts, the barrel assembly, stripping the cannon, remo...F02499
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1. More Canberra survivors arrive 2. Meet Squadron Leader Clive Caldwell, DFC and Bar 3. Milne bay wounded return 4. Second front vital - says Vladimir Mikheyev 5. Light Horse rides again. (Cinesound News No. 569)
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1. (58 sec) Wounded men who survived the sinking of HMAS "Canberra" in the sea battles off the Solomon Islands arrive at an Australian port 2. (44 sec) Young Australian Airman, Squadron Leader Clive C...F00595
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More RAAF air crews for England
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Mute copy of a newsreel item of RAAF aircrews on a pre-embarkation parade; airmen detraining from electric suburban train at Port Melbourne; general shots on wharf; aircrews embarking on merchant vess...F02046
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Moresby medley
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Since the successful completion of the Papuan campaign and the consequent diminishing of the Jap[anese] threat to New Guinea, Moresby has developed very rapidly in equipment and personnel. Moresby ha...F01818
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Morotai strip sitting
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Australian airmen sitting around base. Australian and Americans and playing 'Two up' while waiting for next move. Lieutenant-General Morshead, Air Vice Marshall William Dowling Bostock, Major-General...F02078
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Mosquito
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Maker: Nicholas, Bert
Cinesound Review news item giving a condensed description of the Mosquito aircraft at De Havilland Aircraft Australia Pty Ltd factory Sydney. A completed aircraft is wheeled from factory; flight trial...F02020