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VC hero decorated (Cinesound News No. 570)
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Maker: Cinesound
Extract from Cinesound newsreel No. 570. The late 402263 Pilot Officer Ronald Wilkins Taylor, awarded Distinguished Flying medal presented to next of kin Mrs D F Taylor. WX2437 Corporal James Heathe...F00596
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VDC the civilian army (Cinesound News No. 541)
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Cinesound News newsreel on the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC).F00567
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VE Day Australian War Memorial Canberra
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Maker: Unknown
A thanksgiving service was held at the Australian War Memorial on the 9 May, 1945. The service was attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia and the Duchess ...F01439
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VE Day beer issue to troops, Morotai
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Maker: McInnes, Geoffrey
By order of the C-in-C and having regard for the stocks to hand, VE Day was marked by the issue of two bottles of beer for the price of one. Shows the arrival of the beer by ship, transporting it to t...F01557
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[VE Day, VJ Day and return of troops to Australia from Great Britain]
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Maker: Hamilton, Willam Stenhouse
1. VE (Victory Europe) Day celebrations, London 8 May 1945. Shows Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral. Crowds and nearby bombed sites. Close up view of the Royal Carriage passing below. 2....F04679
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Veteran pilots learn again at Point Cook
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Maker: Thompson, Geoffrey
Movietone news extract showing RAAF pilots at Point Cook, Victoria, in classroom, at lectures during refresher course. Assorted types of aircraft at Point Cook.F02005
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Veteran RAAF Squadron in the desert
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
No 3 Squadron RAAF based Sidi Barrani, Western Desert Egypt circa October-November 1941. [The] old Squadron Leader [Peter Jeffrey DFC] talking to his men for the last time. Airmen formed up listening ...F04912
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Veteran RAAF Squadron, Western Desert
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Sidi Barrani, Western Desert, circa October-November 1941. O35436 Squadron Leader Peter Jeffrey DFC, promoted to Wing Commander, makes a farewell speech to airman of No 3 Squadron and hands over to 38...F01147
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[V1 flying bomb bases, Palais du Calais] (Ops 191-192 CBS 14)
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command operational films 191 & 192 of raid on German V1 flying bomb bases in the Palais du Calais region, France. Opening scene is of fighter aircraft gun camera film of an attack on a V1 ...F02605
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Vickers gun
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Military training film RAOCseries B11 C87showing the drill for preparing a Vickers machine gun for action. Visuals supported by commentary and sub-titles.F05075
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Vickers predictor: part 1 examination of equipment and operation
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A British military training film on the duties of each of the six men in the crew of the Vickers predictor; during the aligning of the predictor, testing and operation.F05083
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Victory and beyond (Australians at war)
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Death camps. Borneo. Hiroshima. Nagasaki POWs. Post War. United Nations. Korea Malaya. "A" Bomb tests. National Service Training. Vietnam. Prologue.F08011
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Victory Day march, Melbourne
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Maker: Military History Section
VX1 General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED headed the Victory Day march parade of service men and women and allied services through the streets of Melbourne, VIC. The salute was taken on ...F07520
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Victory in Papua
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Maker: Cinesound
Extract from Cinesound Newsreel showing the use of General Stuart Tanks in jungle fighting. Scenes around Buna, Buna mission, General Blamey and General Eichelberger, Cape Endaiadere. (See also F01811...F01645
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Victory in the Pacific parade Melbourne 24 August 1945
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Maker: Pollitt, James (Jim) Vincent
Footage of the Victory in the Pacific parade, 24 August 1945, shot from different perspectives along the parade route: Initially, the camera is at ground level across the road from the Myer store in ...F04769
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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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Victory loan highlights (News From Home. No. 89)
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RAAF and ATC march in Brisbane. A wrecked Mitsubishi "Betty" bomber is part of the parade. Air Vice Marshal Bostock takes the salute. North Sydney school children display propaganda posters. Tivoli ba...F00778
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Victory march Melbourne
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Maker: Pentreath, Albert Stanley
During the afternoon of the 24 August 1945 some twenty thousand men and women took part in a Victory march through Melbourne, Vic. The salute was taken by Sir Winston Dugan, Governor of Victoria. The ...F07309
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Victory march Sydney
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Maker: Trerise, John William
On 10 June 1946 victory marches and celebrations were held in each capital city. Item covers the spectator-crowded streets watching servicemen and women march through Sydney.F01984
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Victory Pacific Day [Sydney]
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Maker: Lundy, Clarence Robert Collie
Sydney, 16 August 1945. Coverage of the Victory in the Pacific celebrations by amateur film maker, Mr Clarence Lundy. Scenes as follows : Flags and the stage at the Domain; Sun Newspaper headline: "P...F04770