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AASC supplying drinking water
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) motor water tanker supplies gun crews with drinking water.F01025
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ABCA: the story of Army Bureau of Current Affairs
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Maker: Ministry of Information
This film was produced by the British Ministry of Information for the War Office. Show the formation and operations of Army Bureau of current affairs (ABCA) together with examples of discussion groups...F01284
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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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Activities of Australian Women's Army Service in Lae New Guinea.
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Some 400 girls of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) arrived in Lae in May 1945. Their job was to release men for service in operational areas. Scenes show girls at work as typists, clerks, dr...F07411
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[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]
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[Activities of the 16 Battalion AIF New Britain]F04772
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Admiral Halsey reports (Movietone News)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Newsreel extract circa 1945. Washington DC, Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey speaks to camera on taking command of the sea from the Japanese.F04908
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Aerial view of camp in Palestine
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Palestine, August 1940. Aerial shot from low flying aircraft of army camp; movement left to right. Aerial shot of camp and surrounding country.F01034
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Aerial views of Hamburg (C/B 491)
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Hamburg, Germany circa 1945. An RAF low level reconnaissance film showing the bomb damaged shipyards, industrial and residential areas. The Blohm & Voss shipyard where the latest class of German U-boa...F02626
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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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Aichi 99 Navy dive bomber (Aircraft recognition)
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Maker: Analysis Films Ltd
Military Training Film B353 C353 produced in conjunction with the Admiralty and Air Ministry by the Directorate of Army Kinematography, approved July 1943. An AKS production. Photography by Analysis F...F05213
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AIF adopts new training method at Bacchus Marsh (Cinesound News No. 509)
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Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. "The mad half mile", a specially prepared training course has been set up for training soldiers in modern "blitz" methods.F00538
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AIF faces Japs in Malaya
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Maker: Cinesound
Contains scenes from official Department of Information films F01158 & F01159. AIF in Malaya, Brewster Buffalo Aircraft, burning and blowing up buildings. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review...F00830
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AIF in action in Malaya
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Contains scenes from official Department of Information film F01171. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. Singapore, bomb damage, fire fighting, bren gun carrier, Indian troops in trucks, 25...F00831
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AIF in Adelaide
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Maker: Movietone News
South Australians of the 2nd AIF parade through the Streets of Adelaide. Governor Sir Malcolm Bartley-Harvey takes the salute. The parade almost ends in an enthusiastic riot by the spectators.F01906
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AIF in Palestine marathon
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Maker: Cinesound
AIF men in 8 kilometre cross country run near Gaza. Commentary, Charles Lawrence Cinesound Review. (See also F01144 for Department of information unedited footage.)F00832
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AIF march, Sydney (Cinesound News No. 467)
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Sydney sees 6,500 men of the AIF march through the city on Australia Day, Lord Gowrie takes the salute.F00509
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AIF return from Middle East
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
AIF on board troopships in Suez Canal area and at sea.F01217
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AIF route march (Cinesound News No. 460)
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Crossing the Blue Mountains from Ingleburn to Bathurst, 130 miles, Brigadier J.J. Murray, commanding 2/20th infantry brigade issues final orders to his officers. General scenes of the march.F00502
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Air aces ready for Japs
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Line of US Kittyhawk Aircraft run engines, close up of pilots, Lieutenant Reynolds, Captain Hannon, Lieutenant Moorhead and Captain George Kaiser, damaged Japanese drop tank, Japanese bomber wreck, Ki...F00837
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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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1. Airgraph mail saves space and time 2. MacArthur speaks. (News From Home. No. 82)
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1. (1 min 8 sec) What happens to an airgraph letter and the saving of space and time by using the process 2. (4 min 36 sec) General MacArthur speaks at a dinner with Prime Minister John Curtin at Parl...F00772
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1. Air League Cadets march, Melbourne 2. Hurricane Aircraft 3. RAAF boxing 4. Australia's new armoured division in the making. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 38)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (39 sec) Air League Cadets march to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne 2. (1 min 11 sec) Hurricane fighter aircraft in flight, and inspection by Group Captain Arthur Henry Cobby 3. (1 min 52 sec)...F00309
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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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Airmen train in hard school
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Maker: Cinesound
News item showing RAAF trainees at various types of physical training including a five mile cross-country race.F02024
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Air power is peace power
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Maker: Cine Service Productions
Cinesound Review produced to inspire enlistment in the RAAF Includes: Battle of the Bismark Sea. "Black Jack" Walker, "Torchy" Uren, "Bluey" Truscott, "Killer" Caldwell. Biscuit bombers. March past of...F02266
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Air raid shelter becomes swimming pool (News From Home. No. 75)
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Sydney, NSW, 1944. An air raid shelter becomes a swimming pool for local children.F00767
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Alan Moore, as Official Artist, Second World War, interviewed by Michael Grant
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Alan Moore, as Official Artist, Second World War, interviewed by Michael Grant.F11846
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Alan Watson Moore interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project
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Maker: Moore, Alan Watson (Kanga) 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc.
Alan Watson Moore interviewed for "Mud Between the Toes" History Project.F08019
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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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Allied drive on Italian mainland 1943 (News From Home No. 62)
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The invasion of Italy from Sicily by the 8th and 5th Allied armies. The landing was un-opposed. Shows Montgomery and Eisenhower and includes shots of the invasion of Sicily for comparison.F00755
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Allied leaders seal Italy's fate (News From Home. No. 54)
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Allied leaders discuss the coming battle for Italy at a conference. Montgomery, Churchill and Roosevelt all appear.F00748
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Allied victory
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Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
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Allies blast Truk
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The largest Japanese Naval base outside of Japan is attacked by carrier aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF-58. The attack was co-ordinated with General MacArthur's land operations in New Guinea. Scen...F00802
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All must serve says John Curtin (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 10)
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Prime Minister John Curtin opens 35 million pound loan.F00333
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Alone (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
Rallied by Churchill, Britain fights on after Dunkirk. The RAF wins the Battle of Britain. The Nazis overun Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete.F10222-04
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1. America comes to Australia 2. Pearl Harbour bombed 3. Allies prepared to fight back from their last strongholds in the Western Pacific. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 15)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Vol. 13 No. 15 Fox Movietone News 1. (1 min 48 sec) Arrival of United States troops in Australia. 2. (2 min 39 sec) Scenes of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on the United States Pa...F00338
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America goes to war in the Pacific (Crusade in the Pacific part 4)
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Maker: March of Time Television
A United States television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the Japanese conquests in the Malaya, Hong Kong and the Netherland East Indies in early 1942. Shows Japanese f...F04958
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American Independence Day parade and march past, Tokyo
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Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
Independence Day was celebrated by the Americans in remembrance of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence. This year's celebration was joined by the men of BCOF as freedom loving peoples of...F07494
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Americans farewell BCOF, Tokyo
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Maker: Unknown
General Sir H C H Robertson is honoured by US Commander General Mark Clark. Opening ceremony at Yokohama Cemetery.F10270
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1. Americans raid Tokyo in B25 Mitchell Bombers from USS "Hornet" 2. AIF jungle training. (News From Home No. 40)
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1. (4 min 18 sec) Tokyo raid by carrier borne Mitchell Bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942 led by Major General Doolittle. Admiral Halsey and General Henry H. Arnold also app...F00735
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1. Americans train under MacArthur's eye. 2. Army wins interservices boxing tournament. (Cinesound News No. 573)
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1. (2 min 17 sec) General Douglas MacArthur inspects Americans training in bayonet fighting and unarmed combat 2. (1 min 50 sec) Plenty of action in bouts between Allied servicemen.F00599
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American Stuart light tank (Recognition of AFVs)
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Maker: British Movietone News
A mititary training film produced by Movietone News for the Director of Army Kinematography. This film gives a general description of the Light Tank M3 (British designation General Stuart ), armament ...F05048
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America strikes at the heart of Japan (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 19)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Japanese houses, palaces, crowds, Emperor, US bombers, Japanese tank burning.F00342
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A new Germany (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
The rise of Hitler and the origins of the war.F10222-01
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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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Anti-aircraft ammunition rockets introduction
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Maker: Verity Films Limited Verity Films Limited
Military training film B552 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Verity Films Ltd, approved February 1943. For instructional purposes this film has been divided into several sections...F05123
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1. Anti-tank gunners hit high spots 2. Navy commemorates 1805. (Cinesound News No. 521)
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1. (1 min 24 sec) NSW, 1941. Men of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, Show amazing accuracy with their weapons in their first shoot with live ammunition 2. (1 min 6 sec) Trafalgar Day is celebrated by men o...F00550
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1. Anti-tank guns made in Australia 2. Air training corps has field day. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 14)
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1. (1 min 41 sec) Anti-tank guns made in Australia go through their paces before being sent into battle 2. (2 min 12 sec) Air Training Corps members parade before Wing Commander Elliott, inspect bombe...F00337
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1. Anti-tank practice with new automatic tin hare target 2. Melbourne pays tribute to untried soldiers and seasoned veterans. (Cinesound News No. 515)
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1. (2 min) Puckapunyal, Vic. A section of the new armoured division goes into action in realistic exercises. Manouevres with Bren Gun carriers. A Crusader tank. Vickers medium tanks on gunnery range f...F00544