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Air raid (ABC of ARP)
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Maker: Cinesound
An Air Raid Precaution (ARP) instruction film produced for the Department of Home Security by Cinesound Production Pty Ltd with technical instruction by the National Emergency Services of NSW. Live ac...F01245
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Air raid warden
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Official training film No. CD 6 Office of Civilian Defense. Produced by the United States Army Signal Corps in collaboration with the OOCD through the co-operation of the Research Council Academy of M...F01960
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1939 and All That!
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Maker: Poppleton, James
An amateur filmmaker's perspective of WW2 from the home front, incorporating newspaper headlines from 1939 to war's end; shots of Melbourne neighbourhoods and communities engaged war time activities s...F04905
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Blackout (ABC of ARP)
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Maker: Cinesound
Produced for the Department of Home Security by Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd with Technical direction by the National Emergency Services of NSW. Introduced by Stuart F. Browne a London ARP expert. An...F01676
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Bombs (ABC of ARP)
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Shows Incendiary bomb and handling of. High explosive bomb. Fragmentation bomb.F01246
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Decontamination of streets
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The purpose of this film is to illustrate the first and most important job of a decontamination squad - making a street safe. The squad deals with the amount of contamination to be expected from a 50 ...F01406
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Fire guard
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Made with the help of the air raid wardens of a London borough. Shows the various defences against fire. Contains animated sequences which illustrate area covered by fire guards and the procedures the...F01414
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1. Important arrivals 2. Usherettes learn to handle fire bombs 3. Army champs in heavy workout. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 5)
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1. (1 min 22 sec) Major-Generals Murray, Clowes and Savige back from Middle East. Major-General Odlum, Canadian High Commissioner to Australia. 2. (2 min 32 sec) Sydney, theatre usherettes learn how t...F00328
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Interview with Brian (Bud) Loughry (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Bud Loughry was a young boy growing up in Manly during the war, in his interview he talks about many aspects of life as a young boy growing up in Sydney during these times. He discusses the bombing o...F04093
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Interview with Ken Thompson (When the war came to Australia).
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Mr Ken Thompson was a gunner with the Royal Australian Artillery, and served in Darwin during the war. He discusses the Darwin Infantry Battalion, formed in 1941 to guard the northern approaches and d...F04050
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1. Japanese leave Australia 2. More reinforcements for troops overseas 3. Sydney blacks out. (Cinesound News No. 512)
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1. (1 min 32 sec) The Japanese ship, "Kasima Maru" takes almost 100 Japanese Nationals from Australia - probably the last ship to leave for a long time 2. (1 min 6 sec) A large batch of Australians an...F00541
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London can take it
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Maker: GPO Film Unit
Scenes before air raid; preparations after air raid warning; people enter air raid shelters; Anti-Aircraft gun flashes into night sky; scenes inside shelters; aerial stethoscope; buildings on fire and...F01516
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1. Names in the news 2. Do's and don'ts for civilians in battle zone (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 16)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 16 1. (1 min 21 sec) General MacArthur arrives at Parliament House, Canberra and is greeted by Prime Minister John Curtin and Army Minister Francis Forde 2...F00339
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1. Nazi prisoners arrive in Australia 2. Maj-General Mackay returns from Middle East, ARP practice Government House Sydney, RAAF march Brisbane. 3. New AIF song (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 37)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News newsreel Volume 12 Number 371. (1 min 30 sec) First batch of German prisoners arrive in Australia 2. (2 min 13 sec) Major-General Sir Iven Mackay returns from the Midd...F00308
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1. RAAF trainees learn cooking 2. ARP training, NSW 3. Parachutes for RAAF. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12. No. 41)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (2 min 6 sec) Training RAAF cooks in Victoria. Features compressed emergency food and compressed Vegetable Briquette 2. (1 min 26 sec) NSW Police training in Air Raid Precautions (ARP). ARP at a Sy...F00312
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1. RAF from Malaya send greetings 2. The civilian war front (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 18)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 181. (47 sec) Men of RAF evacuated from Malaya give cheery message to Australia 2. (2 min 49 sec) Scenes of war factories under special smoke screen, remov...F00341
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Realism in ARP training (Cinesound News No. 506)
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Minister Heffron watches men training under realistic conditions.F00535
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Rescue reconnaissance
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Maker: Beadle, Sidney Anstey, Edgar
Deals with an imaginary air-raid incident and is based on experience gained throughout Britain. Any incident normally involves many of the Civil Defence Services, but this film shows how a rescue part...F01426
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[Russian newsreel: Soviet war effort, Australia at war and battle of Stalingrad]
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Russian newsreel with Russian language commentary, items covered: General coverage of civilian war effort - Collective farms in Kaszakstan harvest cotton; Vladivostock and fishing collective; oilwells...F01969
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1. Sea helps ARP 2. Women in war 3. What is morale and how is it measured. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 42)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 42. 1. (1 min 8 sec) ARP (Air Raid Precautions) firemen pump seawater on Brisbane buildings 2. (58 sec) Melbourne, Vic. Government House grounds provide ...F00364