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AANS arrive Labuan
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Maker: McInnes, Hugh
Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) Sisters of the 2/1st Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) arrived at Labuan from Morotai in a Douglas C-47 of No. 34 Sqn RAAF. They were met at the airstrip by the AD...F01695
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Akyab
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Akyab Island airfield Burma.F02150
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1 Australian Paratroop Battalion review by Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
The 1st Paratrooper Battalion had been transferred to come under the command of 1st Australian Corps and the review was held by their new General Officer Commanding Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morsh...F07148
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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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Battle front action from Guadalcanal
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United States ships, Henderson Airfield and United States Marines at Guadalcanal. Identified personnel: Lieutenant-General Alexander Vandegrift and Majora-General Vogel.F00819
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Biscuit bomber: the story of dropping (Combat Film Report No. 425)
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The history of aerial supply dropping in the SWPA Shows the problems associated with the dropping of supplies to forward troops by aeroplane. Identified personnel: Major Beck 54th Troop Carrier Wing, ...F01897
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Bombing operations and anti aircraft gun battery [Extracts from Japanese newsreels]
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1. Japanese Navy Air Force (JNAF) airfield with parked 'Betty' bombers. The bombers take off in the dark waved on by the ground crew. 2. Item on the acitivities of a Japanese anti aircraft unit equi...F06938
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Dakotas and gliders
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Maker: Jago, Kenneth Francis RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAF and American Dougals C-47 Dakota transport aircraft landing; loading wounded and taking off from Meiktila airfield Burma. A token coverage of Dakota aircraft towing Waco gliders and of gliders lan...F02123
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Daylight attack on Gilze-Rijen night fighter airfield in Holland (Ops 207)
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Maker: RAF Bomber Command
Bomber Command Operational Film No 207 daylight attack on Gilze-Rijen night fighter airfield in occupied Holland 15 August 1944. Lancaster (code L) of No 463 Sqn RAAF carried film unit of Pilot Office...F02556
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[Daylight raid on airfield by Lancasters (Ops 207). [Grave of Group Captain Pickhard and the breached wall at Amiens Gaol] (Ops 210). (Ops 211)
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[Daylight raid on airfield by Lancasters (Ops 207). [Grave of Group Captain Pickhard and the breached wall at Amiens Gaol] (Ops 210). (Ops 211)F02620
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Defence of Wau
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Australian soldiers beat off attack by Japanese on Wau aerodrome. Identified personnel: Brigadier Murray Moten, Lieutenant Colonel H G Guinn, Lieutenant Colonel Star, Lieutenant Colonel Bertram, Priva...F01820
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Development of Finschafen as a base
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Maker: McKechnie, Frank
Development of Finschhafen Harbour and Langemak Bay. Shots of Dreger airfield, Australian-American cemetery at Finschhafen. Busiest road, Finschhafen to Dreger. American camp and storage dumps. Shippi...F07478
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Dum Dum
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAF Douglas C-47 Dakotas (possibley 52 Squadron RAF) transports, Consolidated B24 Liberator heavy bombers and Short Stirling transport on Dum Dum airfield, West Bengal, India.F02133
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[Emergency landing by Sunderland 'E' for Emu of 461 Squadron RAAF at Angle airfield Pembroke Dock Wales 29 May 1943]
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Maker: Douglas, Desmond Lloyd George
"This is an eyewitness film which shows Sunderland 'E' of 461 Squadron RAAF landing on Angle aerodrome near Pembroke Dock Wales on 29 May 1943. It was shot from a moving car by Wing Commander D L G Do...F04759
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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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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First Australians leaving Singapore
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Released Australian prisoners of war at Kallang airfield, Singapore waiting for aircraft to depart for Australia. Japanese soldiers pushing disabled transport through the streets of Singapore; other J...F01683
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General Blamey arrives at Essendon
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Maker: Pentreath, Albert Stanley Rintel, David Leslie
VX1 General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, arrives at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, VIC, in Lockheed Hudson aircraft, greeted by 32 (VX63396) Lieutenant General John Northcott CB MVO. G...F07114
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[Headquarters 2 Australian Corps activities]
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Maker: French, Raymond George
[Headquarters 2 Australian Corps activities]F10029
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India Command No. 1
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight. Bridge, dam and bombing Pegu Ye railway bridges near Waw. Liberators returning from strike over Hoogly River Delta. Salbani Flying control tower. Buildings under con...F02121
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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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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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Interview with John Slee and stills (When the war came to Australia)
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Maker: Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
At the outbreak of war, Mr Slee was an engineering student at Melbourne University. He left university, joined a Militia engineer unit and trained compulsory trainees. He discusses the policy of wirin...F04073
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1. Japanese surrender at Wewak 2. Hospital ships bring home sick POW.
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 36 sec) 13 Sep 1945. Cape Wom Airstrip Wewak, New Guinea, veteran 6th Division in impressive ceremony at Japanese surrender. Lieutenant-General Adachi signs the surrender before Major Genera...F00821
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1. Japs blasted back from airfield 2. Solomons, captured Jap aviators off to detention camp 3. War on the roof of New Guinea. (News From Home No. 26)
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Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 261. (2 min 36 sec) The battle for Wau, 25 pounder guns and Beaufighter aircraft in action (See also F01820 for Department of Information unedited footage). (58 sec) J...F00722
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Loading wounded natives on plane
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Maker: Jago, Kenneth Francis Jago, Kenneth Francis RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Ambulances convey wounded to Meiktila airstrip where airmen load stretcher case into Douglas C-47 Dakota transport aircraft for evacuation. The film contains three shots of a burning aircraft hangar a...F02122
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Lockheed Lightnings New Guinea
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
This United States Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter Squadron has had outstanding success with over 50 confirmed victories to its credit. They have done wonderful work in escort duty with bombers and t...F01816
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Madang and Alexishafen
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
Coverage of activities in Madang and Alexishafen area, New Guinea, 1 May 1944. Australians inspecting abandoned Japanese stores, postcards, gas masks and weapons including; 75mm type 41 Regimental gun...F01696
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Milne Bay air strip and memorial
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Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
Shots of Milne Bay eighteen months after hostilities had ceased, showing progress made in the form of roads, shipping and the airstrip.F07093
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Mr Forde visits No 464 (Mosquito) Squadron RAAF
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Coverage of the visit by Mr F M Forde the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Army to No 464 (Mosquito) Squadron RAAF based at Rosieres-en Santerre, France. Shows the arrival of visitors...F01629
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New Guinea and General Blamey's visit
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
Troops arrive at Wanigela for covering attack on Buna. All troops for this action are brought by air. Australian 2/10 Battalion arrived first to clear and maintain this natural landing field. Advance ...F01804
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[No 76 and No 34 Squadrons RAAF] (RAAF Batch 014)
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Airfield at an unidentified location SWPA P-40 Kittyhawks of No 76 Squadron RAAF land at airfield (code SV-T & SV-J). Doulgas C-47 Dakota of No 34 Squadron RAAF (code FD-E) lands. RAAF ground crew wav...F02628
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[Nos 98 and 180 Squadron RAF Mitchell bombers] (C/B 308)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Features North American B-25 Mitchell bombers of No 98 Squadron RAF at a snow covered airfield. Scene of aircrew in front of a Mitchell (code EV-N) of No. 180 Sqn RAF.F02571
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[No. 80 Squadron RAAF, No. 452 Squadron RAAF Kamiri Airstrip] Noemfoor
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RAAF Kittyhawks in flight over the sea off Noemfoor Island. A panorama of Kamiri Strip and parked aircraft which include, P-40 Kittyhawks of No. 80 Squadron, RAAF Bristol Beaufigthers and A-20 Havocs/...F02158
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On the runway
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Maker: British Films Limited
An introductory film made by British Films Ltd on Ground Control Approach and deals in simple form with ground control assisting aircraft in making blind approaches and landings.F02511
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Pakanbaru POW camp, Sumatra
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Pakanbaru POW Camp, Sumatra 15 September 1945. Sign No 1 Allied Hospital. Emaciated men cooking rice. The sick are on stretchers and are carried by lorries to airfield and are loaded aboard ambulance ...F02170
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Parachute drops, Rangoon
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Akyab Island, Burma showing two Australians of No 267 Squadron RAF visit some Burmese. 8th Indian Supply Despatch Company loading used chutes that have been brought back by air from D.Z.'s at the fron...F02126
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Parade to fallen comrades
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Forces, General Sir Harold Alexander reviews the Ninth Australian Division commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead at Gaza Airport during a parade to honour ...F01451
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Paratroops land in New Guinea
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American paratroops of the 503rd Parachute Regiment and Australian artillery and men of the 2/4 Field Regiment land on Nadzab airstrip. For some of the Australians it was their first jump by parachute...F01613
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Paratroops land Markham Valley and Nadzab
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Maker: Driver, Roy
On Sunday morning 5 September 1943 American paratroopers of 503 Parachute Infantry Regiment, supported by Australian artillerymen of 2/4 Field Regiment, AIF landed by parachute at Nadzab in the Markha...F01854
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Paratroops Nadzab
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Maker: Driver, Roy
The first Australian troops to go by air to Nadzab, New Guinea, landing just after its capture by Allied forces. Identified personnel: Sir Thomas Blamey, Bill Taylor of Brisbane, adjutant Paul Hall o...F01868
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[P/O William Harwood Ansell DFM, RAFVR at Syerston early May 1945]
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Syerston airfield, England, May 1945. Pilot Officer (P/O) William Harwood Ansell DFM in uniform posing for the camera, a parked Hawker Hurricane in the distant background. P/O Ansell served with the R...F04172
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RAAF coverage
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Armourers and fitters working on Beaufighter and Boston aircraft, shots from a bomb trolley and bombing-up Bostons with 500 lb and 250 lb bombs, Kittyhawks, Wirraway directing 25 pounder artillery fir...F01850
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RAAF in battle of Egypt
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Kittyhawks of 3 Squadron RAAF on desert aerodrome not far from Ikingi Maryut (near Alexandria, Egypt) - renowned as a dust bowl. Aircraftmen servicing Kittyhawks, pilots being briefed, aircraft taking...F01224
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RAAF Mosquito squadron England goes to France
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
On the 5 February 1945 No. 464 Squadron RAAF moved from Dunsfold, Thorney Island, England to Rosieres-En-Santerre, France. Shows Squadron vehicles on the road during transfer period, RAF and RAAF pers...F01619
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RAAF Spitfires
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RAF Fighter Command Spitfires of No. 453 Squadron RAAF this is the Squadron led by Squadron Leader Ernest Esau which was engaged in attacking V2 rocket sites. Close up studies of pilots drinking tea a...F01618
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RAAF squadron [Cutella, Italy] (RAF Film A88)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Cutella, Italy, 26 March 1944. Airmen leaving a Church Army Canteen on a water logged airfield. Airmen hammer a tent peg in mud. Mess parade and washing mess tins. A parked Wellington bomber of an uni...F02241
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RAF coverage Caen (Ops T86 C/B 62)
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
Coverage of operations by aircraft of the Second Tactical Airforce (2nd TAF) and Bomber Command in the Caen area, Normandy in support of Operation Overlord. Mid air shots of RAF Boston aircraft of No ...F02596
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RNZAF at Torokina, Bougainville
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Engine of Royal New Zealand New Zealand Air Force Corsair starting as aircraft stands in dispersal bay. No. 325 on engine cowling. RNZAF Corsair taking off left to right from airstrip. Corsairs with e...F07206
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Salbani briefing and Toungoo strike
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Maker: Jago, Kenneth Francis Jago, Kenneth Francis RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAAF and RAF Liberator aircraft crews being briefed at Salboni, India, for a raid on Toungoo, Burma. Liberators taxiing and take off; over target area; and debriefing (?). The squadron is No. 356 RAF;...F02119
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Santa Cruz, Poona area
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
General coverage of RAAF in India. Sightseeing; Juhu transit camp; Juhu beach, Poona drome area; aerial shots of Poona; Nagpur; Indians unloading and stacking rice (?). The final reel is a passenger t...F02120
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Scenes at Port Moresby March-April 1942 taken by Squadron Leader J F Jackson DFC
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Maker: Jackson, John Francis
Scenes at Port Moresby March-April 1942 taken by Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson DFC 75 Squadron RAAF.F04911
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South West Pacific Mail No. 2 (News From Home No. 51)
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A report on the general conditions in the islands in the form of a letter from a soldier to his father, read by Jack Davey, Movietone.F00745
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Spitfires arrive in Darwin
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
The item is designed to commence with an Army private engaged in some occupation when he hears a plane, looks up, cannot recognise it, calls his fellows, gets field glasses and identifies it as a Spit...F01796
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Spitfires over Berlin
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
The honour of being the first squadron to represent Britain and the Empire in Berlin has fallen to No. 453 Squadron RAAF, flying five-bladed Spitfires XIV's. Picture shows pilots at Gatow airfield, Cl...F02557
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1. Sydney, Air Training Corps 2. War bonds, national appeal 3. RAAF aerodrome defence. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 47)
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1. (42 sec) Sydney, 1,400 cadets of the RAAF Air Training Corps in impressive march 2. (1 min 8 sec) Sydney, public respond to motion picture lead in national appeal, crowds at Regent Theatre purchase...F00369
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Tarakan / R Wingfield-Jounkergouw
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Maker: Wingfield-Jounkergouw, R
Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Austra...F04975
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The Gen [RAF news magazine] No. 12
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RAF news magazine No. 12, covers: SEAC - the first WAAF contingent arrives in India, RAF Liberators on bombing sortie and jungle survival course; the Luftwaffe attack on Allied airfields in the Low Co...F02188
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The Gen [RAF news magazine] No. 11
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RAF news magazine No. 11, covers: The role of the WAAF; Operation "Market Garden" - airborne landings at Arnhem; activities on snownbound RAF airfields Christmas 1944.F02187
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The visit of the Commander in Chief Sir Thomas Blamey
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Maker: Driver, Roy
The party arrived by aircraft, followed by the inspection of the 13th Brigade and march past. Brigadier E G H McKenzie is in command of the 23th Brigade who are from West Australia. This was followed ...F01798
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9th Fighter Sqn USAAF
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Maker: Wandrey, Ralph
The 9th Fighter Squadron USAAF camp at Dobodura. Flight line at Dobodura airfield. North American B25 Mitchell bomber landing at Dobodura. Harry Lidstrom standing beside Republic P47 Thunderbolt. Shot...F03387
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Thunderbolts in New Guinea
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
General coverage of USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft and their crew, at rest and flying.F01859
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Troops moving up the Markham Valley
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Troops arrive by transport aircraft and move up to take up positions. General scenes of their activities. Location Kaiapit airstrip Markham Valley, New Guinea. Identified personnel: Lieutenant (Lt)...F01861
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USAAF A-20 bombers in New Guinea
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This film was taken in late 1942 at '3 Mile' also known as Kila Kila Aerodrome and the home of the 89th attack Squadron (Douglas A-20s), 3rd Bomb Group, USAAF. The staff car is a 1940 Plymouth. Stan...F03704
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War in South West Pacific 1. Uncle Sam strikes from Guadalcanal 2. Buna mission captured
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (2 min 30 sec) Solomon Islands, American strikes from Guadalcanal. Activity at Henderson Airfield. Phot. US Signal Corps, arranged by Frank Coffey, commentary by Jack Davey, Movietone News 2. (2 mi...F00826
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With the Western Forces in Markham Valley
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Troops push onto Lae; general scenes of Lae. Airstrip and wreckage, in the township. Identified personnel; Private William of Bathurst, Brother Hall Red Shield officer.F01860
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Young pilots taught by RAAF Aces
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Mute copy of a Movietone News item showing Spitfire pilots and Spitfires taking off and in flight.F02085