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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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Beaufighter
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Maker: Commonwealth Film Unit
Activities of 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU), RAAF at Williamtown, NSW sometime after January 1945. Scenes include Beaufighters being serviced by Women's Auxilary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), armo...F04758
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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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Beaufighters attack shipping
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This film features Beaufighters of an unidentified Coastal Command squadron (code 2W) attacking German merchant ships. Scenes of airfield with Beaufighters painted in Normandy invasion stripes. Shot o...F02552
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Beaufighter school
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Maker: Nicholas, Bert
Newsreel item featuring a Beaufighter RAAF training unit. Shows and names Wing Commander B.R. Walker (unit commander), Flight/Lieutenant E.E. Coate (O C instructors) and several Beaufighter crew membe...F02011
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Beaufighters in action
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A short item showing RAAF Beaufighters of Operational Training Unit, Wagga Wagga in strafing practice; pilots briefed on tarmac; aircraft taking off and strafing.F02066
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Beaufighters, Wagga
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RAAF Wagga Wagga, circa 1940's. Tracking shots of line of Beaufighter aircraft of Nos 30 and 31 Squadron RAAF being serviced by mechanics. Crews briefed on training flight mission. Beufighters in line...F03325
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Bismarck convoy smashed!
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Cinesound Review newsreel of RAAF and USAAF action against the Japanese convoy in the Bismark Sea on 2 and 3 March 1943 resulting in the loss of twenty two ships and fiftheen thousand Japanese troops....F01442
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Bismarck Sea battle
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Coverage of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Scenes include: 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters flying in formation, 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters and their crew, strafing attacks on Japanese ships, barges...F01851
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Burma
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Loading wounded Indian troops into DC-3 aircraft from ambulance at Akyab. Beaufigther dispersal at Joari airstrip. Supply parachute folding by Indian Army personnel at Akyab. DC-3 propeller being remo...F02130
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[Coastal Command Beaufighters operations] (Ops C12, C13)
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RAF Coastal Command operational film of attack by Beaufighter aircraft on German shipping. Opening scene of a Coastal Command airfield. Beaufighters taxiing on the airfield. Beaufighter aircraft code ...F02599
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Coastal Command Beaufighter strikes
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Operational film of RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter aircraft on anti-shipping strike and attacking land targets. Opening scene of Beaufighter formation in low level flight over the sea. Shots of attac...F02581
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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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Desert victory
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Maker: Macdonald, David Army Film and Photographic Unit RAF Film Production Unit
The 8th Army's push against and the driving back of Rommel through the desert. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.F01308
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Island target
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Maker: Carty, William Montague Trerise, John William Coffey, Frank Bird, Walter Charles
This is a general release film produced by the Department of Information using historical film footage. For the purpose of continuity in this some scenes may be out of historical sequence, because of ...F01260
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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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Liberation of Rome
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The landing in Italy of Allied forces on 3 September 1943 the fighting, weather conditions, terrain, equipment, relief maps of each area and methods used; shots of General Eisenhower General Sir Harol...F01587
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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
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A general coverage of move from Noemfoor Island to Morotai and activities on and from Morotai. The item has been part edited with some sub-titles. Several types of aircraft shown both RAAF and USAAF (...F02077
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Noemfoor
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Noemfoor Island, circa 1944 -1945. RAAF ground crew servicing Beaufighter aircraft equipped with rocket racks. Beaufighters attacking a barge on the beach. Aircraft releasing rockets. Catalina flying ...F02155
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Noemfoor Island (Southwest Pacific Series No.1)
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit RAAF Cine Unit 1st TAF (47 OBU)
Produced by RAAF War History Section. Units of 1st Tactical Air Force (TAF) RAAF in action. Units and activities featured are: Reel 1 - No 5 Bomb Disposal Unit clearing land mines and unexploded bombs...F02154
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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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Nowra aerodrome construction
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Maker: Department of Main Roads
Department of Main Roads (DMR) film covering all the aspects of the construction of Nowra aerodrome. Film begins with a brief history of the war time work of the DMR in airfield construction. Shows th...F03003
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RAAF Beaufighters
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
RAF Station Dallachy, Scotland November 1944. No. 455 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters UB-M and UB-D taking off carrying rockets. Third Beaufighter takes off carrying torpedo. Beaufighter UB-T undergoing ma...F01617
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RAAF convoy busters
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound news item featuring an attack on enemy shipping by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 455 Squadron RAAF. Commentator also mentions RAF pilots attacking enemy rocket sites. A few shots of pilots and...F02015
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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 Marine Section, New Guinea c 1944, HMS King George V, Port Melbourne, circa October November 1945 and Melbourne Cup 1945
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Maker: Lucas, William John
RAAF Marine Section boat 015.91 being lowered onto the water by a large crane. RAAF officer in winter uniform. Landing barge moving past small vessels - many LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) at anchor - film ...F04794
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[RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters]
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Operational film of RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter aircraft on anti-ship strike. The units are unidentified. Squadron codes on the aircraft featured in the film are K2, 2R, 1V and 1G. The aircraft sp...F02580
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79 RAF Operational Training Unit Beaufighter gun camera training film
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Maker: Leftwich, Robert John
This film is one which I made when completing an Operational Training Course (OUT) on Beaufighter X's at 79 Operational Training Unit RAF Nicosia, Cyprus. It was essentially a low level flying course ...F00445
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Shipbusters
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
Produced by the RAF Film Production Unit, Denham London. Immediately after the war an aircrew from each of the squadrons comprising the RAF Dallachy Strike Wing was detailed to take part in this produ...F04639
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455 Squadron, RAAF Beaufighters combat films 1944-1945
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This item comprises of 14 individual gun camera films of attacks on shipping by Beaufighter aircraft of 455 Squadron RAAF operating with RAF Coastal Command, June 1944 to January 1945. 1. Combat Film ...F02698
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455 Squadron RAAF Combat Films of attacks on shipping
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Maker: No. 455 Squadron RAAF
This item comprises five individual gun camera films taken during 455 Squadron RAAF's last combat operation on 3 May 1945. The Squadron's Beaufighter aircraft left two German mine sweepers ablaze from...F11513
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93 Squadron RAAF Labuan
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Maker: Robinson, Eric William
[Colour] Film opens with a number of shots of harbours, ships, islands bases and airstrip taken from a Beaufighter of No 93 Squadron RAAF probably on a flight from Kingaroy, QLD to Labuan Island circa...F00418
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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 air plan
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
A Royal Air Force Film Production Unit promotional film. Introduction title: 'The Normandy campaign was a combined operation by the sea land and air forces of the United Nations. This film sets out to...F02700
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They serve that men may fly
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Maker: Stark, Amy Gwendoline
WAAAF activities during the 1939-1945 war.F10244
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WAAAF activities 1941-1946
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Maker: Stark, Amy Gwendoline
Amateur coverage of the activities of the Women's Australian Auxiliary Airforce (WAAAF). This footage used used to make film F10244 'They serve that men may fly'. See also films F04677 The Women's ...F10221
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Wau - Salamaua (Anzac TV series)
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Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Wau - Salamaua (Anzac TV series)F10034-03
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Wings over New Guinea (Cinesound Review No 599)
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Cinesound newsreel showing the RAAF in New Guinea bombing and strafing enemy positions. Identified personnel are Squadron Leader Brian Reginald 'Black Jack' Walker and Flight Lieutenant Cyril 'Curley'...F01366