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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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Assault course demonstration Mughazi Camp, Palestine
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Maker: Military History Section
Demonstration of the assault course at Mughazi Camp, Palestine, 1941. Shows explosions around dummy tanks. Soldier throws a bomb at a tank. Soldiers firing 2 inch mortars. Troops running over the bare...F07005
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Attack on Buna
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Buna, December, 1942. Camouflaged gun emplacement. Generals Herring and Berryman and Brigadier Wootten plan the attack. Wounded Australians and Japanese. Telephoto shots of shell bursts photographed f...F01810
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1. Australian war loan has America's practical support 2. Australian heroes receive medals for gallantry 3. What rubber means to Australia 4. Bushmen answer call for mounted VDC guerillas. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 27)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 50 sec) US Air Corps and nursing units parade at Sydney rally, Colonel Harry Cullings, CMG of American Army speaks 2. (48 sec) Governor-General decorates Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler with ...F00350
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Bombing (Darwin series, 13)
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
On 16 June 1942, twenty seven Japanese aircraft made a high altitude bombing attack on Darwin, hitting and destroying oil storage tanks and damaging parts of the residential and business area. This wa...F01188
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[Bombing of Darwin 19 February 1942]
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Maker: Wheeler, Roy Crawford
The story begins with the 2/1 Hospital Ship Manunda leaving Sydney in January 1942 to go to Darwin and then to Singapore to evacuate any wounded. The film shows the journey through the Whitsunday Pass...F04605
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[Bombing raid, Mandalay] (India)
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RAF operational film of bombing raid in Burma, target unknown could be Mandalay. First scene is the bomb drop shot from the aircraft's bombing camera. The target is partially obscured by clouds. Scene...F02645
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1. Britain's 12,000 lb bomb 2. Bougainville, enemy fire destroys big gun 3. 7th Division marches 4. Sydney without newspapers. (News Form Home No. 86)
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1. (1 min 36 sec) Compares 4, 8 and 12 thousand pound bombs, loading onto Lancaster aircraft and night scene of bombing over Europe 2. (36 sec) On Bougainville, a large American 155mm Howitzer is dest...F00775
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Buna tank action
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Maker: Carty, William Montague
Attacking Japanese pill boxes at Buna, Papua. General Stuart tanks of the 2/6 Armoured Regiment moving in. Identified personnel: Brigadier Wootten, Lieutenant Colonel C R Hodgson, Captain Whitehead. A...F01813
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Cavalcade of victory
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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Darwin Raid [Monty Tuckerman home movie: HMAS Warnambool, Darwin bombing raid and Ambon evacuation]
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Maker: Tuckerman, Victor Ernest Montague (Monty)
Chief Petty Officer Monty Tuckerman's home movie footage of the bombing of Darwin. Film reel opens with a handcrafted intertitle, "Darwin Raid", which is ignited with a burning taper. The following s...F11775
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[Daylight raid by Halifax and Lancaster bombers on Cologne] (Ops 263)
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit RAF Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command operational film No 263 of daylight raid on Cologne (Köln). Identified unit is 346 Squadron (Free French) RAF operating Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers. Various shots of Halifax ...F02600
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[Daylight raid by Lancasters on St Cyr] (Ops 182)
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Maker: RAF Bomber Command RAF Film Unit
Bomber Command Operational Film No 182 of a daylight raid on St Cyr by Avro Lancaster heavy bombers. Long shot of the target. Flak can be seen below film unit aircraft. The bomb drop and long shot of ...F02243
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Dover front line
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Maker: GPO Film Unit
A GPO Film Unit production for the Ministry of Information. Deals the town of Dover and its experience as the British front line. Scenes of German attacks on channel convoys and on barrage balloons. I...F01485
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Effects of blast on panelling materials
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Effects of blast on panelling materials; general view of blast wall and observation shelters. Materials tested include: plywood, masonite, coreite, asbestos cement plain and corrugated.F01950
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Enemy shipping in fjord at Norgulen (C47, 48 & 49)
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Seeking German shipping hiding in the treacherous Norwegian fjords, Coastal Command aircraft are forced to dive steeply between precipitous, snow-capped mountains. On December 5th, 34 Mosquitoes of Co...F02578
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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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2/4 Field Workshop 1942 / R H M Lea
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Maker: Lea, Richard Henry Maclure
2/4 Australian Field Workshop, RAEME at Tobruk and Egypt 1942. Shows wrecked German PzKw III tanks. Close up of anti-tank projectile entry on PzKw II. Long shot of tank exploding. PzKw III wreck burni...F03528
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Finisterre Ranges
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Maker: Driver, Roy
25-Pounder guns fire on Japanese positions in the Finisterre Ranges in support of Australian troops. Papuan Infantry Battalion resting in the Ramu Valley after playing their part in the famous drive a...F01872
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First pictures of battle in Solomons
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Shows the United States invasion fleet on route to Guadalcanal. United States Navy Douglas Dauntless dive bombers and USAAF B-17 heavy bombers. Marines boarding assault barges, naval gunfire in prepar...F00811