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[The bombing of Darwin and aftermath February-March 1942]
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Maker: Sheldon-Collins, Francis
Darwin, Northern Territory, February - March 1942. The scenes (although not in chronological sequence) were taken after the first raid on 19 February and before the second in Mitchell Street from outs...F04775
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The siege of Tobruk
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Maker: British Army Army Film Unit
Tobruk, Libya. Siege of Tobruk filmed by British Army Film Unit, story line in commentary. Outlines the events leading up to and during the siege. Includes action shots of the capture of enemy positio...F01469
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Tobruk siege
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Maker: Lumley, William
Tobruk, Libya circa 1941. Activities at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital. Shows men bathing in the sea. Washing clothes in sea water. Soldier dressed in a towel filling sand bags infront of uncom...F10059
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United States Navy Combat Bulletin No. 5
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Maker: US Navy
1. "Air Sea Battle: surface fleet continues to batter enemy air attacks". Coverage of the Kamikaze attacks on USN TF-58 in the Okinawa campaign. Shows suicide aircraft attacking through an intense ant...F10179
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US landing Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville
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Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
In the early hours of 1 November, 1943 the US 3rd Marine Division commanded by General Turnage made a landing on the north shore, Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. The landing force was transported b...F07518
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V-1
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Maker: Crown Film Unit
A British Crown Film Unit propaganda film on the horror and destruction caused by the German V-1 flying bomb. Shows V-1s in flight and exploding on impact. The damage caused by the weapon and the Brit...F01883
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Victory in the Western Desert
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British 8th Army including 9th Australian Division at El Alamein, North Africa. Ranks and jeeps in sand and floods, Italian and German prisoners walking and in trucks, close up of German prisoners and...F00834
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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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Weapons for victory 1. New air bombs 2. Chemical tactics.
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 10 sec) Demonstrates several new bomb types. Shown are three US Martin B-26 Marauders dropping a total 54 x 100 pound bombs, a Boeing B-17 dropping 2 x 2000 pound bombs, a B-26 releasing an ...F00801