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HMAS Shropshire
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Maker: Driver, Roy
In April 1944 HMAS Shropshire, as a unit of Task Force 74, took part in escorting convoys up the coast of New Guinea and the bombardment of Hollandia and after the landing at Hollandia, escorting US a...F01760
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[HMAS Stuart in the Mediterranean and Middle East]
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Maker: Carey, Jack
Opens with shots from HMAS Stuart of the bombardment of Bardia by the Royal Navy battleships HMS Malaya and HMS Ramillies. HMAS Stuart did not fired so Petty Officer Carey was able to film the action....F03482
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[HMAS Stuart 1941: in the Mediterranean and voyage back to Australia] / Surgeon Commander T A McLean
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Maker: Mclean, Trevor Alexander
Tobruk January 1941, panoramas of the harbour taken from the shore - first from elevated position and then from sea level- shows warships and transport ships at anchor, black smoke and sunken ships. L...F03526
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HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean, 1940-1941 / Francis Charles Sheldon-Collins
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Maker: Sheldon-Collins, Francis
On 8 October 1940 HMAS Sydney sailed with the fleet for operation M.B.6 covering a Malta convoy. Whilst the destroyers in rotation fueled in Malta, HMAS Sydney was detached which was unfortunate that ...F04776
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HMAS Voyager in the Mediterranean, 1940
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Maker: Hollis, John
HMAS Voyager and crew in the Mediterranean, circa mid 1940. Alexandria or Cairo, car trip through the city. Various scenes of parks, buildings etc. At sea, long shot of a destroyer underway at speed. ...F04798
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HMAS Warramunga
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Maker: Harbison, Robert Frederick Fitzgerald
This film though titled 'HMAS Warramunga', does not show a full shot of the ship. All scenes were taken from Warramunga when she was part of Task Force 74. Warramunga was in the 9th Destroyer Squadr...F10145
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HM Minelayer
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Maker: Verity Films Limited
A Verity Film production for the Ministry of Information. A dramatised account of a night time mine laying operation by a Royal Navy mine layer 4 miles from the enemy coast.F01549
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Interview with former RAN sailor Thomas Arthur Bennett RAN
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Maker: Bennett, Thomas Lyle
Farm life in southern Tasmania. Hearing that the war has broken out. The decision to enlist in the Navy. Coming from Tasmania to Victoria. Becoming ill. Training and discipline. His first ship HMAS Ca...F04893
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[Kamikaze attacks on the British Pacific Fleet at Okinawa]
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Royal Navy ships and aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet, (Task Force 57) in action at Okinawa, circa April-May 1945. The carrier or carriers shown hit by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft could be either...F03521
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Keith Ash: home movie Mediterranean sea and Greece
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Maker: Ash, Keith
Home movie footage from Keith Ash's service in the Mediterranean sea and Greece. Shots consist chiefly of views of the ships, the coast line, water, crew members on shore, landmarks and sightseeing in...F03384
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Landing at Wewak
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Maker: Edwards, Reg J
Preparations and action on board HMAS Hobart while firing on enemy positions in Wewak area. Commodore Harold Bruce Farncomb on bridge of HMAS Hobart.F01735
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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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Naval bombardment of Cape Gloucester
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Units of the Australian and American navies take part in the pre-landing bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, under the flag of Rear Admiral Victor A C Crutchley, DSC commanding Her Majesty's ...F01857
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Naval bombardment of Japanese position by HMAS Vendetta
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Coverage of HMAS Vendetta bombarding Japanese positions in the Matapau area. Army and Air Force officers observing targets. VX22526 Lieutenant John Edward Gwillim (?).F07170
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Nazi sub seized: Navy captures sub in first boarding since 1815
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Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the first boarding and capture of a naval vessel by the United States Navy since 1815. An anti-submarine Task Force Group consisting of the CVE (escort carrier) USS Guadalcanal and fi...F10181
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Scharnhorst victors return to port
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Scharnhorst victors, the Royal Navy ships HMS "Duke of York", "Norfolk", "Jamaica", "Savage" and others, return to port.F00818
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Sons of the Anzacs 1939-1945
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Maker: Dreyfus, George Bagnall, Frank N Howes, Oliver F Bowden, Barry
Remake of the film F00188 produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit for the Australian War Memorial. A history of Australia in the Second World War, covering the principal campaigns and utili...F00190
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SWPA News
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A collection of South West Pacific Area (SWPA) news items from 1943 to 1944. Opens with titles SWPA news. 'First authentic film of US Navy's victory in the Philippines. Gallant death of the carrier Pr...F00446
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Syria, battle of Damour
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
The cooperation of the Australian 7 Division, Tomahawk fighter aircraft No 3 Squadron RAAF and the cruiser HMAS Perth in action against the Vichy French. Identified personnel are: Major-General A S Al...F01101
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The British Pacific Fleet in action 1945: Lieutenant Reynolds at Okinawa.
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Okinawa, circa April-May 1945. A mute newsreel of the ships and aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet in action.F03631