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AIF in England: diggers in London
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Maker: Unknown
Australian soldiers on leave in London. The Right Honorable Ernest Bevin with Australian soldiers at Piccadilly Circus.F01070
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1. Airmen and women march through Melbourne. 2. Australian built ship for Indian Navy. 3. Dutch delegates watch Australia takes wings. (Cinesound News No. 520)
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Maker: Cinesound
1. (1 min 4 sec) RAAF and WAAAF march through Melbourne 2. (1 min 14 sec) Lady Gowrie christens first ship built in Australia for the Indian Navy, HMIS Punjab 3. (1 min 39 sec) Important Dutch press d...F00549
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1. AWAS take a rise out of Jack Davey 2. Giant Canadian spruce trees for Mosquito Bombers 3. Crisis in Parliament - Curtin speaks. (News From Home. No 43)
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Maker: Cinesound
1. (2 min 49 sec) Jack Davey conducts a quiz session for AWAS (Movietone) 2. (1 min) Canadian spruce trees are felled to make Mosquito aircraft (Movietone) 3. (2 min 14 sec) Prime Minister Curtin spea...F00738
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Brigadier Street
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Maker: Unknown
Brigadier Geoffrey Austion Street MC, Minister for Defence outlines defence policy and the roles and development of the three services. Brigadier Geoffrey Austion Street MC, was killed in the Canberr...F01921
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Call to nation: in this hour of peril for India, Jwaharlal Nehru
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An Indian propaganda speech read by Indian Politician Jawaharlal Nehru. He appeals to all Indians to rally to the defence of India. (Nehru was imprisoned for anti war speeches.)F01341
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Chiang Kai-shek in India
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An Indian Film production for the Ministry of Information covering Generalisimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madam Chiang visit to India in February 1942. The couple are received by Viceroy Lithgow and Lady Li...F01518
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Churchill's visit to camp (AIF in England)
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Maker: Unknown
Mr Winston Churchill inspects Australian and New Zealand troops on a parade and takes salute at march past.F01090
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Churchill with the Air Force in Africa (North Africa 25 & 26)
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill and foreign secretary Anthony Eden vist RAF personnel serving in North Africa. Shows Churchill arrival by car, inspecting guard and addressing troops. Also shows Frenc...F02638
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[Civilian internee camp Java]. [Australian troops leave Singapore, at sea and disembarkation in Australia]
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First item appears to be in Java, a civilian internees camp and the Indonesian nationalist leader Soekarno with other Indonesian officials. Second item shows Australian troops embarking on troopship a...F01636
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Curtin PM 3rd war loan
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The Prime Minister the Right Honourable John Curtin addresses Australians on the need to contribute to the war effort by investing in the 3rd Liberty Loan.F01430
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1. Doughboys and diggers parade together 2. 600 Cyclists for NES work. (Cinesound News No. 548)
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1. (1 min) Americans and Australians parade through Sydney 2. (1 min) Minister Heffron calls for volunteers to enroll in the National Emergency Service Cycle Corps.F00574
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Dr Evatt's tour of BCOF installation
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Maker: Cuthbert, Allan George
Dr and Mrs Evatt, as guests of the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) 34 (VX20321, VX80578) Lieutenant-General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson CBE DSO, made a tour of the BCOF installations today on their arri...F07496
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Duff-Cooper in Australia (Cinesound News No. 524)
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British war Cabinet Minister, Mr Alfred Duff-Cooper, on a special visit to the Far East, arrives in Sydney from Singapore.F00553
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Duke of Gloucester at Parliament taking Oath of Office as the Governor General of Australia
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Maker: Bierre, Eric
On 30 January 1945 the Duke of Gloucester took the Oath of Office as the 11th Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia at a ceremony held at Parliament House, Canberra. The swearing in was wi...F01749
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Fighting French leaders
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General Henri Giraud resigns as Joint President of the Committee of National Liberation and will act as the Commander in Chief. General Charles De Gaulle becomes the sole President.F00805
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1. First Australian Howitzers tested 2. Ground speed for RAAF cyclists 3. They bring 'em round a nice hot cup o' tea. (Cinesound News No. 516)
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1. (2 min 23 sec) Biggest field gun made in this country shows what it can do before army and government officials 2. (1 min 32 sec) Road cycling championship at Albert Park, Victoria, shows that the ...F00545
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Forde visits Darwin
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Mr Francis Michael Forde, Minister of the Army, accompanied by the Adjutant General, Major General Charles Edward M Lloyd CBE, visits the Darwin area. Mr Forde and Major General Lloyd are greeted on ...F01836
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General Hideki Tojo. Naval cadets. Japanese newspapers [Extracts from Japanese newsreels]
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1. Indonesian VIPs visit General Hideki Tojo. 2. General Tojo addresses a parade of cadets, Tokyo. Naval cadets at sea in training. 3. Tokyo, the Diet addressed by General Tojo. 4. Short item on J...F06932
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[German home front, Slovakia, Italy, French volunteers for the Waffen SS, Russian front and Allied bombing raids, 1944] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 707) = (The German newsreel No. 707)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel circa March 1944. Commentary in German. Items covered: 1. 'Personality of the week', the German writer von Muenchausen at his castle in Altenburg. 2. Mediterranean, aqualung diver and ...F01965