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A British centre
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Maker: Malcolm, Harry Lowry, Gus Allan, Jack S Bruce, Jack
A recreation centre for British servicemen and women on leave in Sydney. Identified persons: John Dunn, radio compere and Gracie Fields British singer.F01346
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Activities of Australian Women's Army Service in Lae New Guinea.
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Maker: Wood, Frederick Sydney
Some 400 girls of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) arrived in Lae in May 1945. Their job was to release men for service in operational areas. Scenes show girls at work as typists, clerks, dr...F07411
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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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1939 and All That!
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Maker: Poppleton, James
An amateur filmmaker's perspective of WW2 from the home front, incorporating newspaper headlines from 1939 to war's end; shots of Melbourne neighbourhoods and communities engaged war time activities s...F04905
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Anzac story: British Commomwealth Air Training Plan in Canada
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Maker: National Film Board of Canada
Calgary, Alberta Canada, January 1945: The men from "down under" of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan receive training and get their wings before returning home to be posted. Ten thousand Aus...F02111
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1. Army shoots down air force in rugby blitz 2. Diggers return from overseas 3. Girls in Khaki. (Cinesound News No. 564)
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1. (2 min 11 sec) Army versus air force in rugby game 2. (57 sec) Diggers return from overseas and are united with their families 3. (2 min 39 sec) A day in the life of the AWAS. General Plant inspect...F00590
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1. Aussies return from Japanese occupied countries, yachting training for future airmen 2. Women at war - WAAAF (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 22)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 22 1. (1 min 43 sec) Aussies return from Japanese occupied countries, how or when, nobody tells. Yachting training for future airmen (air training corps) 2...F00345
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Australia is like this
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Maker: Ford, Ross Herschel Department of Information
An Australian produced propaganda film for American audiences, which uses the device of an American soldier stationed in Australia writing a letter to his parents in the US. The film covers his arriva...F01303
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[Australians with the RAF in France] (C/B 213)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Australians talking and examining a large framed photograph of Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe Hermann Wilhelm Göring (Goering). Holding up the photograph for the camera. Australians taking a ...F02569
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Australian women from German concentration camp arrive in Sydney. (Cinesound News No. 584)
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A small party of women, most of them middle-aged, who have been prisoners of war in Germany, reach Australia. Betty Lanigan O'Keefe tells of her captivity in German-occupied Paris.F00607
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AWAS bend for victory (News From Home. No. 52)
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AWAS demonstrate physical training. The exercises were especially designed for women.F00746
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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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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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Blamey inspects 6th Division, Atherton
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Maker: Trerise, John William
The Commander in Chief, General Sir Thomas Blamey, reviews troops of the 6th Australian Division at a parade held on the Wondecla Show Grounds at Atherton Queensland. General Sir Thomas Blamey reviews...F01705
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Bombers away
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound Review news item showing ground crews arming Beaufort bombers. WAAAF radio operators and parachute packers. Aircrews being instructed on abandoning aircraft procedures and ground control of ...F02018
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1. Brisbane pageant opens Red Cross appeal 2. Douglas C54 (DC4) Transport 3. AWAS scientist tests canned food for army 4. RAAF wrestling 5. Cue ace helps acf 6. Troops relax in island paradise. (News From Home No. 90)
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1. (56 sec) Brisbane, Queensland. City pageant opens Red Cross appeal week 2. (1 min 4 sec) New American transport aircraft, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster or DC-4 3. (57 sec) An AWAS Lieutenant in a labo...F00782
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Brook Island trials (MC30)
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Maker: Adams, S H Hoffman
This film portrays a Mustard Gas attack carried out on Brook Island under the direction of the following officers. Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel F S Gorill; Officer in charge of the trial Dr A...F05747
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Business girls display form - the traffic stops. (News From Home No. 10)
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Maker: News from Home
Martin Place, Sydney, NSW. Physical culture display by business girls in aid of the war effort. Remarks by Jack (Pukka Sahib) Davey.F00707
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Christmas in Palestine, 1941
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Maker: Rintel, David Leslie
Soldier in bed at No. 1 Australian General Hospital receiving and opening Red Cross Christmas parcel. Soldier having a glass of milk for Christmas dinner. Soldier with a light diet including a bottle ...F07003