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Aerodrome construction Darwin
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Maker: Anderson, Alan Frederick
General coverage of aerodrome construction. Shots of carry all scoop, mobile stone crushing plant and graders.F01794
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Airborne division entering planes and Japanese envoys land at Ie Shima on way to Manila
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Maker: Driver, Roy
On 18th August, 1945, a party of 16 Japanese envoys headed by Lieutenant General Kawabe Takashio, Vice Chief of the Japanese general staff, landed on the tiny island of Ie Shima near Okinawa. They arr...F01538
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Air Commodore F M Bladin inspection of 319 Squadron USAAF
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Maker: Driver, Roy
Fenton Airstrip, Northern Territory, 1943. Air Commodore F M Bladin, RAAF, inspecting 319 (B24 Liberator) Squadron USAAF, stationed at Fenton under Air Commodore Bladin's direct control.F01800
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Air cover and bombers
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Two Liberator bomber aircraft returning from operation. Fourteen fighter planes in line flying against cloud formation.F07080
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Air road to Mandalay
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Parked RAF B-24 Liberator bombers. Bombing-up, air and ground crew prepare for mission. Take off, interior shots of aircraft and bombing.F02168
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Allied leaders seal Italy's fate (News From Home. No. 54)
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Allied leaders discuss the coming battle for Italy at a conference. Montgomery, Churchill and Roosevelt all appear.F00748
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1. Army and Navy warplanes scrapped 2. Sailing ship "Danmark" goes home 3. Wounded soldiers learn to use new artificial limbs 4. Harbours of Pacific coast cleared of submarine nets 5. B24 in test crash 6. Army - Navy gridiron upset 7. Film reports from Japan MacArthur honoured 8. Bikini Atoll A-bomb test (Extracts from U.S. Movietone Newsreels)
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1. Army and Navy warplanes scrapped. 2. Sailing ship 'Danmark' goes home. 3. Wounded soldiers learn to use new artificial limbs. 4. Harbours of Pacific coast cleared of submarine nets. 5. B-24 in ...F03508
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Assault on Salamaua
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
15 Brigade Headquarters at Missim showing VX33 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Henry George Guinn of East Malvern VIC, in conference with his staff. Soldier moves to forward Bren Gun position overlooking...F01866
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2 Australian Corps Salvage Unit salvaging planes
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
Fuselage of United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft lying on its side in Aircraft Salvage Dump. Wreckage of United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator with name 'Yardbird' on nose. Drawing a...F07048
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[Bomb damage and civilian refugees] (Labuan No. 010) [Aerial views of landings and RAAF Liberators] (Labuan No. 013)
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Labuan North Borneo. No 010: Bomb damage and civilian refugees. RAAF camp scenes. No 013: Aerial views of landings. B-24 Liberator aircraft of 21 Squadron RAAF and 24 Squadron RAAF.F02144
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[Bombing raid on Benghazi and RAF B-24 Liberators] Middle East 17A
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Opens with shot of bomb drop from 17500 ft on Benghazi harbour on 15 July 1942. Long shot of bomb explosions. Camera is very shaky. Airman holds slate and reverses slate which reads "Any news yet abou...F02637
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54 Dental Unit Australian Army Medical Corps
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Maker: Whitehead, Henry
54 Dental Unit Australian Army Medical CorpsF10882
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Dum Dum
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAF Douglas C-47 Dakotas (possibley 52 Squadron RAF) transports, Consolidated B24 Liberator heavy bombers and Short Stirling transport on Dum Dum airfield, West Bengal, India.F02133
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Emerson nose and tail turrets: operation and servicing (Airplane turrets)
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Maker: Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field
An official War Department training film I-469 produced by AA7 Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field. A dramatized story of a trainee air gunner practising for an oral test on the Emerson t...F02345
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Front line at Salamaua
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel version of Damien Parer's film of the fighting and supply around Salamaua. Air supply by Douglas C47 transport aircraft. Aerial strafing and bombardment of Salamaua airstrip by...F01621
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General Blamey reviews 6 Division at Wewak
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Maker: Eastman, David Tennant Gaery
On his arrival at Boram in the first Liberator aircraft to land on the airstrip since its completion, the Commander in Chief, AMF, General Sir Thomas A Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, was met by the Genera...F07386
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Ground check and trouble shooting (Maintenance and servicing of the C-1 Auto pilot part 5)
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Maker: Walt Disney Productions
United States Army Air Forces Training Film AF-224 produced by Walt Disney Productions in co-operation with the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulation Company. The purpose of this picture is to show how to ...F02490
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Guadalcanal: America's first offensive (Crusade in the Pacific part 7)
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Maker: March of Time Television
United States March of Time television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the battle of Guadalcanal and the campaign in the Solomon Islands. Shows the amphibious landing at...F04959
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India bombing mission
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Shot from a RAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber, shadow of flying aircraft on the ground. Shot of bombs and incendiaries dropping. Bomb explosions.F02169
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India Command No. 1
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight. Bridge, dam and bombing Pegu Ye railway bridges near Waw. Liberators returning from strike over Hoogly River Delta. Salbani Flying control tower. Buildings under con...F02121
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[Interview with Captain R J 'Bert' Ritchie AO CBE] (By the seats of their pants)
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Captain Ritchie talks about his career in aviation and the role of Qantas during the Second World War. Among the topics mentioned are the 'Double Sunrise' operation, Australia to Colombo, using Catal...F00242
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[Landings at Labuan] (Labuan No. 012)
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Army and RAAF personnel boarding and loading U.S. ships at Morotai. Liberator aircraft of 21 Squadron and 24 Squadron RAAF take off for Labuan. Army and RAAF landing at Labuan. Ships bombard island. L...F02146
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Leaflets on Ambonia
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Maker: Bagnall, Frank N
A RAAF Liberator aircraft flew over the Ambonia area where a large number of Australian prisoners of war held by the Japanese. The pamphlets were prepared by FELO (Far East Liaison Office) to inform t...F01625
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Learn and live
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Maker: First Motion Picture Film Unit Army Air Forces
Official War Department training film No. 1-330 produced by the First Motion Picture Unit Army Airforces in co-operation with the Director of Air Traffic and Safety. This film is dedicated to the prop...F02385
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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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Liberator air service to Australia, Major General W Bridgeford inspects 29th Infantry Brigade & service of remembrance held at Torokina war cemetery
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Maker: Scale, Clement Stewart
On 14 October 1945, at 0700 hours, a Liberator aircraft took off from Torokina Airstrip for Brisbane, Qld. This was the start of daily air service for high priority personnel to be flown direct to Aus...F07395
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Liberators and Dakotas
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton
Loading supplies onto DC-3 aircraft from trucks. Wounded civilians on stretchers being unloaded from DC-3 into ambulance. Parachute drop of supplies. Sign "B Flight the friendly firm". Airspeed Oxford...F02129
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Liberators and Spitfires
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Dum Dum, West Benagal, India showing RAF Hawker Hurricane IID. Supermarine Spitfire. Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber landing and take offs.F02135
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Liberators in North West Area
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Liberator aircraft from No 23 Squadron and 24 Squadron RAAF based at Long and Fenton, North West area. Shows aircraft undergoing maintenance, take offs, on bombing mission and returning to base.F02109
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Liberators operate from North West airfield
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Maker: McNeill, D
USAAF B-24 Liberator heavy bombers operating from airfields in the North Western area made a record trip for bomber aircraft to bomb Balikpapan, Borneo. The bombers all returned from this raid. This f...F01721
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Liberators spraying rice fields
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Rice paddies, RAF men with Indian? farmers. Planting paddy rice. Consolidated B24 Liberator and Handley Page Hailfax heavy bombers taxiing and taking off. Spraying rice fields.F02137
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Mission to Rabaul
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Maker: 5th Airforce Combat Camera Unit
Deals with the air war as conducted by the United States 5th Air Force in the New Guinea theatre culminating in the raid on Rabaul 12 October 1943 in which 326 fighters and bombers took part. Operatio...F01932
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Mission to Wewak
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Maker: 5th Airforce Combat Camera Unit
Covers the raid on the Japanese Fourth Air Army at Wewak on 17 August 1943 by the US Fifth Airforce. General Kenney had ordered an all out assault after intelligence reports of the concentration of Ja...F01898
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Moresby medley
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Since the successful completion of the Papuan campaign and the consequent diminishing of the Jap[anese] threat to New Guinea, Moresby has developed very rapidly in equipment and personnel. Moresby ha...F01818
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Morotai
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A general coverage of move from Noemfoor Island to Morotai and activities on and from Morotai. The item has been part edited with some sub-titles. Several types of aircraft shown both RAAF and USAAF (...F02077
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Noemfoor Island (Southwest Pacific Series No.1)
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit RAAF Cine Unit 1st TAF (47 OBU)
Produced by RAAF War History Section. Units of 1st Tactical Air Force (TAF) RAAF in action. Units and activities featured are: Reel 1 - No 5 Bomb Disposal Unit clearing land mines and unexploded bombs...F02154
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[No. 24 Sqn RAAF Liberator bombers] Celebes, bombing & strafing ship
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Maker: RAAF Cine Unit
Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of 24 Squadron RAAF in flight and bombing river target, possibly a sawmill. (There is no evidence of strafing a ship as suggested by the title.)F02159
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[No. 3 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert 1940-1941]
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Maker: Gibbes, Robert Henry Maxwell
Activities of the members of No. 3 Squadron RAAF in the Middle East. Features No. 3 Squadron pilots and ground crew with their P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft. Official war photographers at work. A 25 Pounder...F03477
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Operation FIDO
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Maker: Ministry of Information
FIDO: Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation. This is a Department of Information education film showing petrol fuel tanks, pump house installation and operation of FIDO.F01894
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Port Moresby to Buna-Sanananda
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Maker: Rintel, David Leslie Wood, Frederick Sydney
A general coverage of activities of Australian and American forces between Port Moresby-Kokoda-Sanananda. Subjects covered include scenes along Kokoda Trail; supply dropping, re-entry of Kokoda by Aus...F07546
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Pre flight inspection of the B-24: The basic mechanic
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Maker: Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field
A United States War Department training film produced by the Training Film Production Laboratories Wright Field. The story of radio mechanic Joe Simpson and his work on pre-flight inspection of the ra...F02430
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RAAF coverage
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Armourers and fitters working on Beaufighter and Boston aircraft, shots from a bomb trolley and bombing-up Bostons with 500 lb and 250 lb bombs, Kittyhawks, Wirraway directing 25 pounder artillery fir...F01850
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RAAF crews man giant bombers
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Maker: Movietone News
Movietone newsreel on the training of RAAF B-24 Liberator crews in bomber work at Tocumwal NSW. The training instructors are veteran pilots who have completed their operational service. Shows the new ...F02648
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RAAF Marine Section, New Guinea c 1944, HMS King George V, Port Melbourne, circa October November 1945 and Melbourne Cup 1945
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Maker: Lucas, William John
RAAF Marine Section boat 015.91 being lowered onto the water by a large crane. RAAF officer in winter uniform. Landing barge moving past small vessels - many LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) at anchor - film ...F04794
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RAAF officers sightseeing in India
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAAF officers en route to Australia, sightseeing in Delhi, then at Australian transit camp, Bhopal, again sightseeing and picnicing in Bhopal. From scene 29 there is a sequence showing Flying Officer ...F02114
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RAAF squadron [Cutella, Italy] (RAF Film A88)
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Maker: RAF Film Unit
Cutella, Italy, 26 March 1944. Airmen leaving a Church Army Canteen on a water logged airfield. Airmen hammer a tent peg in mud. Mess parade and washing mess tins. A parked Wellington bomber of an uni...F02241
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Rickenbacker returns after Pacific ordeal. (News From Home. No. 23.)
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Maker: News from Home
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker returns in rescue plane (Catalina aircraft) after 21 days adrift at sea and tells of his experiences. Commentary by Ernest Walsh, Fox Movietone International.F00719
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Sabu
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Coverage of Sabu Dastagir stationed with United States Air Corps in South West Pacific area. Sabu Dastagir is a well known Indian film actor appearing in such films as "The drum", "The thief of Baghda...F01611
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Salbani
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAF Station Salbani, West Bengal, India showing a Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI (B-24H and early B-24J model) heavy bombers of 356 Squadron RAF as seen by the distinctive crossed tail markings and cr...F02134
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Salbani
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Maker: Stirling, James Belton
Salbani India; native laundry. Buildings under construction by coolie women. Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI (B-24H and early B-24J model) heavy bombers of 356 Squadron RAF as seen by the distinctive...F02132
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Salbani briefing and Toungoo strike
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Maker: Jago, Kenneth Francis Jago, Kenneth Francis RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
RAAF and RAF Liberator aircraft crews being briefed at Salboni, India, for a raid on Toungoo, Burma. Liberators taxiing and take off; over target area; and debriefing (?). The squadron is No. 356 RAF;...F02119
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Search in the "Never Never"
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Search for an American B-24 Liberator bomber which disappeared on a flight from Darwin to Brisbane in 1945. In August/September 1967 a RAAF search party covered more than one thousand miles in a week ...F02714
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South West Pacific Mail No. 2 (News From Home No. 51)
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A report on the general conditions in the islands in the form of a letter from a soldier to his father, read by Jack Davey, Movietone.F00745
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Street scenes. Bombing and strafing
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Maker: RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC
Street scenes. Consolidated B-24 Liberators bombing. Flak bursts. Shot of the waist gunners. Bomb doors opening. Bombs dropping. Explosions. Bombing and straffing ships. A burning vessel. Identified u...F02141
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Tarakan / R Wingfield-Jounkergouw
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Maker: Wingfield-Jounkergouw, R
Coverage of the Australian activities at Tarakan Island, Borneo circa May 1945. Shows map of northeast Borneo, arrow pointing to a label 'Tarakan Island'. Australian troops resting under trees. Austra...F04975
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The Gen [RAF news magazine] No. 12
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RAF news magazine No. 12, covers: SEAC - the first WAAF contingent arrives in India, RAF Liberators on bombing sortie and jungle survival course; the Luftwaffe attack on Allied airfields in the Low Co...F02188
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The War: a current information film for the Armed Services #6
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Maker: United States Army Signal Corps
Propaganda newsreel items for screening to US troops produced by the United States War Department Army Service Forces Special Division and the Army Signal Corps with the co-operation of the Air Force,...F04903
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Tokyo raid: Japanese murder of US fliers arouses nation. Allied leaders seal Italy's fate (Movietone News)
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1. One year after the event details are revealed of the raid on Tokyo by B-25 Mitchell bombers led by Colonel James Doolittle in April 1942. Revelations that some of the men captured have been execute...F03608
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Visits of Honourable Cyril Chambers Minister for Army, to BCOF
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Maker: Military History Section, BCOF
Honourable (Hon) C Chamber, Minister for Army, arrived Honeda airfield on 19 December 1946. He was accompanied by Mr H S Sinclair, Secretary of the Department of Army, a press secretary and a staff of...F07501
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WAAAFs do real war job
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Maker: Cinesound
Cinesound newsreel item showing women of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Airforce (WAAAF) performing various aircraft maintenance duties. The WAAAF's are shown working on Liberator bombers and Spitfi...F02041