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Army's most precarious job
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Bomb disposal in the Western Desert. Royal Engineers bomb disposal unit receive a report that a UXB (unexploded bomb) has been dropped in a certain camp area. The bomb disposal officer is sent to inve...F01828
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Cavalcade of victory
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
For some months British Allied Forces and the Axis Army, lay locked in stalemate in the desert of Quatara and El Alamein. Rommel's thrust to conquer Egypt had failed, but he was massing for another d...F01825
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Conquerors of the desert
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Eight illustrious months at Tobruk and a highly successful campaign amid the wastes of Alamein entitled the men of the AIF to this distinction [i.e as "Conquerors of the desert"]. This film gives a fe...F01830
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Desert hospital
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Coverage of activities at the 7th The Australian General Hospital, Western Desert, Egypt, 27 August 1942. General view of the hospital with doctor and nurse doing the rounds. X-rays and the making of ...F01829
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Desert victory
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Maker: Macdonald, David Army Film and Photographic Unit RAF Film Production Unit
The 8th Army's push against and the driving back of Rommel through the desert. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.F01308
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El Alamien 1943
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Maker: Ashwood, Terry
A short coverage on the old battlefield, El Alamein, including Alamein railway station, dilapidated desert strong-points, Alamein Cemetery, captured enemy equipment, armour and vehicles, old minefield...F01748
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In the wake of Rommel
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Convoy of motor vehicles moving through the Halfaya Pass, Salum. General scenes of Bardia, Tobruk, Barce and Benghazi showing war damaged buildings and abandoned enemy equipment.F01833
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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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RAAF in Western Desert
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Maker: Monro, Ronald Keith
The activities of 3 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert. Shows Squadron personnel messing, the evacuation of casualities by air ambulance, ground crew servicing Kittyhawk aircraft and shots from a fl...F07002
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Reflections on training and leadership: an interview with Lieutenant-Colonel Ben O'Dowd (In retrospect)
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This oral history focuses on the training Lieutenant Colonel O'Dowd underwent when he enlisted in 1939 and examines aspects of training during his career. The subjects of the battlefield stress and le...F04842
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Repatriated POW's, Middle East
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Maker: Ashwood, Terry
Motor trucks moving across desert ground, wreath laying ceremony and Australian soldiers looking at war graves at El Alamein war cemetery. Identified graves: WX9452 Private P J Wheatley, NX19969 Lance...F01541
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Steel cavalry
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The personnel of these regiments was mostly drawn from the Light Horse Regiments and in this theatre of war where the horse was outlived of its usefulness, the regiments have changed over to steeds of...F01826
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Tank Patrol
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A Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) Sergeant tells factory workers the story of a trapped British tank in the Western Desert that is separated from its unit and is forced to fight its way out of encirclement...F01651
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Training for war: an interview with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly KBE, CBE, DSO. (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
This history commences with an introduction by Major Cantwell who states the importance of military history as a tool for learning lessons for today's Army. This is followed by a summary of Lieutenant...F04844
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Trucks and troops in the desert
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Maker: Military History Section
Motor trucks in convoy carrying Australian troops and towing field guns move along desert roads. Arabs working on roadway.F07025