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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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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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[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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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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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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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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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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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