MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-15. PROFESSOR BROWNE TALKING TO A ...

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Accession Number OG3720
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1946-01-15. PROFESSOR BROWNE TALKING TO A LARGE CROWD OF RAAF PERSONNEL AT MOROTAI. RAAF HQ HAVE SENT PROFESSOR BROWNE ON A TOUR OF THE DARWIN, MOROTAI AND BORNEO AREAS, TO PLACE BEFORE RAAF MEN STILL IN THE ISLANDS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION WHICH WILL AFFECT THEIR FUTURE WHEN THEY RETURN TO "CIVVY STREET". LECTURES ARE ILLUSTRATED BY UNUSUAL FILMS INCLUDING SOME BY WALT DISNEY.