Activities of Peter Hemery war correspondent 1941-1945

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Accession Number F04638
Collection type Film
Measurement 49 min 35 sec
Object type Home movie
Physical description 8mm standard/b&w and colour (Kodachrome)/silent
Maker Hemery, Clement John Peter
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, New Guinea1, Philippines
Date made 1941-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

[Colour] A United States Navy PT boat under tow. Aerial of USAAF C-47 No. 105. Aerial of a formation of C-47 Dakota transport aircraft. Butterfly collection. A US soldier marks drop zone white sheets in a 'T' shape. Aerial of USAAF B-25 Mitchell bomber No. 130084. View from B-25 as it strafes a shipwreck. PT boat. Air to ground from an aircraft. At sea long shot of a destroyer. Panorama of a sunset. Aerial views of islands. New Guinea troops on parade. RAAF Catalina flying boat takes off. A local sail boat. Oil fire. Aerial of a smoking volcano. Sailor signal with flags. Panorama of fleet at sea. Ships signal flags being lowered. US troops landing at a beach. Jeep with trailer driving off a US Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). US troops disembark from LCI. Peter Hemery facing camera wearing a US helmet. Aerials of sunset. RAAF Beaufighter test firing rockets. RAAF P-40 Kittyhawks flying low over an airfield. Three Wirraways flying in formation then peeling off. Aerial of a ship wreck. At sea on board a RAN cruiser showing 40mm and multiple Pom-Pom anti-aircraft gun firing. Long shots of cruisers at sea. Street scenes possibly in the Philippines. A large Chinese temple. Two young European girls walking towards camera. Peasant plough with water buffalo. Aerial of airfield. Long shot of USAAF B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber flying and landing. Artist painting scene of a Beaufighter in flight. A camp in Northern Australia. An over turned light truck being winched upright. Australian soldier with a young wallaby. Two Australians drinking beer. Panorama of the countryside. Aerial views of Northern Australia. Waterfall in New Guinea. Jeep drives along muddy track. US memorial ceremony. At sea off the coast in a PT boat. Peter Hemery sitting at the stern of PT boat. Various shots of General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur climbing aboard a ship. Royal Navy Avenger and Sea Furies fly overhead. Aerials from C-47 of a town. RAAF parade in Australia. [B&W] USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber lands at an airfield in Northern Australia. Two P-38 Lightning fighters fly overhead. US airman riding a small motor scooter. US fighter fighters scramble to their P-40 Kittyhawks and take off. Various shots of P-40s flying over the airfield. P-40 landing. Camp volley ball game. Artist sketching RAAF officer. Grass fire at the camp. Peter Hemery with colleagues talking into a microphone. Locomotive reverses to station. Inspecting an overturned car. ABC light truck arrives at camp. Unpacking the acetate disc recorder. Peter Hemery and others reading the script. Sound recordist cutting an acetate disc. LCI landing at a beachhead. US troops disembarking from LCIs. LCI at sea. Baseball game. Australian rules game. American football game. Firefighters demonstrating high pressure hoses. Aerial of LSTs. Landing at airfield. Australian troops and a truck towing Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. Australian infantry marching through jungle. USN PT boat. RAAF Boomerang drops message. Soldier opening and reading the message.

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