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Allied victory
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Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
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Allies blast Truk
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The largest Japanese Naval base outside of Japan is attacked by carrier aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF-58. The attack was co-ordinated with General MacArthur's land operations in New Guinea. Scen...F00802
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1. America comes to Australia 2. Pearl Harbour bombed 3. Allies prepared to fight back from their last strongholds in the Western Pacific. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 15)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Vol. 13 No. 15 Fox Movietone News 1. (1 min 48 sec) Arrival of United States troops in Australia. 2. (2 min 39 sec) Scenes of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on the United States Pa...F00338
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1. Americans raid Tokyo in B25 Mitchell Bombers from USS "Hornet" 2. AIF jungle training. (News From Home No. 40)
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1. (4 min 18 sec) Tokyo raid by carrier borne Mitchell Bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on 18 April 1942 led by Major General Doolittle. Admiral Halsey and General Henry H. Arnold also app...F00735
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America strikes at the heart of Japan (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 19)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Japanese houses, palaces, crowds, Emperor, US bombers, Japanese tank burning.F00342
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1. Army assault course 2. Training packhorses 3. Battle of the Solomons. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No 1)
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1. (2 min 11 sec) Troops go through assault course with sound effects 2. (1 min 38 sec) Training packhorses 3. (2 min) Solomons battle, transports at sea, barges go into landing, American plane brough...F00375
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1. Australian built Austen gun is hard hitting 2. US carrier in spectacular sea - air battle. (News From Home. No. 24)
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Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 241. (1 min 38 sec) The Austen gun, an Australian adaption of the Sten, goes through its paces at Port Kembla, NSW. 2. (3 min 10 sec) An American aircraft carrier is s...F00720
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1. Chips off the Anzac block 2. Sinking of 'Yorktown' (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 41. 1. (2 min) Two thousand Victorian boy cadets learn from AIF instructors 2. (1 min 20 sec) Sinking of United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown ...F00363
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First pictures: Admiral Halsey's sweep in the China Sea (Movietone News)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel extract circa February 1945. Covers the operations of the task force of the US Navy's Third Fleet operating in the China Sea. The US task force operated in a storm that served ...F04907
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From mariner to missile
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Maker: Warwick, Jill
A promotional film on the vital role of the Royal Australian Navy in securing Australia's sea lanes. Features the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and an emphasis on the importance of anti-submarine wa...F03054
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German subs surrender as Reich capitulates
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Maker: Unknown
Newsreel extract on the surrender of German submarines in the Mediterranean, New York and the coast of Maine. The narrator states that by Victory Europe (VE) Day one hundred and twenty six German U-bo...F10182
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1. Hail Columbia: Australia welcomes American fleet 2. Newsbriefs: Women Services parade decorated airman returns (Cinesound News No. 490)
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1. (3 min 19 sec) Sydney, arrival of American fleet, march through streets and past the Cenotaph in Martin Place 2. (42 sec) Sydney, 5,000 Womens Services parade before Lord Wakehurst (28 sec) Melbour...F00521
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HMAS Melbourne / C F E Fargher
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Maker: Fargher, C F E
An amateur film taken in the 1960s by C Fargher while serving onboard the RAN Majestic Class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Panning shots of Hong Kong harbour. Passing a ship wreck. At sea, Bristol...F00412
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In occupied Japan
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Maker: Courtenay, William
Opening titles read: "The Daily Graphic and Kemsley News papers present "In occupied Japan". The historic document in Kodachrome of the first six months of life in the fallen Empire of the Rising Sun....F10003
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1. Melbourne models 2. The fleet's in 3. Aloha (Cinesound News No. 491)
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1. (56 sec) Melbourne models display woollen garments to disabled soldiers 2. (3 min 17 sec) American sailors on leave in Sydney 3. (1 min 30 sec) American ships leave Sydney.F00522
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Nazi sub seized: Navy captures sub in first boarding since 1815
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Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the first boarding and capture of a naval vessel by the United States Navy since 1815. An anti-submarine Task Force Group consisting of the CVE (escort carrier) USS Guadalcanal and fi...F10181
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News of the week 16 August 1941 1. American Sailors March, Brisbane 2. 200,000th RAAF recruit 3. Military manoeuvres, Victoria 4. Evolution of "V" sign (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 35)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 35. News of the week 1. (58 sec) The governor of Queensland, Colonel Sir Leslie Orme Wilson and American Rear Admiral Sherwood Ayerst Taffinder take the s...F00306
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Newsreel extracts: 1. Cruisers USS Salt Lake City and USS Northampton surprise visit to Brisbane. 2. Australian anti-aircraft gunners 3. National Security Exhibition reveals the work of Fascists. 4. Anzacs abroad (Movietone) 5. Another Anzac letter from Syria.
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Newsreel extracts: 1. Cruisers USS Salt Lake City and USS Northampton surprise visit to Brisbane. 2. Australian anti-aircraft gunners 3. National Security Exhibition reveals the work of Fascists. 4. A...F03519
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Radio at war
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Maker: RCA (USA)
An RCA presentation on the part played by radio in modern warfare. Assembled from scenes using actors, film of manoevres and actual combat footage with a voice over to tell the story of Jim and Joe B...F03568
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