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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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Anti-aircraft ammunition rockets introduction
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Maker: Verity Films Limited Verity Films Limited
Military training film B552 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Verity Films Ltd, approved February 1943. For instructional purposes this film has been divided into several sections...F05123
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Anti-vehicle obstacles: advanced
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
A military training film produced by Publicity Films Ltd. For the Directorate of Army Kinematography. This film shows the construction of an anti-tank ditch using a 19RB drag-line. After construction ...F05108
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Anzac Day Jerusalem 1940
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
On Anzac Day 1940 a remembrance service was held in the British War Cemetery Jerusalem, then a march through Jerusalem streets by Australian (2/4 Infantry Battalion) and unidentified kilted troops (pr...F01019
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Anzacs leave for Greece
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Maker: Silk, George
HMAS Perth, takes Australian, British and Palestinian troops to Greek port.F01235
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Assault bridging
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Maker: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) training film C16 B54 demonstrating the Assault Bridge using kapok bridging material. This is a silent film using sub-titles to support visuals. Shown: number of men r...F05139
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Australia in France
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Maker: Baldwin, Herbert Frederick Malins, Geoffrey McDowell, John Benjamin Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
British official film taken at the request of Australian authorities shows the Prime Minister the Right Honourable William Morris (Billy) Hughes and High Commissioner of Australia visit to the Western...F00047
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1. Australian engineers help build military railway 2. Owen Gun passes test 3. Thanksgiving Day (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 51)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 44 sec) AIF, British and South African Troops construct Syrian link in strategic Middle East railroad 2. (1 min 57 sec) Owen Gun is demonstrated by the inventor 3. (43 sec) Thanksgiving day ...F00373
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Barra Winga paratroopers DPR/TV/505
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
After two days of determined defence in hilly scrub covered country around the enemy base of Manifold during exercise "Barra Winga", Queensland Cong forces were forced out of their base camp, which th...F03815
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[2 Battalion Parachute Regiment, British Army training jump pre-Arnhem operation]
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Maker: Lewis, Colman Michael
[2 Battalion Parachute Regiment, British Army training jump pre-Arnhem operation]F03357
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Battle drill film A: the fighting section leader
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
British military training B434 C434 film produced by Army Kinematography Services (AKS) for the Directorate of Army Kinematography. This film deals with leadership tests, battle discipline and section...F05079
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Beach recovery part III
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Maker: World Wide Pictures
The role of the Beach Recovery Section. Approved January 1946. Produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by World Wide Pictures. This film shows a Beach Recovery Section and its duties in am...F05175
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BEF men show their style
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Sydney show ground, 300 men of the British Expeditionary Force who were guards on the SS Dunera parade in tribute to the heroes of Britain.F00813
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Besa Machine Gun 7.92mm mechanism
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Maker: National Interest Pictures
An armourer training film on the Besa 7.92mm machine gun, approved 1946. Produced for the Army Kinema Corporation by National Interest Picture Productions Ltd. Animated diagrams support commentary and...F05174
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Borneo / Harry Dunkley
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Maker: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan
An 8mm colour film taken by Army Public Relations Photographer Harold Dunkley during a visit to North Borneo in 1965. Film opens with a close up of a calendar for Feb 1965. Map of South East Asia then...F00299
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1.[British and Soviet troops in Persia] 2. [The new Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi takes over the throne of Persia]. (Extracts from Movietone News newsreels, 1941)
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1. British and Soviet troops in Persia. 2. The new Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi takes over the throne of Persia.F03512
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British Commandos exercise Barra Winga DPR/TV/492
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Maker: Keenan
The versatile and highly trained 42nd Royal Marine Commandos this week made an assault craft landing on Pearl Bay, at Clinton Peninsula, during Exercise "Barra Winga". The assault landing was original...F03809
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British military mission in New Guinea
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Maker: Kinna, Darrell
General Vasey GA CG CBE DSO; General J S Lethbridge CBE MC; Brigadier K W Eather CBE DSO ED; Lieutenant Colonel W T Robertson and party walk over rough log bridge across Faria River. Party having a cu...F07067
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British troops arrive in North Queensland DPR/TV/691
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Maker: Ford, John Alfred
The British landing ship 'Sir Lancelot' arrived at Port Alma, near Rockhampton, at the weekend, after a 10-day trip from Singapore, carrying 400 troops of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Troops ...F03917
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Burma victory
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Maker: Macdonald, David Army Film Unit
Documentary film produced by the British Army Film Unit on the campaign in Burma from 1942 to the capitulation of the Japanese in Rangoon in 1945. The last film of the Victory trilogy, the other two b...F10002
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Cable laying D8
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A Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) training film. This film illustrates the mechanical layer No. 1 mounted on a 5-ton truck. Parts of the layer are described then the duties of each man in the cable ...F05224
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Camouflage and fieldcraft movement (Battle drill)
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
A British Army military training film made at the School of Infantry produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS). Shows the type of terrain to be fought o...F02505
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Camouflage and fieldcraft - prepare for battle (Battle drill)
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services Directorate of Army Kinematography
A British Army military training film made at the School of Infantry produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS). Shows how to elimiate the three elements...F02501
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Captured (C1131)
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Maker: World Wide Pictures
This film is based on the experiences of members of the Commonweath Contingent of the United Nations Forces who were taken prisoner by the Communists during the Korean war. Shows many of the forms of ...F11538
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Carriers: crest action
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
Military training film B442 C442 made at the School of infantry, produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS) Productions. This film shows tactics which sh...F05116
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Comparison of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's Gallipoli footage in AWM films F00069 with the Dardanelles Expedition: heroes of Gallipoli and F00176 A H Noad film
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Maker: Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis Brooks, Ernest Rudnicki, Antoni
There are eight scenes used in AWM film F000176 A H Noad film from Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's footage of the Gallipoli campaign. This item consists of Bartlett's footage from F00176, footage from F00...F08484
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Concealment from ground and air
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Maker: Unknown
A silent film training using sub-titles to support visuals. Correct action is demonstrated by British troops. Wrong action with it's dangers is demonstrated by troops wearing canvas as enemy. Part 1: ...F05153
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Contours hills and slopes (Map reading II)
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
A military training film supervised by an Officer of the General Staff. Produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Publicity Picture Productions Ltd. In war time features such as roads bri...F02449
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Co-operation in attack
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Maker: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RAOC training film C51 B78, estimated date of production pre-1939. 51st `Dragon' Field Battery, Royal .Artillery (RA), assisted by 54th Battery, RA, the 2nd Battalion (Bn). Duke Cornwall's Light Infan...F05161
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Correct and incorrect methods (Instruction in signalling)
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Maker: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) training film C15 B58. This is a silent film using sub-titles to support visuals. Types of signalling illustrated are: Semephore; Morse - using flags; Heliograph metho...F05138
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Countering the mortar
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
Military training film B914 C914 produced for the Directorate Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS). This film demonstrates the method of countering enemy mortar attacks by use of ...F05090
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Defence of a small town
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Maker: Byron Pictures Limited
Military training B207 C207 film produced by Byron Pictures Ltd. A fictional story film to illustrate the defence of a small town by Home Guard in conjunction with regular forces. Animated sketch maps...F05088
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Development of the tank
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Maker: Royal Armoured Corps School of Tank Technology
This film was made by the Royal Armoured Corps School of Tank Technology with assistance from the Imperial War Museum. Traces the development of the tank up to the end of the 1914-1918 war including s...F03728
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Dieppe 19 August 1942 (Degeto Weltspiegel Nr 41) = Dieppe 19 August 1942 (Degeto World Mirror No 41)
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Maker: Degeto Film GmbH
Title translations: The enemy naval landing craft are on fire. Attack by British fighter and tactical aircraft. The twenty eight disembarked [Churchill] tanks are completely destroyed. The first w...F00444
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Distant war (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
The German war machine begins to roll. Britain's expeditionary force in Norway. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.F10222-02
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Erection of a No. 11 Set Ground Station
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A military training film produced by the Strand Film Co., Ltd. This film illustrates the individual duties of each man in the erection of No. 11 wireless set ground station in the field from a truck a...F05265
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Evacuated troops from Greece in Alexandria
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Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
Australian and British troops disembarking at Alexandria after being evacuated from Greece. Troops relax in dock area before entraining.F01082
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Evacuation of wounded
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Maker: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) training film C48. The evacuation of casualities from the forward areas to England. Actual war scenes taken from the Imperial War Museum Film Library. A silent print u...F05158
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Exercise "Jantzen"
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
A British military training film produced for the War Office by AKS Crown copyright, approved October 1943. This film is a record of an exercise the main object of which was to practice beach maintena...F05047
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Exercise sheer hell DPR/TV/790
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Maker: L'Estrange, Brian Edwin
Soldiers of the 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, recently had their first real taste of the Malaysian jungle. They were taking part in exercise "Sheer Hell" in Malaysia's Negri Sembilan State...F03977
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[Extracts from German newsreels: Home front and Arnhem] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 41/42 1944 Wpr) = (The German newsreel 41/42 1944 Wpr)
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c September 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Hitler Youth members of the Landienst (land army) learn agriculture and animal husbandry as part of a 10 year project fo...F01964
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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Field air-line
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Maker: 'A' Corps Signals Aldershot
RAOC training film C50, produced and photographed by "A" Corps Signals, Aldershot 1935. Air-line standard equipment provides for routes carrying two to eight wires. This film deals with four wires. A ...F05160
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102 Field Battery relief in Borneo DPR/TV/280
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The last Australian combat troops to leave Borneo during the current Australian commitment have pulled out of Kuching, in Borneo's Sarawak State. They are gunners of the 102nd Field Battery, Royal Au...F03676
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First World War: edited by Laurence Stalling
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Maker: Stalling, Laurence
Introduction reads: 'An authentic motion picture record reaching back to the turn of the twentieth century collected from official sources and the archives of the great nations and presented by Fox Fi...F00170
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Forgotten men: the war as it was
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Maker: Lee, Norman
An Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd production. Commentary written and spoken on camera by Sir John Hammerton, war historian in conjunction with the representatives of the fighting forces 1...F00172
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Fourteenth Army's triumph (Movietone News)
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Maker: Fox Movietone News
Movietone News newsreel extract covering the drive on Mandalay, Burma by the British 14th Army circa February 1945. Shows General Grant tanks. British and Indian Infantry in action. Burmese civilians ...F04906
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France falls (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
German armour and airpower mount their massive onslaught against France. the country falls and the British retreat to the Channel coast.F10222-03
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Gas: care and maintenance
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Maker: G B Instructional Ltd
A military training film produced by G B Instructional Ltd. This film portrays a mythical Private Triman; shows how he learns to protect himself against gas and how he puts his knowledge into practise...F05013
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Gaumont British News No. 37
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Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Title: 'Mr Menzies has a message for America.' At the end of his first wartime visit to Britain the Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies held a press conference to say that he would use ...F01464
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General van Fleet & NZ artillery Anzac Day, Korea DPR/S/7
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Maker: Lee, Douglas Herbert
A special parade was held in Korea by the 1st Commonwealth Division to commemorate Anzac Day. United Nations Officers and units were also present at the ceremony. A New Zealand 25 pounder gun and a si...F07530
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Germany falls: Nazi leaders surrender unconditionally to Allies
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Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the signing of the articles of surrender by German Commanders. Covers the signing of surrender of German forces in Northern Italy and parts of Austria by two un-named German officers ...F10183
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Greece retreat and evacuation
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British and Greek troops in an evacuation area, discarding and destruction of vehicles and equipment, Greek civilians salvage military stores, personnel embark on destroyer.F00994
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Handling and laying British anti-tank mines
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
Military training film B388 C388 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Publicity Picture Productions Ltd. This film illustrates the construction, operation, packaging, fusing and layi...F05073
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Handling POWs
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This British Army training film has been acted. It shows basic method of handling Prisoners of War (POW) by the soldier in the field unit before they are handed over to the intelligence branch.F01901
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1. Her Majesty honours Land Army 2. Nazi junk fetches high prices 3. Remembrance 4. Pakistan troops withdraw from Interview 5. Reunion in Scotland 6. Field Marshal Montgomery in America 7. Army motorcycle trial (Extracts from British Movietone News newsreels)
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1. Her Majesty honours Land Army. 2. Nazi junk fetches high prices. 3. Remembrance. 4. Pakistan troops withdraw from Interview. 5. Reunion in Scotland. 6. Field Marshal Montgomery in America. 7....F03509
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Improvisation in training and adapting for operations: an interview with Colonel L.G. Coleman (In retrospect)
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Maker: Training Technology Centre Australian Army
The subject of this interview is Colonel Leslie Coleman. Colonel Coleman graduated to the RAAC from the Royal Military College in 1939 and transferred to the 2nd AIF in 1941. The interview focuses on ...F04847
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5.5 inch gun part II: breech and firing mechanism
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Maker: G B Instructional Ltd
British military training film B313 C313 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by G B Instructional Limited. Animated diagrams support photographic visuals to illustrate construction and...F05089
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Infantry reconnoitring patrol by day
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Maker: Ace Distributors Limited
Military training film B120-C96 produced by Ace Distributors Ltd. Uses actors, out door locations and maps to illustrate the procedures for an infantry reconnoitring patrol. Shows the composition of t...F02444
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Infantry / tank co-operation (platoon- troop level)
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
A military training film made at the School of infantry. Approved 1946. Produced for Directorate Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS). This film illustrates the co-operation betw...F05101
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Japanese film taken in various prison camps for the Red Cross, Geneva
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Maker: Unknown
The film begins from the point of view of a camera on board a moving vehicle, part of a motorcade that passes Australian and allied prisoners of war who stand to attention along both sides of the road...F07458
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Kill or be killed
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Maker: Lye, Leonard Charles Huia
The story of how a British sniper outwits a number of Germans. Ministry of Information, Realist Film Unit production with the co-operation of the British Army, German snipers voice Marius Goring.F01761
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Light anti-aircraft: film no.3: Ordnance Q.F. 40 mm
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Military training film C175 on the Ordnance QF Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. The film describes and names the parts and operation of the Bofors gun. Animated diagrams support photographic visuals and...F05119
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Light anti-aircraft film no.4: Ordnance Q.F. 40mm continued
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This film shows parts and operations of the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. It is a continuation of the training film Light A.A. Film No. 3, Ordnance Q.F. (Quick Firing) 40mm (See F05119). Animated dia...F05120
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Man wounded
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Maker: Army Film and Photographic Unit
Produced by the Army Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. An account of the work of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the field. Shows the work of field ambulance, field dressing station, regiment...F01588
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Map reading XI: use of prismatic compass
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
A military training film supervised by an officer appointed by the General Staff. Produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Publicity Picture Productions Ltd.F02502
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Mechanism of a .303 Vickers Machine Gun
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Maker: Unknown
A silent training film using sub-titles and parts labelled by name to show the mechanism of the .303 Vickers Machine Gun. Skeleton guns, cut models and actual firing of the gun illustrates the working...F05136
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1. Moresby medley 2. Last dramatic scenes in epic of North Africa. (News From Home No. 44)
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Extracts from News From Home No. 44. 1. (1 min 50 sec) A Cinesound item on the brighter side of Moresby is shown in this item about life in general in the islands (See also F01818 for unedited Depart...F00739
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Observation and reporting
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
British military training film B134 C110 produced for the (Royal Army Ordnance Corps RAOC) by Publicity Picture Productions Ltd on observation and reporting. Shows British Home Guard troops, equipment...F05006
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[Operation Varsity] (RAF R.136)
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
Operation Varsity was the airborne crossing the Rhine river north of the German town of Wesel by the British 6th Airborne Division. The troops were transported in RAF Horsa and Hamilcar gliders as wel...F02632
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Parachute training
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Maker: G B Instructional Ltd
Official British training film produced by G B Instructional Ltd for instruction of paratroopers. Shows the principles of how to leave the aircraft, control the parachute in flight and correct landing...F02286
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Pathe's animated gazette c 1916
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Maker: Pathe Company
This item consists of 17 newsreel segments produced by the Pathe Gazette circa 1916. 1. When the gas alarm rings. All children near the firing line are trained to use the gas mask. Shows children wear...F04713
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17 pdr Anti-tank gun: sights, sight testing and zeroing
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Maker: Publicity Picture Productions Limited
A British military training film produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Publicity Productions, approved June 1943. This film describes the Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun sight, t...F05113
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Pincers (World at war)
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Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
The Russians from the east and the Allies from the west, drive Hitler's armies back across the German borders and beyond.F10222-19
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Plan occupation
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Maker: O'Brien, John William Alexander
A home movie taken by VX15127 Brigadier (Brig) John O'Brien. Brig O'Brien served as the Leader of the Australian Scientific Mission to Japan 1945-1946 and Chief of the Scientific and Technical Divisio...F04949
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Platoon in defence
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
British military training film B122 C98 produced by Publicity Films Ltd. This film shows the make up of a platoon and its weapons. Each platoon member speaks describing his duties and weapons. Illustr...F05077
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Pontoon equipment Mk V: construction and use of rafts
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
British military training film B.284 C.284 produced for the Directorate Army Kinematography by Publicity Films Ltd. This film illustrates the construction of pontoon bridges using rafts. Describes the...F05096
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Pontoon equipment Mk V: construction and use of the landing bay
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
British military training film B.306 C.306 produced for the Directorate Army Kinematography by Publicity Films Ltd. This film illustrates the construction and use of pontoon landing bay in bridging. A...F05098
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Pontoon equipment Mk V: construction and use of trestle, sliding bay and half floating bay
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Maker: Publicity Films Limited
British military training film B305 C305 produced for the Directorate Army Kinematography by Publicity Films Ltd. This film shows British army engineers assembling Trestle, Sliding Bay and Half Floati...F05087
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2 Pounder anti-tank gun
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A Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) training film. Directed by Netheravon Wing, Small Arms School. Photographed and Produced by Army Cinema Centre, Aldershot. This film illustrates the description and ...F05261
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Predictor No.1 (general principles)
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A British military training film on the Predictor No. 1. Part 1 The gunnery problem and its theoretical solution. Animated diagrams review the problems of anti-aircraft gunnery unassisted by appropri...F05081
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1. RAF gaol breakers 2. The battle for Germany: fight for the Metz 3. Moselle River floods 4. Rundstedt's push 5. Across the Canals 6. Saipan construction of airfield for B29 bombers (Extracts from Movietone News newsreels)
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1. RAF gaol breakers. 2. The battle for Germany: fight for the Metz. 3. Moselle River floods. 4. Rundstedt's push. 5. Across the Canals. 6. Saipan construction of airfield for B29 bombers.F03511
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Salvage hits back
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
An Army Kinematography Services( AKS) military training film for the Directorate of Army Kinematography, produced for the War Office, approved December 1943. Film commences with actual battle scenes t...F05180
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Sea fort
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A light hearted view of the conditions on and operations of an 18th century fort which guards the approach to an important port. The fort is manned by mixture of units and services which include the R...F01605
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Searchlight Control Gear Mk III
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Maker: G B Instructional Ltd
British military training film B457 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by G B Instructional Ltd, approved October 1942. This film describes the various parts and operation of the Sea...F05124
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Singapore surrender 15 February 1942 [Japanese film]
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Singapore February 1942, shows street scene with abandoned motor vehicles. British light trucks driving through streets. Australian troops marching in a column watched by Japanese soldiers. Close ups ...F10215
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1st advance in Western Desert
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Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Australian soldiers advance through heavy sand and storm. Scenes of Italian POW's and captured equipment.F01233
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Street fighting
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Maker: Glendenning, Raymond Army Film and Photographic Unit
An Army Film Unit production for the Ministry of Information, commentator Raymond Glendenning. Shows how British soldiers are training in street fighting in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Sol...F01599
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SWPA News
Film
A collection of South West Pacific Area (SWPA) news items from 1943 to 1944. Opens with titles SWPA news. 'First authentic film of US Navy's victory in the Philippines. Gallant death of the carrier Pr...F00446
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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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Tank tactics: harbouring
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
A military training film produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS). Animated diagrams support photographic visuals and commentary. This film describes ...F05100
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Technique of instruction in the Army III: methods
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Maker: Army Kinematography Services
Military training film B777 C777 produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography by Army Kinematography Services (AKS) A fictional story type film illustrating three methods of instruction. Lectur...F05091
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The Breaker
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Maker: Shields, Frank Shields, Frank
A documentary based on the life of Harry Morant a colourful drover and poet who roamed the outback in the 19th century. He served with the British irregular unit the Bushveldt Carbineers in South Afri...F10217
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The buffer and recuperator of the 18 pdr MkIV and V guns
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Maker: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) C37 B37 training film. A silent film using sub-titles and animated diagrams to support visuals in the description and operation of the buffer and recuperation system a...F05150
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The Capture of Messina. Bomber assault: Bostons hit Valenciennes. Kalinin, Stalingrad and the Kuban (Gaumont British News)
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Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Coverage of the capture of Messina, Sicily by the British 8th Army. Shows Royal Navy warships in action shelling Messina. Priest self propelled 105mm guns and 5.5 inch howiters firing. Sherman tank...F04910
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The effects of atomic weapons on troops in the field (C1089)
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Maker: National Interest Pictures
A British military training film produced by National Interest Picture Productions Ltd for the Army Kinema, Corporation. Uses animated diagrams and soldier actors to show the effects to be expected fr...F03018
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The Gen [RAF news magazine] No. 11
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RAF news magazine No. 11, covers: The role of the WAAF; Operation "Market Garden" - airborne landings at Arnhem; activities on snownbound RAF airfields Christmas 1944.F02187
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The grand alliance: official record of the Pacific Conference and the Teheran Conference (War Pictorial News No 136)
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The Pacific Conference held in Cairo 23-25 November 1943 attended by Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek on the conduct of the war against Japan. Winston Churchill took time out to inspect the 4t...F01665