The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Extracts from Cinesound News No. 459. 1. (2 min 51 sec) The victims are: Brigadier G Street, Minister for the Army, Mr James Fairbairn, Minister for Air, General White, Chief of the General Staff, Sir Henry Gullett, Lieutenant Colonel Thornleigh and others. The service was attended by the Governor General Lord Gowrie and Lady Gowrie and the Prime Minister Mr R G Menzies. General scenes of the funeral cortege. 2. (2 min 49 sec) HMAS Sydney returning after the encounter with the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, action stations, wounded Italians in the sick bay, Captain Collins. (See also F01239 for unedited Department of Information footage)
Extracts from Cinesound newsreel No. 556. 1. (1 min 46 sec) American tanks demonstrate before a big parade which is inspected by Generals Blamey and Robertson 2. (35 sec) Sydney, NSW. Lady Gowrie tac
Extracts from Cinesound News No. 546. 1. (2 min 12 sec) Preparations for the defence of Australia 2. (2 min 8 sec) Five year old boy drummer swings the sticks for the Americans.
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel Number 465. 1. (57 sec) RAAF male ballet rehearsing for a show 2. (1 min 54 sec) Features Fairey Battle aircraft 3. (3 min) Sydney, Anzac buffet in Hyde park fea
1. (1 min 18 sec) An overseas liner brings hundreds of Italians captured in the Libyan campaign to Australia for internment for the duration of the war 2. (4 min 10 sec) After his 36,000 mile trip of
1. (2 min 49 sec) Jack Davey conducts a quiz session for AWAS (Movietone) 2. (1 min) Canadian spruce trees are felled to make Mosquito aircraft (Movietone) 3. (2 min 14 sec) Prime Minister Curtin spea
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