The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1. (1 min 24 sec) RAAF reinforcements, RAN and AIF leave Australia for the Middle East on transports 2. (1 min 31 sec) John Woolcott Forbes' home in Sydney is taken over by the Red Cross for injured soldiers 3. (2 min 40 sec) Men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) land in Sydney as they bring enemy internees. Interviews with some BEF members.
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No. 486. 1. (1 min 10 sec) Australian troops go aboard transports in Sydney Harbour en route to Singapore 2. (3 min) AIF parade through Melbourne streets, RAAF b
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.
1. (1 min 32 sec) The Japanese ship, "Kasima Maru" takes almost 100 Japanese Nationals from Australia - probably the last ship to leave for a long time 2. (1 min 6 sec) A large batch of Australians an
1. (2 min 27 sec) Interviews with some of the survivors of HMAS "Canberra" on return to their homes. 2. (2 min 15 sec) An Aussie dog joins the Yanks as mascot and goes to town on leave. 3. (3 min 57 s
Extracts from Cinesound newsreel No. 466. 1. (1 min 28 sec) Melbourne turns on a pageant in aid of war funds 2. (57 sec) Internees arrive in Sydney and board a train to be carried to a Prisoner of War
1. (2 min 10 sec) Australian troops arrive at a Middle East port., others entrain at the Brisbane Railway Station, boarding ferries in Sydney Harbour to go to troopship 2. (7 min) 496 Victims of an en