The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1. (56 sec) Victorian women learn to collect fares on city trams, taking the place of conductors who have joined the fighting services 2. (4 min) A feature written by, and featuring Hal Percy, the C.J. Dennis of World War Two. A newsreel novelty with considerable appeal dedicated to the Australian comforts fund, the job it is doing and the people who help to bring comforts to the men on service. Hal Percy, who served with the AIF in the last war, has won fame on the stage and in radio for his digger impersonations and stirring verses. He commentates this story with his own characteristic lines.
Extracts from Cinesound News newsreel No 526. 1. (1 min 42 sec) AIF men back from Darwin have a few grouches to make about not being sent overseas 2. (1 min 55 sec) Home guard training with Molotov C
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. (2 min 50 sec) Appeal for more women to aid the war effort 2. (38 sec) Opening of the club at the Anzac Memorial Hall, North Sydney 3. (2 min 4 sec) Mr Hamman of the Security Services, London, tell
1. (40 sec) Navy men parade through Melbourne streets 2. (1 min 50 sec) Australian craftsmen master intricate details of assembling United States fighter aircraft [Bell P39 Airacobra]. Aircraft being
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
1. (1 min 56 sec) Sailors tell how HMS "Repulse" was sunk 2. (4 min 4 sec) The women's services and work in factories.