The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 shown beating off a Japanese air attack in the South Pacific. Described by Lowell Thomas, Fox Movietone International. The action has been identified as the battle of Santa Cruz 26 Oct 1942. During this action the US aircraft carrier USS Enterprize was hit by a bomb on the forward flight deck overhang which caused a Douglas Dauntless to be almost bounced off the flight deck.
Extracts from Vol. 13 No. 23 Fox Movietone News 1. (1 min 30 sec) NSW Governor Sir Leslie Wilson with US troops 2. (1 min 23 sec) Keith (Bluey) Truscott and Warne return to Melbourne, Truscott goes on
1. (1 min 14 sec) The Vultee Vengeance dive bomber now on service with the RAAF goes through its paces (Movietone) 2. (2 min 24 sec) Winston Churchill addresses the US congress and promises England's
1. (59 sec) Funeral of Squadron Leader "Bluey" Truscott 2. (1 min 32 sec) Brisbane, Queensland. Australians and Americans participate in a combined rodeo (Cinesound) 3. (1 min 39 sec) British Army tec
1. (1 min 52 sec) American troops wounded at Guadalcanal are flown back to base hospitals (Movietone) 2. (2 min 32 sec) Troops learn to live off the land in Western Australia (Cinesound)
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 171. (1 min 25 sec) Army Minister Francis Forde and Australian officers inspect us troops on parade. Forde addresses the men. 2. (1 min 57 sec) Instructor
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