The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 appear in this item released by Fox Movietone over one year after the event. 2. (2 min 34 sec) AIF jungle training in Australia. (Cinesound)
1. One year after the event details are revealed of the raid on Tokyo by B-25 Mitchell bombers led by Colonel James Doolittle in April 1942. Revelations that some of the men captured have been execute
1. (1 min 49 sec) Softening up bombardment by US Navy aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF58 before the Marshall Islands invasion (Movietone News) 2. (2 min 24 sec) Chinese workmen build ships for the
Extracts from Fox Movietone News Volume 14 Number 8. Item 1. (1 min 18 sec) Australian made anti-tank gun. Item 2. (1 min 36 sec) Women go to munitions jobs in South Australia.
1. (1 min 22 sec) Interview with Major-General Lethbridge pledging British support in the war against Japan (Cinesound) 2. (1 min 46 sec) Tivoli ballet girls give dancing display and thousands of pige
1. (1 min 42 sec) June Myer, the sweetheart of the forces (Cinesound) 2. (2 min 47 sec) Allied air and sea attacks in New Guinea and at Guadalcanal (Movietone)
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