RAAF trainee wireless operators, Point Cook Accession Number: F01733

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Technical training in the schoolroom, workshops and in the air, of RAAF wireless operators at the RAAF wireless school Point Cook, Victoria.

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Accession Number
F01733
Classification
Film
Object Type
Actuality footage
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: PMP
Format: 35mm
Sound: silent
Measurement
Duration: 0h 6' 18"
Footage: 566 ft
Projection speed: 24 fps
Date Made
December 1939
Place Made
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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