The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
National events; a Movietone News item on Australia's industries and its part in the war effort. Featured are steel production at Newcastle NSW and shell manufacture at the Commonwealth armament factory Maribyrnong Victoria. Commentary by Jack Davey.
National defence; Movietone News item with commentary by Harry Dearth. RAAF recruits at Laverton Victoria. Aircraft featured are Avro Ansons and Hawker Demons (A1-35 and A1-53 are identified). Formati
1. (2 min 30 sec) Solomon Islands, American strikes from Guadalcanal. Activity at Henderson Airfield. Phot. US Signal Corps, arranged by Frank Coffey, commentary by Jack Davey, Movietone News 2. (2 mi
Training bomber crews at an RAAF Operational Training Unit (OTU). Commentary by Jack Davey, Movietone News. Beaufort bombers, parachute packing, practice jumps from Oxford aircraft and parachute contr
1. (1 min 36 sec) 13 Sep 1945. Cape Wom Airstrip Wewak, New Guinea, veteran 6th Division in impressive ceremony at Japanese surrender. Lieutenant-General Adachi signs the surrender before Major Genera
A Movietone News item with sub-titles covering RAAF training at Point Cook, Victoria with an introduction by Air-Commodore Richard Williams, CBE, DSO, then Chief of the Air Staff. There are four types
A Department of Information film made by the Commonwealth Film Laboratory for the National Film Council of the Motion Picture Industry. The manufacture of Pratt and Whitney single row Wasp radial engi
