The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cinesound Review news item on cadet pilots, Empire Air Training Scheme, (EATS) at a pre-embarkation parade. After the parade they are transported by bus to wharves. Airmen aboard troopship.
Extracts from Fox Movietone News newsreel Vol. 12 No. 46. 1. (1 min 16 sec) Melbourne, Armoured Division parade in support of war loan 2. (3 min 52 sec) RAAF trainees of the Empire Air Training Schem
Mute copy of a newsreel item of RAAF aircrews on a pre-embarkation parade; airmen detraining from electric suburban train at Port Melbourne; general shots on wharf; aircrews embarking on merchant vess
RAAF personnel waving from a bus as they prepare to embark on the Canada 7 convoy. Most of these men would have later served in England after receiving their Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) intstruc
A Lysander plane taking off at No.2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank. Lysanders where used as drogue-towing planes for air gunnery practice by trainees under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS)
Movietone News newsreel extract on the topic of National Defence, commentary by Harry Dearth. The Minister for Civil Aviation James Fairbairn addresses air recruits at Kingsford Smith Aerodrome Mascot
Group portrait of RAAF airmen training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. They are members of Class 46B Wireless Operator Air Gunners, RAAF No.2 Wireless School, Calgary, Canada. Second row from