The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
(DATE TAKEN AND LOCATION UNKNOWN). A PENDULUM HAMMER APPARATUS USED IN EXPERIMENTS ON THE INITIATION OF EXPLOSIVES. CAVITY-NOSED BULLETS ATTACHED TO THE PENDULUM HAMMER ARE ALLOWED TO FALL AND STRIKE A FILM OF NITROGLYCERINE, THE RESULTS OF THE MINOR DETONATION ARE THEN EVALUATED.
HARVEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1942-10-12. TRAINEE AT 3RD AUSTRALIAN CORPS TRAINING SCHOOL LIGHTING A MINUTE FUSE TO DETONATE A SMALL CHARGE AT THE BOTTOM OF A PREPARED BORE-HOLE. THIS CAUSES A CAVITY AT
Three 8mm Black and White and Colour films taken by Major Roy Maynard AAMC while serving in Malaya prior to the fall of Singapore. Major Maynard, a dermatologist, was initially a member of 2/9 Field A
Four lucky corporals serving with 1 Commonwealth Division in Korea meet Hollywood film star Debbie Reynolds who is visiting a nearby American camp during a tour of Korea. Left to right are: 12590 Corp
Four lucky corporals serving with 1 Commonwealth Division in Korea meet Hollywood film star Debbie Reynolds who is visiting a nearby American camp during a tour of Korea. Left to right are: 12590 Corp
German aircraft bomb sight removed from the first German two seater to be shot down in British lines, Palestine 1917. The instrument comprises two triangles with their peaks truncated, the smaller bei
Debris and rubble lines the corridor, off which are numerous cells, at the abandoned Qalat Al-Salman prison. The prison was built in the early 1980s, and housed many prisoners, mainly Iraqi citizens a
