The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AT SEA EN ROUTE TO TOBRUK. MAX "X", SKIPPER OF A SMALL TRANSPORT RUNNING BETWEEN TOBRUK AND BRITISH BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS COMMANDER OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE DURING THE LAST WAR. NOW AN EXILE FROM NAZI GERMANY, MAX IS SKIPPER OF THIS FRIENDLY VESSEL TAKING PART IN THE BRITISH STAND AGAINST NAZI AGGRESSION. HERE HE IS YARNING WITH STAN SHELDON, WELL KNOW IN SYDNEY SPORTING CYCLES, AND SHOWING HIM PICTURES OF SEAFARING INCIDENTS OF THE LAST WAR. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Shot by Damien Parer, the first scenes of this film are of a coastal craft flying the flag of Palestine. Max the chief engineer was a German U boat commander in the First World War and is seen talkin
The last athletics meeting of the British Commonwealth Forces at Kure, Japan, saw the Japanese employees running a 1600 metres relay race. Here members of the winning team are receiving their trophie
TUMMAR - FRIENDLY BRITISH TOMMIES OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS HAND OUT CIGARETTES TO THE ITALIAN PRISONERS IN THEIR CHARGE. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY F. HURLEY).
TOBRUK - VIEW FROM THE VERANDAH OF A HOUSE IN TOBRUK SHOWING THE CHURCH - THE ONLY UNDAMAGED BUILDING IN THE TOWN AFTER THE BRITISH ATTACK. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
TOBRUK - THE RADIO STATION AT TOBRUK WAS PUT OUT OF COMMISSION BY THE BRITISH AIR FORCE AND THE RESULTS OF ONE RECENT RAID ARE OBVIOUS IN THE LEANING TRANSMISSION TOWER. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
London, England. 1941. With the over running of Poland and the 1941 invasion of Russia by Germany, new political implications emerge. The Prime Minister of the Polish Government in exile (in London),
