The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A home movie taken by an unknown member of 2/1 Battalion in Palestine and Egypt. Opens with the title. Gaza war cemetery. Views of the First World War Commonwealth cemetery. 2/1 Battalion troops marching along road. Arabs driving cattle. Medium shot of Australian wearing helmet. Close up of soldiers reclining gathered around a map. Medium shot of unidentified Lieutenant posing for the camera. Deir el Belah war cemetery. Various shot in the cemetery some featuring an Australian sergeant. The same sergeant drinking water. Arabs resting. Title 'Cairo' Title 'A few shot of the streets of Gezdra Island. Close up of Australian Captain with a pet dog. Street scenes. Pyramids. Shows the pyramids at Geza. Australians wandering among the ruins. Same sergeant as in the previous scenes posing for the camera infront of the Sphinx. Same sergeant and another lighting a cigarette. Long shot of sunset at Geza. Australians sightseeing at the zoo. Title. 'The gardens and town of Alexandria'. Shows the harbour area and street scenes in the city. Avenue Fouad. Australians sightseeing amongst the gardens. Title 'Taken from train window shots of the Delta country.'
A home movie taken by an unknown member of the 2/1 Battalion in Syria and Palestine after the campaigns in Greece and Crete. Opens with title 'I saw snow'. Australian soldier rolling a show ball at th
Shows Caribou transport aircraft taking off and landing at RAAF base Richmond. Take off shot from aircraft. Aerials of airbase. Scenes shot in aircraft cargo hold. Three aircrew walking along parked a
A home movie taken by Brigadier (Brig) John O'Brien. Brig O'Brien served as the Leader of the Australian Scientific Mission to Japan 1945-1946 and Chief of the Scientific and Technical Division Suprem
2/4 Australian Field Workshop, RAEME at Tobruk and Egypt 1942. Shows wrecked German PzKw III tanks. Close up of anti-tank projectile entry on PzKw II. Long shot of tank exploding. PzKw III wreck burni
Opening scene 2nd Lieutenant John Bryden Wells. Nile River scenes. Boulevarde, cars and horse drawn vehicles. Nile showing Egyptian boats [feluccas]. El Montaza Royal Gardens Alexandria. Alexandria st
An amateur film taken by Geoffrey Preston Hood while serving aboard the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia. Opening scene of a dug out canoe with native boys and men along side HMAS Australia. Long boat ful
