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Photograph 082838A Second World War, 1939-1945LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, FEEDS THE SPECIAL RELEASE COPY OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP INTO A PROJECTOR.

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LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT W. WOOD, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, ARRIVING FROM THE AIRFIELD WITH THE SPECIAL RELEASE FILM OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP.
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, FEEDS THE SPECIAL RELEASE COPY OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP INTO A PROJECTOR.

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY, RE WINDS THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP FILM TO THE PROJECTOR REEL BEFORE SCREENING.

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. SERGEANT G. SIMPSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY DISPLAYS A BOARD ANNOUNCING THE SCREENING OF THE MELBOURNE CUP. THE FILM WAS RUSHED TO F

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. A TYPICAL GROUP OF TROOPS ARRIVING TO WATCH THE SCREENING OF THE 1944 MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED HQ FIRST ARMY.

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. TROOPS EAGERLY AWAITING THE SCREENING OF THE MELBOURNE CUP ARRANGED BY AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ATTACHED FIRST ARMY HQ.

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-11-12. STAFF SERGEANT M.A. BARR, AT 8.30 PM READS A COPY OF THE ARMY NEWSPAPER 'GUINEA GOLD', THE FIRST SHEET OFF THE PRESS CARRYING TWO BLOCKS OF MELBOURNE CUP PICTURES PRO
