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I. 'AUSTRALIA.' An item highlighting the work of Australian factories in their support of the war effort. A male factory worker uses a circular grinding wheel to manufacture optical lenses at an optical factory making rangefinders for anti-aircraft ...

... rifles, and an M1 2.36-inch rocket launcher (Bazooka), moving through foliage near the beach. The event is photographed by an official US war photographer (G Short ?). USMC troops lay sandbags in shallow sea water at the edge of a beach to facilitate the ...

... merchant shipping. The commentary outlines the successful anti-shipping operation and stresses the contribution of Coastal Command to the war effort.

V. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit an agricultural camp in Britain to ...

... a Mills No 36M hand grenade into a suspected enemy foxhole position, taking cover prior to its explosion. German prisoners of war walk along a country road guarded by British infantrymen armed with Lee-Enfield Mk III rifles. Italian civilian refugees pass ...

... carbines.

II. 'TRIBUTE TO A CAMERAMAN.' Members of film units lay wreath at the Cenotaph in Sydney in memory of Australian war cameraman Damien Parer. Footage shot by Parer shows British Universal carriers and wounded in Libya; an artillery barrage ...

... a Japanese battle flag.

III. 'THE PORT OF ANTWERP.' An item stressing Antwerp's strategic and logistical importance to the Allied war effort. Panoramic views show Antwerp's large port facilities with tugs vessels 28 and 25 at work near the quaysides. ...

... a spot where Dutch civilians died in an attempt to defend a bridge (bridge not seen). Queen Wilhelmina takes to war widows dressed in black and women dressed in traditional Dutch costume. Dutch civilian police holdback large crowds of onlookers.

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... workers operate milling machinery. Brief footage shows female munitions workers. King George VI inspects an aero-engine factory (pre-war footage ?). Male and female working teams manufacture Thompson M1928 .45-inch sub-machine guns. British Army personnel ...

... PRISONERS.' Mr R G Casey, Governor of Bengal, boards a merchantman in Calcutta Harbour carrying British and Indian prisoners of war. Prior to boarding the merchantman, the men were liberated in Rangoon from three years of Japanese captivity. Smiling, but ...

... tame elephants to herd them into captivity. Film footage shows the capture and training of the reluctant elephants.

II. 'CLOTHING FOR WAR AND PEACE.' Panoramic footage shows the ruins of a textile factory apparently hit by a German "rocket bomb". ...

... by the merchant marine of Britain and Commonwealth.

Notes

Series sequence: this is the last issue under the title WAR PICTORIAL NEWS - from issue number 230 onwards, although the numerical sequence continues unbroken, the title changes to WORLD ...

... between British and Turkish troops. Rural scenes of goat herding and grain threshing as commentary points out that the war may be over, but the struggle with nature continues.

III. 'WESTERN DESERT.' An Indian infantry work party prepares rough ...