... Army Film Centre, CB 59. Only internal clue to production date is remark "You should get these things by Christmas", implying late 1945. For history of CALLING BLIGHTY series see article by Paul Sargent in IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM REVIEW No. 7, pp 23-33.

... -2 Privateer and B-32 Dominator aircraft are relatively rare aircraft, both being deployed only in the closing phases of the Pacific War. Only fifteen of the B-32s saw action with one Philippine-based bomber group.

See MGH 4388 for further scenes on ...

... although almost certainly still Labuan).

Australian troops and Courtenay drink tea in camp. A large banner behind states: 'War Services - Salvation Army in Association with Australian Comfort Fund'.

Bare-chested Australian gunners pose by a 25 ...

... with the restaurants, cinemas, theatres and the manifestations of a city at war - shelters, emergency water supplies, women on war work, ... , military vehicles. The bright lights from the pre-war era are contrasted with a montage of the wartime blackout ...

... ), Singapore, Penang, Port Said, Alexandria and Gibraltar while serving on HMS Loch Achray with other Loch Class frigates.

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Summary: HMS Verdun transported the "Unknown Warrior" from France to England at the end of the First World War.

... acrobatic Khampas. The Mela (Fair) for war funds: assembling the bamboo stands, ... to bazaar across polo ground, polo, war, British Army trucks at Mao, Gurkha ... ) immediately after the Second World War.

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Summary: see Related Items for linked collection of papers photos and paintings. According to daughter's letter, her mother saw the film at The Plaza in Newcastle and it was after the war's end, as her father appears with Sergeant's stripes.

... , 'We are the Leicester Boys'.

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Summary: 'We are the Leicester Boys' is a marching song from the First World War often associated with the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. There are several known variations on the lyrics, but the ...

... 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. ...

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I. 'BRIDGE TO VICTORY.' Bailey Bridge panel sections are loaded onto a London Midlands Scottish (LMS) goods car. Footage taken in the interior of a steelworks manufacturing Bailey Bridge parts shows a female factory worker cutting steel girders with ...

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I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' HMS Indefatigable is launched down a Clydebank slipway as gathered crowds look on (completed May 5 1944). King George VI is given a tour of Indefatigable in Portsmouth prior to the ship sailing for the Far East. Accompanying ...