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Members of Mobile Cinema Unit 82 prepare their projector before an evening show, New Britain, 1945.

65 miles of film

The remarkable effort behind mobile cinemas.

By Greta Wass

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Baniff Strike Wing attacking

The fight for Norway’s Skies

The dangerous conditions faced by the Australian and British crews of Coastal Command.

By Cait Tullis

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Japanese soldier points gun during military training video

Captured Japanese Film

Reels of Japanese film, captured by Australian forces post WWII

By Daniel Eisenberg

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Film still from 'Danger Close'

Danger Close

Actor Travis Fimmel talks portraying Vietnam War veteran Major Harry Smith in Danger Close.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Front side view of a Caribou aircraft on an airstrip with snow capped mountains in the background

Not your standard milk run

Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.

By Rebecca Forster-Osbourne

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Neil Davis leaps through the jungles of South Vietnam with his hand held Bell and Howell camera c. 1967

The crowded hours

Neil Davis lived on his instincts to produce startling footage of wars in Asia.

By Tim Bowden

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Film still of bayonet training in Australia Prepared

Australia Prepared

In 1916, the government sponsored war documentaries to be screened around Australia.

By Sarah Kershaw

First World War 1914 - 1918
Movie still from They serve that men may fly [AWM F10244]

The Home (movie) Front

During the Second World War, Australian servicemen and servicewomen captured their lives on film

By Sarah Kershaw

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Servicemen sit among the sandhills of El Alamein for a church service in September 1942

Sermon on the Sandhills

Sometimes the footage is not the most interesting part of a film.

By Sarah Kershaw

Second World War 1939 - 1945