Take a glimpse into war photographers at work, capturing fleeting moments of conflict and humanity through the lens.
Frank Hurley and Damien Parer film Australian troops as they ride past in a carrier. Egypt, October 1940. Photographer George Silk.
Frank Hurley at the camera while Alan Anderson records the sound of distant bombardment. Derna, Libya, 30 January 1941. Photographer Damien Parer.
On board the minesweeper HMAS Orara, filming a German mine which has been swept from Bass Strait, 1940. The footage is held in the Memorial’s collection as F01976. Photographer Clifford Bottomley.
Department of Information cameraman Roy Driver, using his Bell & Howell Eyemo cine camera with a telephoto lens in the Philippines. He has used a gunstock to mount his camera. Unknown Australian Official Photographer.
Army Public Relations photographer Sergeant Mike Coleridge, holding a Bell & Howell 16mm movie camera, served in South Vietnam 1966–67. Photographer unknown. MISC/67/1032/VN
Corporal Douglas Charles Hardy of the Military History and Information Section (MHIS) wades ashore carrying a Bell & Howell cine camera as Matilda tanks of 2/9th Armoured Regiment disembark. Brunei, 10 June 1945. Photographer unknown.
Members of the international media record an Australian patrol in Dili, September 1999. Photographer Stephen Dupont.
