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On 25 April, Australia pays tribute to those who have served and died in military and peacekeeping conflicts.
Anzac Day initially commemorated members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who...
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New film and sound recordings have been added to the Anzac Sight Sound website to coincide with the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June, contributing to the final phase of...
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This is a clip of an Anzac Day march in 1933 at Strathalbyn, South Australia. It is taken from a home movie shot by K Loader.
The march comes down from Alfred Place, the site of the Strathalbyn and...
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This clip highlights aspects of life in Australia a century ago, including the activities of the Red Cross.
The clip is narrated by Bryan Brown.
This is one of four short trailers produced by the ...
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This film from c1916 features various wartime fundraising and recruitment activities.
It was shot from outside the General Post Office in Martin Place, Sydney, after rain.
In pavilion-style tent...
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Nurses from the Australian Red Cross serve tea and refreshments to returned soldiers, including those injured and in convalescence.
The Australian Red Cross Society was formed by Lady Helen Munro-...
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Filmed in Sydney during the First World War, this clip shows a Red Cross bazaar held in Martin Place to raise money for the troops at Gallipoli. The camera holds still on a sign which says ‘Red Cross...
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This newsreel segment shows a parade in 1915 for the French Red Cross. People dressed in costumes walk, ride horses or ride in horse-drawn carriages along an inner-city street of Melbourne, Victoria...
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This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1917 shows the first shipment of Red Cross supplies leaving Federal Government House, Melbourne for soldiers in Egypt. Men form a chain to...
