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Australia 1944 - Melbourne streets, Melbourne Cup, Australian Alps skiing, surfers on the beach, cowboys...

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AUS1547484
Video title
Australia 1944 - Melbourne streets, Melbourne Cup, Australian Alps skiing, surfers on the beach, cowboys on a ranch, Parliament building in Canberra. American soldier writes letter on a train.
Date
1944 AD (C20th AD)
Video description

Clip from an Australian produced propaganda film for American audiences, which uses the device of an American soldier stationed in Australia writing a letter to his parents in the US. Clip features sites and street scenes in Melbourne and Canberra. Melbourne Cup, Australian Alps skiing, surfers on the beach, cowboys on a ranch, Parliament building in Canberra. Soldier writes letter on a train.

Photo credit
© Australian War Memorial / Bridgeman Images
Video keywords
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Largest available format 720 × 576 px 968 MB
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