Summary: Australia's contributions to the naval war other than by the ships of the RAN (Royal Australian Navy).
Description: Most of the film consists of shots of stores and production at a naval base (Royal Edward Victualling Yard). General film of stores, with occasional inserts of activities; eg clothing, insignia, footwear, crockery, medical supplies, (inspecting a can of corned beef), oil, paravanes, torpedoes, guns, (testing gunsights, rangefinder), spare instruments, diving equipment, (good sequence on shell production: fitting shell to case, inserting primer etc), depth charges. Small arms ammunition is packed and loaded into boats. A brief sequence on ship-building, with work on propeller and shaft, riveting. Ship weighs anchor; ships at sea fire various armaments. Closing patriotic commentary with film of White Ensign.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:CAU 243
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940
Production Country: Australia
Production Details: Department of the Navy, Australia (Production sponsor)
National Films Council (Production sponsor)
Argosy (Production company)
Mill, Alan (Production individual)
Higgins, Tasman (Production individual)
Higgins, Arthur (Production individual)
Howes, John (Production individual)
Coffey, Frank (Production individual)
Graham, Peggy (Production individual)
Graham, Peggy (Production individual)
Hayward, John Nugent (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Australian Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: industry, Australian - ships (object name)
operations, Australian naval - sortie (object name)
supplies, Australian, storage [RA] - misc (object name)
Australia (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 992 ft; Running time: 11 mins
