TAGGED: Second World War
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ABC war correspondent Chester Wilmot (1911-1954) pioneered the use of recording equipment in the field.

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Cate Shortland's second feature film Lore is an historical drama set in Germany after the Second World War.

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The first Academy Award ever won by an Australian is in the NFSA collection.

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This iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien Parer contains some of the most recognised images of Australian troops in the Second World War.

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This segment from Australian Colour Diary 4 is about a ceremony held at the Victorian Shrine of Remembrance to honour those who made the supreme sacrifice during the First and Se

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On the train, Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) introduces himself to Thomas Green (Glenn Shea), his wife Maude (Kylie Belling) and daughter Sophia (Rose Kirby).

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In 1995, the Queensland State Library managed to outbid some of the world's biggest museums to secure a collection of documents and letters written by Second World War 'Dam Buster' Charles Williams

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Mitch (Peter Docker) and Harry (David Ngoombujarra) sit beneath the cover of a tree partly concealed by foliage. They are in the jungle of Papua New Guinea.

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A young boy Keithy (Sam Kirby) runs along a dirt road screaming, ‘Djaambi! Djaambi!’. He jumps into the arms of his older cousin, Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) and both roll on the ground.

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One of the most poignant objects in the Australian War Memorial is the battered survivor of our worst-ever naval disaster. What happened to this liferaft and why is it so special?