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US troops write letters home and disembark a ship that has arrived in Australia. 1944

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Largest available format 720 × 576 px 593 MB
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Footage 720 × 576 px 592.5 MB 112
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AUS1547491
Video title
US troops write letters home and disembark a ship that has arrived in Australia. 1944
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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 CU shot of a woman's hands opening a handwritten letter. US troops writing letters home and disembarking a ship arrived in Australia.

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© Australian War Memorial / Bridgeman Images
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