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War Years

Film (Full Length) – 1983

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Cyril Bradwell

Narrator

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Doug Campbell

Narrator

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Martin Cock

Narrator

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Doug Edwards

Narrator

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Doug Elliot

Narrator

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Ernest le Grove

Narrator

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Michael Miles

Narrator

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Bob Pollard

Narrator

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Rex Walden

Narrator, Narrator

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Peter Whitchurch

Narrator

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Robert Allen

Original filmmaker

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Stanhope Andrews

Original Producer

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Bill Bailey

Original filmmaker

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Charlie Barton

Original filmmaker

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Bert Bridgman

Camera - Pacific

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Syd Brookes

Original filmmaker

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Fred Cockram

Executive Producer

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Frank Dyer

Camera - Pacific

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Mervyn Elias

Camera - Middle East

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Michael Forlong

Original filmmaker

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Free Grant

Original filmmaker

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James Harris

Original filmmaker

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Rudall Hayward

Original filmmaker

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Oxley Hughan

Original filmmaker

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Chris Lancaster

Editor

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Hugh Macdonald

Producer

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Bert Male

Original filmmaker

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Pat McGuire

Devisor, Director

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Ron McIntyre

Camera - Middle East

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Roger Mirams

Camera - Italy

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Cyril Morton

Original filmmaker

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David Newton

Sound Mix

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Sean O'Donnell

Assistant Editor

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Harold Paton

Camera - Pacific

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John Pike

Original filmmaker

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Russell Reid

Original filmmaker

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Kit Rollings

Sound Editor

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Geoffrey Scott

Original filmmaker

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Brian Shennan

Sound Mix

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Clive Sowry

Film Archivist

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Arnold Townsend

Original filmmaker

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Stan Wemyss

Camera - Middle East, Pacific

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Claude Wickstead

Original Filmmaker

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