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Weekly Review No. 140 - Easter Action on Bougainville

Short Film (Full Length) – 1944

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Mr Pip

Drama set amidst later conflict in Bougainville

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More war footage from Stan Wemyss

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Memories of Service 4 - Ken Bliss

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The Years Back - 9, The Unquiet Ocean (Episode Nine)

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A 2011 visit to Papua New Guinea

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War Years

A NFU compilation of Kiwis at war

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The Eventful Years

More RNZAF action in World War II

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This is Your Life - Charles Upham

A programme on a WWII war hero

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Pacific Stories

A documentary about the war in the Pacific

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Country Lads

Kiwi troops heading to war

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Weekly Review No. 249 - New Zealand and World War II

A postwar survey of wartime newsreels

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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

A feature film set in a Japanese POW camp

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Over Here

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Power from the River

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Kiwi soldiers in action in the Korean War

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A New Zealand soldier in World War One

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Short film about WWll veterans returning to civilian life