Sir John Monash

Zoom out from portrait painting of Sir John Monash in military uniform.

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Travelling aerial over Melbourne city and surrounds. Tilt up to memorial statue of Sir John Monash on horse. MS bronze bust of Monash in public area. GS school boys exiting Scotch College, Melbourne via Monash gates named after Sir John Monash. Pan from gates to CU of plaque on brick wall honouring his achievements. WS pan across vast industrial estate and buildings of the Victorian Electricity Commission.

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CU photograph of Sir John Monash.

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Footage of young military personnel gathered at base of statue of Sir John Monash. Tilt up statue.

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CU B&W portrait of Sir John Monash.

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CU sign for Monash University South Gate. VS around campus of Monash University. GS Vice-Chancellor Dr Matheson chatting with colleague. GS Dr Matheson entering his office and sitting at desk addressing camera speaking about Sir John Monash.

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Pan across high angle drawing of Melbourne in 1865.

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Pan across high angle photograph of early Melbourne.

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CU tilt up B&W photograph of Bertha and Louis Monash standing with arms linked. CU photograph of baby John Monash propped up in small chair. Photograph of toddler John in plaid dress. CU photograph of John's face as young boy and standing with legs crossed.

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Tilt up B&W photograph of Sir John Monash as a boy with arm propped on piano.

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CU illustration of Jerilderie Post Office and drawing of Mechanical Institute & Free Library. Pan across drawing of town to Bee General Store.

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Pan across early photograph of Scotch College, East Melbourne.

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Pan along group photograph to Sir John Monash at age 16, Scotch College, East Melbourne. CU B&W photographic portrait of Sir John Monash at age 16 and MS photograph of him as a university student in gown and mortar board hat.

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High angle illustration over University of Melbourne with zoom out to grounds and surrounds.

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CU tilt up photograph of front of Melbourne Public Library. Zoom out to WS of Library from street.

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B&W photograph of Court Houses, the old Supreme Court, Melbourne.

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WS B&W photograph of Houses of Parliament.

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B&W photographs of Melbourne street scenes. VS buggies on street CU row of buggies lining street.

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B&W photographs of Sir John Monash as a young man in the garden of his family home in Hawthorn with his mother on the verandah above him. Zoom to GS of him in garden holding rake.

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B&W photographs of the rebuilding of Princes Bridge. WS shot of people in two row boats at base of bridge and man sitting on slip. WS Princes Bridge with crane to left of shot.

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Pan cross B&W photograph of surveyors standing with plans in front of horse and cart.

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Zoom out from CU of Sir John Monash as a young part-time soldier with the University Rifle Company to WS group shot in 1884 B&W photograph.

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North Melbourne Battery of the Metropolitan Brigade of the Garrison Artillery. WS and tilt up MS of Monash in uniform. WS photograph of soldiers sitting on steps of house with zoom to CU of Monash. MS 1891 photograph of Sir John Monash as a young man with his wife Victoria Moss.

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1892 photograph of activities at the Melbourne Harbour Trust where the young Sir John Monash was appointed Chief Draftsman. Tilt down from metal ceiling beams to group from Harbour Trust seated.

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VS Melbourne streets in late 1890s with trams and horse-drawn buggies along them.

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B&W 1894 photograph of Sir John Monash seated with father Louis and baby daughter Bertha. Zoom into CU of Monash's face.

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B&W 1890s photographs of Melbourne street scenes showing people walking across road, buggies, horse-drawn carts and busy city streets.

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B&W 1890s high angle photograph over crowds looking at reinforced concrete at base of bridge. Zoom out to WS of upper level of the construction with GS of Sir John Monash with co-workers on Anderson Street Bridge.

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B&W 1890s photograph of group of men in suits and top hats with zoom into John Monash amongst them.

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CU pan along B&W late 1890s photograph of horses and cars and pedestrians on street.

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B&W late 1890s photograph with tilt up from railway line junction to LS along straight lines travelling into distance.

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B&W late 1890s WS photograph of train locomotive at small station with people on tiny platform.

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B&W early 1900s WS photograph of train on railway bridge with one person standing at rear of carriage and an other on railway. Track along single carriage to engine carriage and guard on track at front.

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CU B&W 1910 photographic portrait of Sir John Monash with wife and daughter Bertha.

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WS B&W 1910s photograph of Sir John Monash's house "Iona" in Toorak, Melbourne. Zoom into front door of house.

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Various B&W 1910s photographs of the interior of Sir John Monash's house "Iona" in Toorak, Melbourne showing furnishings, decoration etc of the rooms.

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CU B&W portrait photograph of Sir John Monash in Dress uniform in 1913.

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Archival B&W footage of soldiers marching down street on their way to war, 1914.

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B&W footage of Iona, the Toorak, Melbourne home of Sir John Monash.

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Tilt down B&W 1915 photograph from head of sphinx to MS of Sir John Monash during World War 1.

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Archival B&W footage of smoke coming from gunholes in hills of Gallipoli.

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Archival B&W footage of soldiers lined up firing guns behind sandbags during World War 1.

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Archival B&W footage of soldiers evacuating from area.

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Zoom out from CU B&W photograph of Sir John Monash in 1916 as Major General of the 3rd Division to other generals around him.

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Pan along B&W photograph of King George V on horseback reviewing (Major General) Sir John Monash's Division on Salisbury Plain. Various CUs into scenes in photograph.

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Archival B&W footage of the 3rd Division in France showing various scenes on the flat battlefields. VS injured men lying on ground and soldiers walking along path past upturned destroyed wagons.

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MS B&W photograph of Sir John Monash seated in uniform.

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Archival B&W footage of fighting during the German advance into Amiens, France. WS explosion, soldiers on horses; high angle view over horse drawn carts past line of canons being fired. GS Australian troop wagons past camera and troops walking past cannon transporter. GS troops in trenches, WS cannons being loaded and fired on battle field and VS building ruins after the recapture of Villers-Bretonneux.

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Archival B&W footage of fighting during the German advance into France. WS explosion, soldiers on horses; high angle view over horse drawn carts past line of canons being fired. GS Australian troop wagons past camera and troops walking past cannon transporter. GS troops in trenches, WS cannons being loaded and fired on battle field and VS building ruins after battle.

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Archival B&W footage of fighting during the German advance into France. WS explosion, soldiers on horses; high angle view over horse drawn carts past line of canons being fired. GS Australian troop wagons past camera and troops walking past cannon transporter. GS troops in trenches, WS cannons being loaded and fired on battle field and VS building ruins after battle.

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1918 B&W CU of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash in uniform with zoom out to WS of him seated with senior Staff Officers of the Australian Corps at Bertangles Chateau standing behind him. Zoom in to MS of Brigadier General Thomas Blamey standing directly behind Monash.

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VS preparations for battles led by Lieutenant General Sir John Monash. VS infantrymen marching and riding with use of mechanical supports. VS men unloading ammunition and WS of cannons firing and shells exploding on battlefields. Troops on the move and pan across smoke from battles rising from forest.

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Access No. 145132 | 1 min | 1910s | Picardie, France | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |

WS pan across destroyed town of Hamel France.

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GS troops loading and firing cannons and VS battle with explosions, cannon fire and fighting the Germans during the Battle for Amiens 8 August, 1918 known as Ludendorff's Black Day.

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Various B&W photographs of German cannons lined up as trophies outside Chateau de Bertangles. High angle still of armed forces lining the entrance to the Chateau as King George V arrives "The arrival of His Majesty King George V at Lieutenant General Sir John Monash's Headquarters at Bertangles, on the occasion of the investiture of Sir John Monash with the KCB."

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B&W footage of King George V arriving at the Chateau de Bertangles to bestow a Knighthood on Sir John Monash, 1918.

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B&W photographs of troops lined up and military film and camera crews ready for the arrival of King George V at the Chateau de Bertangles to bestow a Knighthood on Sir John Monash.

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B&W footage of King George V at the Chateau de Bertangles bestowing a Knighthood on General John Monash.

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Tilt down B&W along photograph of troops eating and drinking in the trenches. Various photographs of troops on battleground and trenches posing for camera. CU tilt up photograph of a view of Mont St Quentin taken from a hill near Cleary.

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Montage of B&W photographs of troops fighting at Mont St Quentin. CU pan across photograph of the summit of Mont St Quentin, five minutes after it was captured by the 21st, 23rd, and 24th Battalions. CU B&W photograph of a sign which reads 'Roo de Kanga', a characteristic example of Australian street nomenclature, in Peronne, a month after its capture by the Australian troops.

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Australian Prime Minister Sir William (Billy) Hughes being greeted in the square of Peronne and meeting the AIF on his visit to the front.

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An aerial view showing a portion of the wire entanglements and trenches around the Hindenburg Line area.

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Victory celebrations in the streets at the end of World War 1.

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Photograph of Sir John Monash at the end of World War I looking at document in his role as Director General of Demobilisation and Repatriation.

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Soldiers marching down street at end of world War I with soldiers at side of street pulling children out of the way of marchers. High shot of troops boarding ships. WS troops sitting along edge of fountain (Trafalgar Square?). Repatriation.

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Various scenes of soldiers partaking in the Non-military Employment scheme instituted at the end of World War I while they were waiting for repatriation. VS of men being shown how to handle a Clydesdale shire horse, soldiers watching an activity seated at tables and men looking through surveying instrument.

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MS pan along B&W photograph with Sir John Monash seated at table posing with British military heads (and King George?).

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Access No. 145148 | 10 secs | 1910s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |

MS pan along B&W photograph of Sir James Quinn painting the portrait of Sir John Monash.

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B&W footage of demobilisation of soldiers to civilian life. GS soldiers boarding train. WS steam train along tracks towards camera. WS people boarding ship and MS of women with babies. WS ship departing and WS tug boat accompanying ship.

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CU B&W 1919 photograph of Sir John Monash arriving back in Australia and zoom out to MS with his wife beside him.

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MS B&W 1919 photograph of Sir John Monash and family newly arrived back in Australia.

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WS B&W photograph of Sir John Monash's home Iona in Toorak, Melbourne.

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CUs papers regarding the use of brown coal by the Electricity Commission of Victoria.

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MS B&W profile photograph of Sir John Monash at the time of being appointed Executive Director of the Electricity Commission of Victoria.

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CU B&W photograph of Sir John Monash with head half turned to camera.

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WS B&W photograph of Sir John Monash with fellow commissioners at the turning of the first sod for a power station at Yallourn.

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WS B&W photograph of horse and cart on dirt road to Yallourn.

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WS B&W photograph of surveyor measuring land amidst rushes at Yallourn.

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Montage of B&W photographs of the building of the power station and settlement at Yallourn. WS ploughs drawn by horse teams, WS giant scoop emptying into horse-drawn cart and timber-cutters working at bases of trees. WS burning off in front of house.

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Pan across B&W photograph of new timber houses built in the new settlement at Yallourn.

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WS B&W photograph of men walking along dirt road past new building construction at the new settlement of Yallourn. WS train at station platform.

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High angle WS B&W photograph over building sites at the new settlement of Yallourn. Pan across WS photograph of earthmoving equipment and horses.

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WS B&W photograph of Bucyrus Steam Shovel working in brown coal mine at Yallourn. WS photograph of structural work for new power station. WS photograph of workers on rail line.

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Tilt up B&W photograph from the banks of the La Trobe River to power station under construction. VS construction workers and part of the building.

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WS B&W photograph of power station at Yallourn with wagon in foreground. Tilt down WS photograph from power station to dam in foreground.

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B&W archival footage of man riding small caterpillar tractor in rural setting. WS of power electricity pylon being raised from the ground until upright in position. VS men securing pylon to ground. GS visitors to the field watching including Sir John Monash.

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B&W high angle archival footage of activity within Yallourn power station.

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B&W WS pan across Yallourn power station exterior. CU electrical components and VS switch room. Pan across power station in action with rail trucks along line and scoops in action on open cut mine.

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B&W 1929 photograph of Sir John Monash standing up in front of crowd opening the new hospital in Yallourn. Zoom to closer shot of him standing in front of crowd. VS people in crowd.

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B&W 1929 photograph of cars parked outside building. High angle WS photograph over newly established town of Yallourn.

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WS workers leaving Yallourn power station. VS electricity towers and components of power station.

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MS B&W photograph of Sir John Monash holding a lump of brown coal in his hand and zoom in to coal.

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Tilt down B&W photograph of statue of soldier in progress to Sir John Monash standing with two other men at base.

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MS archival footage of Sir John Monash in military uniform with old colleagues at Anzac Day march. GS around rallying point and high angle shots over march held in rain. VS of march, soldiers taking salute, crowds and crowds around cenotaph.

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Tilt up WS B&W photograph of Indian Parliament, New Delhi. Photograph of Sir John Monash with two other men in uniform for the opening of New Delhi. GS official horse-drawn coach and photograph of crowd of Commonwealth guests at the opening of new column named after Australia.

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Archival footage with MS of Sir John Monash in uniform.

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CU tilt up B&W photograph of Sir John Monash wearing various war medals and decorations.

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B&W photograph of Sir John Monash setting out for his office from his home, "Iona," in St. George Road, Toorak, 1929.

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B&W photograph of Sir John Monash in uniform.

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MS B&W photograph of Sir John Monash serving as Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne sitting next to academic.

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CU B&W photograph of Sir John Monash in profile.

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B&W footage of the garden of Sir John Monash's Toorak home "Iona".

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B&W photographs inside Sir John Monash's Toorak home "Iona".

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B&W high angle photograph over the draped coffin of Sir John Monash during outdoor service, 1931. Zoom into soldier with head bowed facing crowd of mourners. Pan across crowd.

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Archival footage of the funeral of Sir John Monash with WS of coffin arriving, memorial march and bird's eye view of funeral procession through the streets of Melbourne. WS cortge past the Shrine of Remembrance. GS coffin being carried to Jewish section of Brighton Cemetery. WS cannon being fired in salute.

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Tilt up to statue of Sir John Monash on horse and MS shot of bust statue. WS schoolboys walking out of gates of Scotch College.

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WS power pylon and VS power switchyard. WS tilt up open cut brown coal mine. GS Monash University campus with students walking around and closing credits.

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Pan across group photo of labourers engaged for rebuild of Princes Bridge.

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