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Cockatoo Island: Newsreel Film of Dockyard Activities (c.1939)

The largest island in Sydney Harbour became the major shipbuilding and dockyard facility for the Pacific during the Second World War, following the fall of Singapore.

Length: 12 minutes

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)

Source:

National Archives of Australia

NAA title number: C20T1, 1058784