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The V2 rocket on display in Trafalgar Square, London in September 1945.

The Vengeance Weapon Series: What is the V2 Rocket?

The first video in a new series about the V2 rocket.

Second World War 1939 - 1945

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Norman Hetherington with his puppets including Mr Squiggle

From camouflage to cartoons: Norman Hetherington

The remarkable story of Mr Squiggle's creator, Norman Hetherington

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Frank Clarke stands outside in his uniform

Ripples of Wartime: Frank Clarke

Frank Clarke is a Wergaia and Gunditjmara man who served in Vietnam.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Ripples of Wartime: Chas Martin

Chas Martin was called up for National Service in 1969 - and disobeyed.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Poppy lays on a marble sphere from the sculpture, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish

Tears of Hope, with David Wenham

A documentary film about the creation of a powerful memorial sculpture.

Major Peter Clay crouches in a field with two men.

Mine clearance in Mozambique

In 1994, Major Peter Clay filmed this home movie while deployed to Mozambique.

By Ally Roche

Peacekeeping 1947 - today

Engraved fountain pen belonging to Lieutenant Ronald Lister

From capture to liberation: a pen’s journey

The engraved fountain pen of Lieutenant Ronald Lister.

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Photo of Di Fairhead while serving in Vietnam

Ripples of Wartime: Di Fairhead

Di Fairhead went to the Vietnam War as a physiotherapist in 1969.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Remembering Australian UN Peacekeeper Ian Ward

On 12 Nov 1974, Australian peacekeeper Ian Ward was killed by a land mine in Cyprus.

Peacekeeping 1947 - today

Ripples of Wartime: Ruth Clare

Ruth is the daughter of a Returned National Serviceman who served in Vietnam.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Front side view of a Caribou aircraft on an airstrip with snow capped mountains in the background

Not your standard milk run

Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.

By Rebecca Forster-Osbourne

Peacekeeping 1947 - today

A group of seven Australians standing around a microphrone. Squadron Leader James Catanach is in the centre.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape, the largest Allied prisoner of war breakout of the Second World War.

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Informal portrait of Miss Evelyn Chapman

The battlefield brushstrokes of Evelyn Chapman

The first Australian female artist to portray the aftermath on the Western Front.

First World War 1914 - 1918

Ripples of Wartime: Lynn Arnold

Lynn Arnold was an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Portrait of Trung Nghia Ton in his Australian Army uniform.

Ripples of Wartime: Trung Nghia Ton

Trung Nghia Ton was born in Australia to parents who fled Vietnam after the war.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Neville Sinkinson sits in a helicopter during the early 1970s

Ripples of Wartime: Neville Sinkinson

Neville Sinkinson served in Vietnam as a RAAF helicopter crewman in 1970 and 1971.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

Ripples of Wartime

Ripples of Wartime is a series of 12 short interviews with Australians about the Vietnam War.

By Sarah Kershaw

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

A Glass Tribute

Two glass sculptural installations have been hand-made by artist, Annette Blair.

Preliminary works have just commenced as workmen prepare the site for the construction of the extensions to the AWM main building undertaken between 1968 and 1970.

An early renovation

Ernest Thain’s film shows the construction of two new wings between 1968 - 1971

By Emma White

Australia Prepared

In 1916, the government sponsored war documentaries to be screened around Australia.

By Sarah Kershaw

First World War 1914 - 1918

Patriots Australia Military Motorcycle Club members at the memorial

Riding in memory

The Afghanistan Avenue of Honour: a refuge and a place of contemplation, sorrow and love.

By Terri-Anne Simmonds

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021

First Qantas Baby Lift flight from Bangkok to Australia on 5 April 1975.

Operation Babylift, 50 years on

In early April 1975, the RAAF joined a daring US-led mission — Operation Babylift

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

The untold story of Sister Edith Blake

The only Australian nurse killed in action during the First World War.

First World War 1914 - 1918

Movie still from They serve that men may fly [AWM F10244]

The Home (movie) Front

During the Second World War, Australian servicemen and servicewomen captured their lives on film

By Sarah Kershaw

Second World War 1939 - 1945