English War Brides for Australia : Archive footage
Saturday, 19 December 2009
British Pathe is a digital archive of films from 1896 to 1970. Pathe began as a company producing phonograph records and in the late 1890s moved into producing films. They were ahead of technology at the time, not only shooting film, but making equipment and operating a string of movie theatres. In 1908 they invented the newsreel and many of us would be used to the Pathe brand from the days when all movies were preceded by a newsreel.
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This film shows British war brides arriving in Australia. The commentary is of the time and quite delightful - though much of it would be considered politically incorrect today. Go to
Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 December 2009 )
English War Brides of Canadians
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
The interest in war brides has shown a big resurgence in the last few years and there is heaps of information coming out. Here is a news story from Canada about British women and their Canadian husbands from World War II.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 January 2011 )
British War Brides of Chinese Australian Diggers
Monday, 30 March 2009
Alastair Kennedy from the Australian
Demographic and Social Research Institute at Canberra's ANU, has
unearthed a handful of unusual war brides from the First World War.
Alastair writes about the brides he has found...
The blurb for this movie which you can download online says:
"Stationed to work side-by-side on a mission in post war Germany, French
army officer Henry Rochard (Grant) and American WAC Lieutenant
Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) fall in love. But just when they decide
to marry, Catherine is ordered back to the US - alone! The only way for
an alien, including her husband, to enter the US with her, is through
the congressional act governing war brides. So- the resourceful
Catherine does the obvious —disguises her husband as a sister WAC in
this hilarious classic..."
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 December 2008 )
Bride Flight
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
This film by bEn Sombogaart, follows the stories of 3 Dutch war brides and 1 man who follow their hearts to New Zealand after World War II.
We hope that this film will be subtitled and released to the Australian and New Zealand markets.
The blurb for this movie which you can