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Germans are about to take the Marnelles back to Europe but Mack manages to sneak off and inform the authorities. Ted Jackson rescues Marnelle but Miller's treachery enables the Germans to take off with the formula. Jackson hops in a plane and flies after Miller and Von Schweig, shooting them down
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We then meet two members of the
British secret service who are in a café – when another man is arrested the two of them flee. They trick a passing German car into stopping and knock them out – to discover Marnelle and his daughter are in the back seat, prisoners. They take the Germans uniforms, drive
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In Europe, a peaceful Czech scientist, Professor
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marching past. Von
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Australia’s magnificent effort in providing fine aeroplanes and fine men to man them. There is no better illustration of the Australian s adaptability than his capability in the air. The youngest nation in the world, it is foremost, on a population basis,
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Miller and his friend Ted
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The story was an original one by
Monkman, who then worked on the script with Harry Lauder. Filming commenced in June 1940. Shooting took place at Fig Tree Studios in Hunters Hill, Sydney with additional scenes shot at Camden. Financing was made possible by an overdraft guaranteed by the
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in aviation. With only seven million people, we have produced a notable number of air pioneers. It is this theme which is the background of ‘The Power and the Glory’.
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the prisoners to the airport and manage to escape in a plane. The
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is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia. It features an early screen performance by
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