This 1919 film shows the repatriation of returned soldiers from World War I, including facilities for injured and psychologically affected servicemen. Vocational retraining schemes for able bodied men including building construction, bricklaying, barber training, pottery classes, automobile assembly and 'making harvesters at Sunshine, implement makers, furniture making and joinery, 'farming classes at Dookie Agricultural College' are also shown. Returned Soldiers commencing operations at Merbein. Permanently incapacitated ex-servicemen play musical instruments and do handicrafts from their beds at an Anzac Hostel. Glimpses of Returned Soldiers' farms.
Country of Origin: Australia
This is the new scan of The Digger Carries, one of more than 60 rare First World War films that the NFSA has provided for the new Sir John Monash Centre, in France.
NFSA: 10517