Oceanic Historical Memorabilia

Based on Lawrence's autobiography 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,' David Lean's sweeping historical epic 'Lawrence of Arabia' followed the Arabian adventures ...

A beloved American blockbuster, Robert Zemeckis' 1985 sci-fi adventure 'Back to the Future' starred Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, blasted back to 1955 in the plutonium-powe...

Widely celebrated as one of the best and most influential movies of all time, Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 mafia masterpiece 'The Godfather,' based on Mario Puzo's best selling novel of the same name, intimately follows the fictional Corleone family over a 10 year period in 1940s New York as they struggle to protect their empire. Featuring career-defining performances from Marlon Brando as the titular patriarch of the Italian-American crime dynasty and Al Pacino as the reluctant son that ultimately succeeds him, the landmark film was a huge critical and commercial success, spawning two sequels and nominated for ten Academy Awards, going on to win three including Best Picture. Having designed the iconic black and white puppeteer logo for the cover of the original novel, American graphic designer S. Neil Fujita...

A stunning stone lithography poster for The Beatles' first full-length feature film "A Hard Day's Night," which followed the fab four over an anarchic 36 hours in London at the heigh...

A scarce unfolded Australian One Sheet poster for the first instalment of George Lucas' original, genre-defining, sci-fi trilogy. Two styles of art were used for the original theatri...

A sultry Brigitte Bardot sizzles on this striking stone lithography poster for the French screwball rom-com 'La Bride sur le cou,' released in Australia and the UK as 'Please, Not No...

Screen siren Raquel Welch sizzles in "mankind's first bikini' on this striking Australian Daybill poster for Hammer Films unforgettable prehistoric fantasy adventure One Million Years B.C. The quintessential image of a fur-clad Welch formed the centrepiece of Hammer's marketing campaign, becoming a best-selling pinup poster and, years later, famously featuring as part of the prison escape plot in the 1994 drama The Shawshank Redemption...

A stunning stone lithography poster for The Beatles' first full-length feature film "A Hard Day's Night," which followed the fab four over an anarchic 36 hours in London at the heigh...

Presented is a souvenir felt pennant celebrating the servicemen and women of the U.S. Air Corps who were based in Australia and fought alongside members of the Royal Australian Air Force during WWII. The navy pennant features a printed red outline of the Australian continent with the U.S. Air Corps “wings” superimposed on it. Below, the text reads, “Souvenir of U.S. Air Corps in Australia.” At the very bottom of the pennant is the U.S. Air Corps symbol. Framed according to archival standards, this pennant symbolizes the collaborative partnership between the United States and Australia during the height of the Second World War in the Pacific Theater. Following the swift Japanese conquest of the Philippines and East Indies in late 1941, the remaining servicemen of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific eventually relocated to Australia, to join other US and Australian units, including the Fifth Air Force, and regroup. The Fifth Air Force was placed under the command of Major General George Kenney in July of 1942. Their new goal was to seize air superiority over New Guinea and gain back air coverage over the Solomon Sea. General Kenney worked with U.S. Army General MacArthur...

Presented is a souvenir felt pennant celebrating the servicemen and women of the U.S. Navy who were based in Australia and fought alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy during WWII. The navy blue pennant is printed with the red outline of Australia underneath the U.S. Great Seal. Below that sits a white anchor with the abbreviation, “U.S.N,” and the words, “Souvenir of U.S.N in Australia.” At the fly end is a light blue kangaroo. Framed according to archival standards, this pennant symbolizes the collaborative partnership between the United States and Australia during the height of the Second World War in the Pacific Theater. On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Japan launched a relentless assault and quickly amassed a vast new empire with a defensive perimeter that ranged from western Alaska to the Solomon Islands. In the southwest Pacific, Japan threatened American supply lines to Australia. The Australian Prime Minister John Curtin called on America for help and the United States responded. Starting in early 1942, thousands of American troops began arriving in Australia, preparing to fight the Pacific war. By 1943, there were 250,000 Americans stationed in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Working together, the United States and its allies in Australia and New Zealand launched an Allied amphibious counterattack across the Pacific, repeatedly bombing and storming Japanese-held territory, targeting tiny islands as well as the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines. In early May 1942, U.S. and Japanese carrier forces clashed in the Battle of the Coral Sea. While both sides suffered major losses, the U.S. Navy checked a major Japanese offensive for the first time. In the Battle of Midway the following month, U.S. carrier aircraft destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers. By shifting the balance of naval power in the Pacific, Midway allowed US forces to take the offensive for the first time. The Allies soon set their sights on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and on New Guinea. In August 1942, the United States mounted a major amphibious landing at Guadalcanal. Naval forces under the command of Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey moved north through the Solomons and General Douglas MacArthur’s troops pushed west along the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, grinding out hard-fought victories by March 1943. Instead of launching ground invasions of Japanese strongholds, Allied planes and ships opted to isolate and neutralize key Japanese bases from the air and sea, and instead invade the less-well-defended islands. This practice of skipping over heavily fortified islands in order to seize lightly defended locations that could support the next advance became known as “island hopping” or “leapfrogging.” Soldiers, sailors, and the U.S. Marines pressed forward on two fronts, leaping from island to island in the southwest Pacific, while a central Pacific campaign began with the invasion of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. By the end of the year, a two-pronged assault on Japan was well underway. Throughout the Pacific War, but especially from 1942 to 1943, Australia remained an important base of operations. U.S. naval units frequently anchored at Sydney and Perth, and General Douglas MacArthur, who became the Supreme Commander of South-West Pacific Area in April 1942 initially established his headquarters in Melbourne. Many U.S. and Australian troops embarked in Australia, using it as a base of operations prior to their deployment to New Guinea and other islands in the Southwest Pacific. Between 1942 and 1945, nearly one million U.S. troops passed through Australia in their attempt to recapture the Philippines. Souvenirs such as this pennant were produced for both soldiers and civilians, to celebrate their joint efforts. This unique piece of WWII history is a testament to not only the large-scale collaborative military operations in the Pacific Theater, but also the successful cooperation between Allied countries. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Navy felt pennant, with a sewn light blue headband, and two looped ties...

An exceptionally rare and beautiful linocut daybill for the first Australian release of the 1923 silent romantic drama 'A Woman of Paris,' featuring t...

The ninth film in EON Productions' James Bond series, The Man with the Golden Gun was the fourth and final Bond film directed by Guy Hamilton and the last to be co-produced by Harry ...