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[Billy Hughes, a stocky man with a wizened face, steps from a car to the front steps of a building. He shakes hands with an officer. Hughes and officers stand talking on the steps, then head inside. A car stops at the stately front stairs of a building. Officers line the stairs. As he walks down the stairs, Hughes shakes hands with them. He enters the car. Soldiers salute as the car drives off.
Standing on a pile of crates, a bearded man in a suit and hat addresses the large group of soldiers sitting on the ground facing him. Billy Hughes lies on his stomach behind the box, reading and smoking. As the bearded man walks away, soldiers clap and Hughes gets up. A wider shot shows the bearded man addressing the soldiers standing and sitting in a large circle before him. Trees line the edge of the field.
The Rising Sun badge appears in white on a black screen. A semicircle of sword and bayonet blades arches over a crown. Below, two curved scrolls read "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".]