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  1. APCs in support role DPR/TV/1082

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    APCs in support role DPR/TV/1082

    F04321

  2. Army Sioux pilot directing airstrike DPR/TV/1083

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    One of the main tasks of pilots of the Army's 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight based in Vietnam is directing airstrikes on enemy targets. Flying Bell Sioux helicopters, the pilots fly over the ...

    F04322

  3. Army Sioux pilot directing airstrike DPR/TV/1083 with voice over by David Combe

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald Combe, David Reginald

    One of the main tasks of pilots of the Army's 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight based in Vietnam is directing airstrikes on enemy targets. Flying Bell Sioux helicopters, the pilots fly over the ...

    F09367

  4. Artillery Fire Support Base DPR/TV/1097

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Artillery Fire Support Base DPR/TV/1097

    F04332

  5. Australian medical aid to villagers after Viet Cong attack DPR/TV/1042

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    The village of Ngai Giao, seven miles north of the Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat, was devastated during heavy fighting between South Vietnamese soldiers and an estimated company of Vie...

    F04299

  6. Australians train Vietnamese DPR/TV/1117

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    An Australian programme of refresher training for soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam is now under way. The 2nd/48th ARVN Battalion, the first of three battalions to undertake the six week...

    F04727

  7. Australians train Vietnamese in patrolling DPR/TV/1044

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Captain Bob Guest of Hamilton, Qld, gives the sign for a group of Vietnamese regional force soldiers to move forward, during an instructional course in patrolling techniques in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vie...

    F04300

  8. Battalion change over DPR/TV/1018

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    In a brief early morning ceremony at Nui Dat this week Vietnam veterans of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, handed over their responsibilities to the men of the 5th Battalion. The handove...

    F04288

  9. Bridgette the bridgelayer DPR/TV/1147

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    It's all very well to say don't cross your bridges until you come to them....what happens when you get there and there is no bridge. This is a situation often faced by the Army's 52-ton Centurion tank...

    F04361

  10. Bushranger helicopter gunship DPR/TV/1112

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Bushranger helicopter gunship DPR/TV/1112

    F04340

  11. Chieu Hoi programme DPR/TV/1059

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    The Australian Task Force Psychological Operations Section has adopted a new approach in its efforts to convince Viet Cong forces to give themselves up to the South Vietnamese Government. The techniqu...

    F04311

  12. Civil Affairs Vietnam DPR/TV/1113

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Montagnard farmers in South Vietnam's Phuoc Tuy Province will reap a better rice crop this year, thanks to the help of the Australian Army's 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit, based at Nui Dat. This m...

    F04341

  13. Dat Do protection DPR/TV/1108

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Australian Army engineers and Vietnamese Government Regional Force troops are working together to provide a new defensive system for the village of Dat Do, about 4 miles South East of the Australian T...

    F04338

  14. David Combe as an Army Public Relations photographer and cinematographer, Vietnam, November 1968 - November 1969, interviewed by Victoria Gwyn

    Sound

    Maker: Australian War Memorial Combe, David Reginald Gwyn, Vick Kosmider, Michael

    David Combe as an Army Public Relations photographer and cinematographer, Vietnam, November 1968 - November 1969, interviewed by Victoria Gwyn

    S05374

  15. Diggers in big fire fight DPR/TV/1111

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Australian soldiers in Vietnam this week had their two most successful contacts of the year so far with enemy forces. A troop of Bravo Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, supported by a section of infantr...

    F04339

  16. Engineers re-open Australian war route DPR/TV/1155

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Australian and American engineers worked against the clock in Vietnam this week to re-open the supply line to the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. Late last week the Viet Cong blew a 100 foot ga...

    F04368

  17. Engineers repair bridges in Vietnam DPR/TV/1076

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    Engineers of the 1st Field Squadron in Vietnam are currently repairing bridges and culverts along Route 23 in Phuoc Tuy province before the wet season sets in. The bridges are near Xuyen Moc a village...

    F04318

  18. Evangelist Billy Graham visits ATFV DPR/TV/991

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    International evangelist Billy Graham this week made a whirlwind one hour visit to Australian troops of the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, South Vietnam. The visit was part of a Vietnam-wide to...

    F04278

  19. 1 Field Regiment Anzac Day service DPR/TV/1074

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    ANZAC Day in Vietnam this year will be very little different for most Australian troops than any other day. Many will be on operations and those in base at Nui Dat will hold commemorative services to ...

    F04317

  20. First wounded Australian soldier in 1965 back in Vietnam DPR/TV/1139

    Film

    Maker: Combe, David Reginald

    The first Digger to be wounded after the initial build up of Australian forces to Vietnam in 1965 was given a little chance of recovery and even less chance of remaining in the Army. However today, th...

    F04356

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