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A day in the life of a grenade expert and his death (Visnews production number 13593-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
This dramatic film shows the death of a grenade thrower in the South Vietnamese Army. After making a series of single handed attacks on a Viet Cong position he returns safely to his own lines then col...F10521
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After being repulsed Khmer troops make new drive to Highway Two (Visnews production number 10670-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Voters trickled to the polls in Phnom Penh in a parliamentary election on Sunday (3 September), as government troops outside the capital city tried to break a tightening communist encirclement that ha...F10520
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Alan Anderson interviewed for the documentary 'Hell No We Won't Go!'
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Maker: Ansara, Martha Zetlin, Larry
Alan Anderson's involvement in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement and opposition to Conscription began in the early 1960’s. As a member of the Eureka Youth League and as secretary of the youth committee of...F09702
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Alan Graham Ramsay as an Australian Associated Press correspondent interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Ramsay, Alan Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 7 Take 1 Roll 1. Atmosphere among the first troops on fast troop carrier HMAS Sydney headed for Vung Tau; HMAS Sydney left in extraordinary secrecy and the route was unknown; Scene 7 Take 2 Roll...F10601
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Alexander (High (Sandy) MacGregor as the Commanding Officer 3 Field Troop Australian Engineers interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited MacGregor, Alexander Hugh 'Sandy' Swanborough, Greg
CO 3 Field Troop Australian Engineers 19 September 1966 to 29 April 1966. 1 Field Squadron 30 April 1966 to 12 October 1966. Scene 9, Take 1: Describes early techniques used to enter tunnels. Men wer...F10652
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Anne Berquier interviewed for the documentary 'Hell No We Won't Go!'
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Maker: Zetlin, Larry
Interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go."F09705
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Anne Rooke interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Anne Rooke was born in Britain into a large Catholic family which migrated to Queensland in the early 1950s. Her father was a man of strong social activist convictions who subsequently took the family...F09735
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Annual Xmas party 2 RAR
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Maker: McDonald, Alastair
A Channel TNQ 7 film of the Christmas party held at Townsville on Saturday 5 December 1970 for the wives and children of members of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) for screeni...F04624
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APC damaged by mine DPR/TV/989
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Maker: Bull, Malcolm Norman
During Operation Kinghit in an area north of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province an armoured personnel carrier of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment was damaged by an enemy mine set in a trail. The carrier wa...F04272
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Ap Suoi Nghe Medcap DPR/TV/824
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Maker: Thurgar, Kevin Denham
Among the most consistent activities by troops of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Provin...F03996
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Armoured personnel carriers come under Communist fire while bogged down (Visnews production number 10012-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Armoured Personnel Carriers - sent to the relief of a South Vietnamese Ranger battalion near Lai Khe - on Tuesday (15 August) came under North Vietnamese mortar fire when they became bogged down in a ...F10518
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Armoured sweep in Vietnam DPR/TV/1235
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
The Australian Army in Vietnam has mounted a full-scale armoured operation against enemy for the first time since World War II. Forty-four armoured vehicles and two hundred and seventy men are sweepi...F04421
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Army Chief visits South Vietnam DPR/TV/992
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Maker: Bull, Malcolm Norman
In a whirlwind visit last week, Australian troops in Vietnam were visited by the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly. Arriving at Fire Support Base Julia, in Phuoc Tuy Provi...F04273
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Army opens School Library in Vietnam DPR/TV/1011
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A Vietnamese High School library, sponsored from public subscription in Australia, was opened last week by the Commander, Australian Force Vietnam, Major-General A. L. MacDonald. The library is part o...F04283
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ARVN forces Vietnam
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Maker: NBC Visnews
Dong Ha defence troop reinforcement. NBC News Field report by Jim Lawrie on the ARVN defence of Dong Ha after retreat from the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone). 2. Visnews item on ARVN infantry, tanks on hig...F03386
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1 ATF assists disease outbreak in Phuoc Tuy Province DPR/TV/1151
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Following an outbreak of dengue fever in the town of Long Dien, about five miles south of 1ATF base this week, a team of Australian Army health technicians were sent to assist the people. Comprising a...F04364
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Aussies receive Cup, Phan Rang
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Maker: United States Air Force
No. 2 Canberra Bomber Squadron RAAF received the Duke of Gloucester Cup at Phan Rang airbase South Vietnam 10 June 1967. The Cup was presented by the Minister for Air Mr Howson to Wing Commander Aron...F03543
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[Australian Army Training Team Vietnam c1969-1970]
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Scenes around camp. Training local forces. Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) NCOs at weapons range and demonstration by US instructors on the construction and detonation of a napalm? min...F03571
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Australians and Vietnamese combine in operation DPR/TV/1146
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
In Vietnam a crack Vietnamese Marine Brigade has joined with the Australian force in an operation designed to deal a crippling blow to elements of three Vietcong battalions believed holed up in the Ha...F04360
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Australians protect United States land clearing DPR/TV/1161
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
US Army engineers have joined with Australian infantry in an operation in the north of Phuoc Tuy Province to flatten thousands of acres of jungle to stop the enemy using it as supply and operational r...F04373
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Australians remember
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Maker: Tapscott, Russell Leake, John Walker, Robert Meikle, Richard Johnson, Peter Burgess, Francis Patrick "Pat"
Depicts Australia's role in the two World Wars, Korean and Vietnam war. Uses archival footage as well as film of exhibitions at the Memorial.F10220
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Australian windmills Vietnamised DPR/TV/1283
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Maker: Jones, Michael John
Australian soldiers in Vietnam are preparing to hand over their ambitious village water reticulation programme to the people of Phuoc Tuy Province. Men of the 1st Australian Civil Affairs Unit are now...F04445
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Barry Arthur Peterson as a member of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Petersen, Arthur Barry Swanborough, Greg
Captain Adviser AATTV - 27 August 1963 to 14 October 1965. Company Commander 2RAR – 29 April 1970 to 1 June 1971. Scene 3, Take 1: The American CIA controlled the programme in Vietnam and Australian ...F10637
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Bath day DPR/TV/1006
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Maker: Bull, Malcolm Norman
After days of searching through dense jungles in their quest for enemy camps and caches, members of D Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, came across a river where they had their first ...F04281
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Battle for the town of Saang [Khum Srang] continues (Visnews production number 1285-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Some 22 miles (36 km) south east of Phnom Penh, is the town of Saang [Khum Srang 18 miles (30 km) south west of Phnom Penh] (pronounced Sar - ung) - by Saturday, January 30th, it had been under attack...F10509
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Beryl Gant as the mother of Kenneth Gant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Gant, Beryl Swanborough, Greg
Mother of Kenneth Howard Gant (b.1945), sn 1730941, D Coy 6RAR. Killed in action 18 August 1966, battle of Long Tan. Scene 5, Take 1: Did not like conscription especially with so many regular soldie...F10636
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Big enemy camps found destroyed DPR/TV/1150
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Australian infantry soldiers on a special short operation in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam, have found three large permanent rest and recreation villages and staging areas in the east as well as a nine-...F04363
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Bill White interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Bill White b. 1945 was a second year out teacher when he was confronted by conscription and knew there was no way he could go. In 1965, he registered as a conscientious objector citing opposition to ...F09731
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Brian Aarons interviewed by Martha Ansara for the documentary 'Hell No We Won't Go!'
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Maker: Ansara, Martha Zetlin, Larry
Brian Aarons born in 1945 was the son Laurie Aarons who became Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia. Brian burnt his draft card in public in the early days of the conscription campaign. The C...F09701
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Brian Beaton interviewed by Martha Ansara for the documentary 'Hell No We Won't Go!'
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Maker: Ansara, Martha Zetlin, Larry
Brian Beaton b 1949 attended the University of WA and although his father had been in the airforce, he himself was a pacifist. When his marble came up in the lottery, he was supported by University La...F09703
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Brian Laver interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Description to be provided by interviewer.F09749
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Brian William Howard 'Horrie' as a member of 3 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Howard, Brian William (Horrie) Swanborough, Greg
Major, CO A Coy 3 RAR from 16 December 1967 to 28 November 1968. Scene 42, Take 1: First memory of Vietnam is damage and destruction to country's infrastructure and landscape. Scene 29, Take 1, rol...F10664
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Bridgette the bridgelayer DPR/TV/1147
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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
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Bruce Cornwall interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Bruce Cornwall b 1950, was educated by the Christian Brothers and in 1947 enrolled in engineering at Melbourne University where he became involved in radical politics. In 1970, while in the heyday of ...F09714
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Cambodian Forces counter attack around Saang [Khum Srang] on the vital Viet Cong route to Vietnam (Visnews production number 1223-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
The Cambodian town of Saang [Khum Srang] epitomises the current war in that country. The small collection of villages lies astride Route 21, used by the Viet Cong as a route to and from Vietnam. Saang...F10508
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Carey Howard McQuillan as a Private 1 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited McQuillan, Carey Howard Swanborough, Greg
Private 1RAR 7 June 1965 to 7 June 1966. Scene 9, Take 1, roll 66: Describes first impression of Vietnam and massive American war machine. 1 RAR well trained, prepared and felt comfortable with off...F10655
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Carla Cranny interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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At her Catholic girls school, Carla Cranny was inspired by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and at a young age began a lifelong commitment to justice and peace. During university at the start of t...F09778
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Carmel Mararet Hurst as a civilian nurse, Government Surgical Team interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Hurst (nee Jorgensen), Carmel Margaret Swanborough, Greg
Scene F Take 1; part of the surgical team selected from the Royal Brisbane hospital in 1967-1968; describes the appalling conditions at Bien Hoa hospital; the daily work routine; Take 2. work entailed...F10620
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'C' Company remembers DPR/TV/1144
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
During their last operation, Operation Esso, C Company of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, lost three men killed and 16 wounded, when two mines exploded on the night of July 4th. Back in ...F04359
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Charlie Bowers interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Charlie Bowers began his post-school life in the Navy but entered a Catholic seminary in 1959 and was ordained as a priest in 1965. He became increasingly involved in anti-Vietnam war activities, and ...F09710
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Chris Dodds interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Chris Dodd was the eldest of a large Catholic family. His grandfather fought in the Boer War but during World War 1 campaigned actively against conscription. At age 16 Chris left school to enter train...F09715
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Chris Shanley interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"
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Chris Shanley attended a Catholic boys school at Ashfield in Sydney where students and some staff were influenced by the Second Vatican Council. Chris became part of group which met to discuss social ...F09736
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[Christmas messages 1969] Army nurses all States DPR/TV/? (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)
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Maker: Directorate of Public Relations
Christmas greetings to family and friends from Australians serving in Vietnam. Produced for broadcast on Australian television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relations. 1. F12487 Lieute...F04701
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[Christmas messages 1968] Commander's message DPR/TV/? (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)
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Maker: Directorate of Public Relations
Christmas greetings to family and friends from Australians serving in Vietnam. Produced for broadcast on Australian television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relations. Location filmed...F04690
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[Christmas messages 1968] Main titles DPR/TV/? (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Main titles for the Christmas greetings to family and friends from Australians serving in Vietnam. Produced for broadcast on Australian television by the Australian Army Directorate of Public Relatio...F04689
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Colin (Col Joye) Jacobson as a civilian entertainer interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Jacobsen, Colin Frederick Swanborough, Greg
Civilian Entertainer. NSW Concert Party. 2/66 16 August 1966 to 25 August 1966. Scene 18, Take 1: Sponsored by Australian Government in response to requests from soldiers in Vietnam. Group was the ...F10651
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Colonel in pony drawn cart leads Khmer troops into Communist territory (Visnews production number 14265-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
A Khmer battalion led by a colonel in a pony-drawn cart edged cautiously into communist territory last Monday (29 November) just north of the capital of Phnom Penh. The day before the battalion lost 2...F10513
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Contact close to home DPR/TV/784
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Maker: Campbell, Byron Charles
Troops of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, who had just finished a search of Hoa Long Village, about a mile from the Australian Task Force Base area at Nui Dat, Vietnam, suddenly found th...F03971
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Cordon and search Hoa Long DPR/TV/1015
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Three Australian soldiers were killed and five wounded accidentally during this cordon and search of the Village of Hoa Long, within sight of the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, in Phuoc Tuy Pr...F04285