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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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Colin Nicholas Kahn as Commanding Officer 5 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for The sharp end
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Kahn, Colin Nicholas Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 37 takes 1 Roll 3. The village of Binh Ba was a well known resupply and staging type of village for North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) troops; the battle shouldn't have taken place....F10602
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Douglas John Riding as Flight Lieutenant RAAF Forward Air Controller interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Riding, Douglas John Stuart Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 24 Take 1 Roll 8. His background as a Mirage fighter pilot and that all Forward Air Controllers (FACs) were fighter pilots; FAC pilot had to know the business of a fighter pilot to control fight...F10606
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Francis Adrian Roberts as a Lieutenant 1 APC Squadron interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Roberts, Francis Adrian Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Roll 13 Scene 19 take 1; his background as a school teacher and serving in the CMF with the 10th Light Horse; applied to the officers school at Portsea and commissioned in June1963 ; originally select...F10612
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Francis (Frank) Palmos as a correspondent for Sydney Morning Herald and Herald Sun interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Palmos, Frank Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 33 take 1 Roll 4. The evening press conferences in Saigon at 5.00 pm were called the "Follies" mainly because we didn't believe what was being told us; macabre sense of humour; essential for ord...F10603
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Graham Wallace Neil as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) RAAF interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Neil, Graham Wallace Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 24 take1. Fighter pilot in the RAAF; trained in Australia; conversions in Vietnam; he most of his work in III Corps; role of the FAC was act as the between the troops on the ground and the fight...F10608
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Ian Graham McNeill as a Military Historian, Official History Vietnam War interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg McNeill, Ian Graham Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 6 Takes 1 Roll 9. The strategy of operation Rolling Thunder was to bomb North Vietnam to bring them to conference table; the strategy didn’t work and on 6 March US Marines landed in Da Dang; bom...F10607
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John Alan Paule as Wing Commander 9 Squadron RAAF interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Paule, John Alan Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Roll 11. Scene 16 Take 1 Medical evacuations known as Dust offs not the usual 9 Squadron job; no more difficult than any other job; aircrew could not look after wounded as could the regular Dust off...F10610
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John Boyd Healy AATTV and 1 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Healy, John Boyd Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 1 Takes 1-3 Rolls 6-7. Australian Army Training Team (AATTV) were the first Australian troops sent to Vietnam in 1962; departing Singapore in civilian clothing because Singapore didn’t want to b...F10605
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Neil Ralph as Flight Commander Executive Officer RAN interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Ralph, Neil Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 22 Roll 1 takes 1 & 2. Background to the formation of the Royal Australian Navy's Helicopter Flight Vietnam; the Americans were short of helicopter aircrew in Vietnam; eight pilots four navigato...F10600
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Robert (Bob) Stanley Buick as a Sergeant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Buick, Robert Stanley Swanborough, Greg The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Gentle, Victor
Sergeant D Coy, 6RAR 2 June 1966 to 14 June 1967. Scene 19 Take 1: Describes how he came to be in charge of 11 Platoon at Long Tan and death of Gordon Sharp, National Service Officer, ex TV cameraman...F10632
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Robin Charles Harris 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Harris, Robin Charles Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 15 take 1. The reason he joined the Australian Army was that he was previously in the Citizen Military Forces thought it was great fun and that he was in a ‘dead end job; how he became a Nationa...F10611
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Rolf Basil Aronsen as Wing Commander 2 Squadron RAAF interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Aronsen, Rolf Basil Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 24 takes 1-3 Roll 6. Explains the role and organisation of 2 Squadron RAAF within the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF based at Phan Rang; the aircrew and their acceptance of their role in Vietna...F10604
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Selwyn David Evans as Wing Commander 2 Squadron RAAF interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Evans, David Clifford Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 4A Take 1 Roll 10. Commanding Officer 2 Squadron RAAF 1967-1968. Describes the difference between dive and level bombing; advantage of level bombing is that you can bomb under the clouds; proced...F10609
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The sharp end: witnessess of Vietnam
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Neal, Chris McCullough, Christopher Reynolds, Robert Gentle, Victor Reynolds, Robert
The first major documentary to look at the Vietnam War from the Australian point of view. The documentary takes the perspective of what it was actually like to be in Vietnam through the eyes and voice...F10599