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Antarctic mission
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
For many years, Australian soldiers have taken part in the annual resupply of Antarctic bases. Manning first DUKWs and later LARC amphibians, Army operators go through intensive training in ship-to-s...F03727
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Anzac Day parade 1972 (DPR/TV/1493)
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Anzac Day at the Australian War Memorial.F11455
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Armoured vehicles to Australian War Memorial DPR/TV/1492
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Two battle damaged fighting vehicles - a Centurion tank and an M113 armoured personnel carrier - are to be presented to the Australian War Memorial on Wednesday, 19 April 1972. The vehicles will be pe...F04552
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Army advisors in Sumatra DPR/TV/1510
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Australian soldiers are again assisting the Indonesian government in mapping out the huge island of Sumatra. The operation, which began last year, has been code-named Operation Gading, meaning Elephan...F04556
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Army assistance with NSW locust plague DPR/TV/1578
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
The Army's 161 Reconnaissance Flight, based at Oakey in Queensland, has been assisting the NSW Pastoral Protection Board for the past two weeks with air surveys to locate locusts which have infested t...F04595
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Army builds airstrip DPR/TV/1609
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
On sleepy Lord Howe Island, 480 miles east of Sydney, NSW, Army engineers are pressing ahead with the building of a 3,300 foot emergency airstrip for use when the regular flying boat service ends. Hea...F04657
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Army builds Lord Howe Island airstrip DPR/TV/1604
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Sixty Army engineers have been given the task of building an emergency airstrip on Lord Howe Island, because a flying boat service will close down after twenty one years of operations. The engineers, ...F04654
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Army fights locusts DPR/TV/1615
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
The Army was quick off the mark when the call came two weeks ago for assistance in helping fight swarms of locusts which are damaging crops in Central Queensland. The locusts are swarming in billions ...F04748
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Army Minister's visit to Singleton, Newcastle DPR/TV/1506
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
The Minister for the Army, Mr Bob Katter, made a routine inspection visit to Army establishments in the Hunter River/Newcastle areas. At Singleton, he inspected the 3rd Training Battalion commanded by...F04651
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Australians training in Canada DPR/TV/1649
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Canadian instructor discusses Greek social structures with platoon inside classroom. Outside, Canadian Warrant Officer instructor set scene for instructional demonstration of probable encounters with ...F04662
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Canungra: where professionals are made (DPR220)
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Canungra, Queensland training at the Army Jungle Training Centre.F10268
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Commandos exercise in Western Australia DPR/TV/1569
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Nine hundred crack commando and infantry troops are taking part in a realistic commando type exercise in the rugged Kimberley region in the north west of Western Australia. The exercise - Appian Way -...F04590
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Diggers in Hawaii DPR/TV/1525 [Excess of Australian troops in Hawaii DPR/S/139]
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Diggers in Hawaii DPR/TV/1525 [Excess of Australian troops in Hawaii DPR/S/139]F04735
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Food tasting ration packs DPR/TV/1261
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
The Minister for the Army, Mr Andrew Peacock, recently played host to members of the Military Board, senior officers and officials of other departments in a food tasting operation at Army Headquarters...F04432
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F-111, the first flight (Sentinel series)
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Trainee pilots and navigators undergo an intensive training course where they will learn "the mysteries of the swing wing", before they are allowed to operate the supersonic F-111 strike aircraft for ...F10273
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Indonesian cadets learn watermanship DPR/TV/1596
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Light rain and cool conditions failed to dampen the spirits of Indonesian and Royal Military College Officer cadets testing their skills in watermanship on the Molonglo River today. Eighteen officer c...F04648
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Indonesian cadets train with Australians DPR/TV/1594
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Indonesian cadets train with Australians DPR/TV/1594F04647
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King Cobra DPR/TV/1558
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
A tropic sea and the fabled island of Bali Hai - what better setting for a two-week cruise away from home? But for a group of Australians, this month, the 'cruise ship' was a naval frigate; the shipbo...F04588
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Malaria the recurring enemy
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Malaria has again become a major world health problem. Strains of Malaria parasite have been resistant to drugs and species of Anopheles mosquito have developed a tolerance for insecticides. Although ...F10274
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M60 and Leopard tank trials DPR/TV/16??
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Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
M60 and Leopard tank trials DPR/TV/16??F04663