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A home away from home DPR/TV/406&407
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment, in Vietnam have found the monsoon season no great aid to their task of digging fortified positions in their constant search f...F03779
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Airstrike with Jade (6 RAR)
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Maker: Neervoort, John Bart
'Jade' was the codeword for the Forward Air Controller (FAC). The aircraft used was a Cessna O2 (Oscar Deuce).Scene opens with O2 landing on Luscombe Field at Nui Dat. Lt John Bart Neervoort dons para...F04919
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Anzacs take Viet Cong hospital DPR/TV/1225
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
ANZAC soldiers taking part in Operation Marsden have uncovered a large enemy hospital in the May Tao mountains, in north-eastern Phuoc Tuy Province. As soon as the news of the hospital reaches the hea...F04413
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A river patrol during operation Portsea DPR/TV/595
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Part of the song Rai River in the east of Phuoc Tuy Province was searched during operation 'Portsea' by soldiers of the Assault Pioneer Platoon of the 6th Battalion RAR. The platoon launched aluminiu...F10140
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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 marches DPR/TV/505,509
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Maker: Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
The Australian Army went on show in two far flung corners of the world recently - in Saigon, Vietnam and Rockhampton, Queensland. To mark Vietnamese National Day, 100 Australian soldiers and members o...F03817
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Australians claim mountain peak DPR/TV/1223
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
Australian infantry this week conquered the highest peak in a mountainous stronghold 25 miles north east of their Nui Dat base. Previous allied attempts to get into the ranges had all been repulsed. T...F04728
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Australians find large cache DPR/TV/1222
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Maker: Ward, Peter Anthony
In Vietnam last week the enemy effort in Phuoc Tuy Province received a major set-back when an Australian infantry company discovered a cache of about three tons of mines and grenades and numerous weap...F04412
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Battalion change in Vietnam DPR/TV/630
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Maker: Campbell, Byron Charles Coleridge, Michael
Nui Dat: About 600 troops of Australia's 2nd Battalion, RAR, based at Enoggera, Queensland, arrived in Vietnam today on board the troop carrier HMAS Sydney to start a year's tour of operational duty. ...F03887
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7 Battalion RAR advance party arrive Nui Dat DPR/TV/598
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
First elements of 7th Battalion RAR arrive at Luscombe airfield, Nui Dat from their former station, Puckapunyal, Victoria. They were ferried on the final leg of their journey from Saigon to Nui Dat by...F10141
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6 Battalion RAR, [Long Tan] battle aftermath DPR/TV/426-427
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The first eleven scenes were taken in the area of the bloodiest and most decisive battle yet fought by Australian troops in Vietnam to this date. The men shown clearing the area of captured Viet Cong...F10108
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6 Battalion RAR [Long Tan] battle aftermath DPR/TV/427
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
This is the scene of the bloodiest and most decisive battle yet fought by Australian troops in Vietnam. And these are the men of "D" Company, 6th Battalion, who took the brunt of the action. Seventeen...F03787
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6 Bn birthday parade & arrival HMAS Sydney Vietnam
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On 6 June 1966 in Vietnam 6RAR celebrated its first birthday as 420 newly arrived troops were inspected on parade by the Commanding Officer, Lieut-Colonel C. Townsend. Meanwhile in Vung Tau Bay H.M.A....F10097
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CGS visits troops in Vietnam DPR/TV/440
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Lieutenant-General T.J. Daly has visited Vietnam for the first time since his appointment as Chief of the Australian General Staff earlier this year. He was welcomed at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport b...F03794
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Christmas dinner with 6 RAR DPR/TV/537
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Christmas Day for Australian soldiers in Vietnam was the quietest since their arrival at Nui Dat, the rubber plantation home of the 1st Australian Task Force. And for a majority of the men, it was the...F03831
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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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Destination Vietnam 1969 (Home video)
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Maker: Neervoort, John Bart
Home movie relating to the service of John Bart Neervoot. Includes footage of 6 RAR embarking from Townsville to travel to Vung Tau, South Vietnam, on board HMAS Sydney; Early morning on the parade gr...F04913
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Enemy rice supply DPR/TV/525
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Australian troops in Vietnam are continuing to disrupt vital enemy food supplies. This bagged rice, part of a hidden cache of thirty thousand pounds, was found by crews of armoured personnel carriers ...F03823
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Exercise Grass Parrot DPR/TV/779
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Maker: Dunne, Bryan Rupert
At first sight, just a peaceful South East Asian village...villagers at prayers in the temple, a group gossiping outside...but the army boots give the scene away. So do the faces...faces like that of ...F03968
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Farewell for Anzac Battalion DPR/TV/1277
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
Nearly 800 men of the 6th Battalion the Anzac Battalion today paraded at their Nui Dat base for a farewell to Vietnam at the end of their 12 months tours of duty. The men were led on the parade by the...F04730
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1 Field Regiment RAA South Vietnam 1966-1967
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Maker: Raasch, Juergen Raasch, Juergen
“C” Company (Coy) 6 RAR area, Nui Dat 10 January 1967. Shows Coy lines in the rubber plantation. Forward Observation (FO) party accommodation. Coy general area and Landing Zone (LZ). Sentry post and ...F00296
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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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Funeral of Private V R Grice 6 RAR
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Maker: Channel 9 Queensland Television Ltd
Another Brisbane National Service hero of the battle of Baria [Long Tan] in South Vietnam was buried with full military honours. The flag draped casket of Private V R Grice Sixth Battalion [The Royal...F03706
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Geoff Martin Kendall as a Lieutenant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Kendall, Geoffrey Martin Swanborough, Greg
Lieutenant D Coy, 6RAR 8 June 1966 to 5 July 1967. Scene 19, Take 1: Describes first contact with Vietcong at Long Tan – moved forward to join 11 Platoon heavily engaged with enemy. Advancing Vietco...F10635
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Harry Arthur Smith as the Major Officer Commanding D Coy 6RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The Sharp End'.
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Smith, Harry Arthur Swanborough, Greg
Scene 1, Take 1: Night of 16th August, 1966 – Describes hearing ‘pop-pop’ of incoming fire at 1:00 AM while entertaining American pilots who flew F1s, as part of international hospitality session. Ne...F10631
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Home movie relating to the service of Major Brian McFarlane
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Maker: McFarlane, Brian William
7 reels relating to 25632 Major Brian William McFarlane's deployment with C Company 6 RAR to Nui Dat, Vietnam in 1966-1967. McFarlane was part of the 1st Australian Task Force in mid-1966 during its o...F00458
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36 hours in Vung Tau 1969
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Maker: Neervoort, John Bart
6 RAR Support Company on a 36 hour Rest and Convalescence (R&C) leave at Vung Ta. Leaving 1 ATF base at Nui Dat, passing the helicopter LZ of Kangaroo Pad. Scenes of countryside, demolished bridge, pe...F04915
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161 Independent Recconaissance Flight South Vietnam January-September 1967
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Maker: Campbell, James Douglas
ARVN Fortress near Courtney Plantation that had been attacked by Viet Cong the previous night. Australian sappers rebuilding the defences of the ARVN Fort. Myself [Jim Campbell] and Engineer Captain t...F04931
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Interview with commander of Anzac Battalion DPR/TV/1132
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the combined Anzac battalion, in South Vietnam, returned to their base at Nui Dat recently from the first major operation. The Anzac battalion is made up of thre...F04350
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Interview with Lieutenant Colonel David Butler DPR/TV/1285
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Maker: Jones, Michael John Brown, David Walter
Soldiers of the 6th Anzac Battalion, Nui Dat, have completed their 12 month tour of Vietnam, and are preparing to return to Australia, where the battalion will reform at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville....F04447
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It looks ridiculous but isn't (hats in Vietnam) DPR/TV/1249
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
Hats in Vietnam are fashion - even high fashion if you take odour into account. There are elegant models with softly drooped brims, models with jauntily cocked brims, new and old, battered and pampere...F04426
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John Charles Robbins as a Lance Corporal D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Robbins, John Charles Swanborough, Greg
Lance Corporal D Coy, 6RAR 8 June 1966 to 7 September 1966. Scene 5, Take 1: The 1964 conscription was seen as another part of life, an adventure. At nineteen, most hadn’t thought about Australia’s ...F10634
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Last patrol in Vietnam DPR/TV/628
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Maker: Campbell, Byron Charles
The last patrol against Viet Cong by 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, returned to base here this week to be led in by the Band and cheered along the route by officers and men. The patrol marc...F03885
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Long Tan remembrance DPR/TV/1164
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
Helicopters flew in equipment for the Australians when they moved back in to Long Tan to prepare for the memorial service. Later, after the area was cleared and the site prepared, the nine-foot high r...F04376
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Military Cross presentation DPR/TV/539
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Gallantry awards were presented to 11 Australian soldiers in a simple but impressive ceremony at Nui Dat, South Vietnam, earlier this week. Nine of the awards were won by officers and men of Delta Com...F03833
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National servicemen 12 months later in 6 RAR ex operation Enogerra DPR/TV/415
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
The date is the first of June 1966, and National Servicemen posted to fight with the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, and other units of the First Australian Task Force in Vietnam are b...F03798
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Neil Jackson Rankin as a Sergeant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Rankin, Neil Jackson Swanborough, Greg
Sergeant D Coy, 6RAR 2 June 1966 to 14 June 1967. Scene 19, Take 1: Contact with enemy at Long Tan. 11 Platoon came across a large group of Vietcong and flanked them by surprise. Take 2: Describes t...F10633
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Operation Burnham DPR/TV/1171
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
Near century temperatures and hundred percent humidity is enough to drive anyone to their favourite water hole. These Australian soldiers in South Vietnam are not out for a quick dip, though. The unbe...F04381
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Operation Enogerra DPR/TV/412
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
Australian Army engineers moved into the first operation, Operation Enoggera, carried out by the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, in the fourth wee...F03781
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Operation Portsea DPR/TV/592
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
At Luscombe Airfield in Vietnam, troops of 6 RAR "saddle up" for Operation Portsea before they are airlifted by helicopter into an area eight miles south-east of their base. The 6th Battalion is spear...F03857
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Operation Portsea DPR/TV/592
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The 6th Battalion RAR spearheaded the operation aimed at sweeping the Viet Cong from one of its last remanining strongholds in Phuoc Tuy Province. Boarding helicopters at Luscombe airfield the Austra...F10139
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Operation Rats DPR/TV/511
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
In the lines of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, at Nui Dat there is ceaseless vigilance against possible Viet Cong attack. But it is not all war in the Battalion, and the soldiers find ma...F03818
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Operation Smithfield DPR/TV/423 [Long Tan]
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Maker: Cunneen, William James
In Vietnam, the battle of Nui Dat [sic.] (Long Tan) in which soldiers of Delta Company of the Sixth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fought an epic stand against a hard core communist battalion, ...F03784
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Prime Minister presents unit citation DPR/TV/895
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The Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation, the highest United States award that could be given to a military unit, was presented to "D" Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, at a P...F04223
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6 RAR arrives for second tour DPR/TV/1101
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
Men of 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment arrived at Vung Tau, recently, for the battalion's second tour of duty in South Vietnam. In 1966, during its first tour it killed 245 enemy in the b...F04334
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6 RAR begins Ops in South Vietnam DPR/TV/1115
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Australia's newly arrived battalion in Vietnam, 6th Battalion, has completed its settling in stage and is now engaged in its first major operation. The operation, aptly named Lavarack after its barrac...F04343
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6 RAR conquers Mt Spec North Queensland DPR/TV/973
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Maker: Dunne, Bryan Rupert
Australia's Sixth Battalion, led by Lieutenant Colonel David Butler, has conquered Mt Spec, 20 miles south of Ingham, North Queensland. The battalion has hacked its way through some of the densest tro...F04265
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6 RAR exercise DPR/TV/370
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Maker: May, David Douglas
Raspberry Creek: Bone-weary, dirty and grimm assault pioneers of 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment after a 28 hour foot-slog through "enemy" held territory at Shoalwater Bay raced against tim...F03764
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5 RAR farewell parade at Nui Dat DPR/TV/1247
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Maker: Fairley, John Geoffrey
The 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, which returns home to Australia on February 27 from Vung Tau, held a memorial parade in honour of its soldiers killed during the unit's present 12 mon...F04425