Accession Number | F07126 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 5 min 24 sec |
Object type | To be confirmed |
Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
Maker |
Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) Kinna, Darrell |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Mareeba |
Date made | 30 September 1944; 8 October 1944 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Paratroops training
Description
1st Australian Paratroop Battalion in training in Mareeba area, Atherton Tablelands North Queensland. Shows paratroopers vaulting over sandbags and somersaulting on mat. Paratroopers exercising on the horizontal bar. Mortar crew set up and load mortar. Paratroopers board RAAF C-47 Dakota transport aircraft (A65-8). C-47 takes off from airstrip. Interior shots of paratroopers aboard C-47. Paratroopers jumping from door of aircraft. Shot from the ground of parachute opening. Shots from the ground of paratroopers jumping from aircraft.
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Video of Paratroops training (video)