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Accession Number | F10255 |
Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 27 min 43 sec |
Object type | Documentary |
Physical description | 16mm/b&w/sound |
Maker |
Directorate of Public Relations |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | c 1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright |
Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Australian Task Force Vietnam DPR 189
Covers the work of the units supporting the Australian infantry battalions in Vietnam. Shows 105mm Howitzers of the artillery; Centurion tanks and M113 Armoured personnel carriers; Cessna fixed wing spotter aircraft and Sioux observation helicopters marking targets; signallers using various types of communications equipment in the field; the establishment of an artillery Fire Support Base; Bushranger gunships of 9 Squadron RAAF in action firing rockets and machine guns, the work of intelligence units; destruction of Viet Cong tunnels by the engineers; resupply of units in the field; tanks and APCs supporting 5 RAR the battle of Binh Ba; a cordon and search of a Vietnamese village; winning the hearts and minds through the Civic Aid program; road building; repair of a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong.
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