Australian Task Force Vietnam DPR 189

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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.
Description

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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