ABC special report: the war in Vietnam. The Australians in Vietnam.

The first item is an mute Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) news report using North Vietnamese and US news footage. Shows a Viet Cong supply route. Viet Cong guerillas in training with sub machine guns and rifles. Guerillas lectured by political cadre. Sharping pungi stakes and construction of booby traps. Anti American slogan on gateway to a Viet Cong village. Viet Cong digging tunnels and bunkers. A scene inside a tunnel. Women and children sharping pungi stakes. Viet Cong relaxing and messing. Political indoctrination. Instruction on how to shoot at aircraft. Training on the use of a recoiless rifle, bayonet drill, hand to hand combat with entrenching tool and unarmed combat. Fortification of the village using sharpened stakes. Scene change to United States Iroquois helicopters on airfield. Shots taken from helicopter on operations. US Army helicopters dropping off Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops. ARVN on operations in paddy fields. Village gateway with Viet Cong slogan is demolished by troops. US soldiers removing pungi stakes from booby trap. US troops inspecting tunnels and bunkers. Captured Viet Cong weapons on display including machine guns and mortars. ABC News report special, The Australians in Vietnam. A Canadian tribute produced by CBC news Toronto Canada. Shows Bien Hoa airbase. Australian troops on operations in War Zone "D". Voice over by an Australian commander explaining how operations are conducted. Shows the discovery of Viet Cong huts and tunnels. Australians setting fire to Viet Cong huts. Wounded Australians evacuated by helicopter.