No 2 Squadron RAAF activities Phan Rang May 1971 (DPR RAAF stock shots)

Accession Number F10403
Collection type Film
Measurement 8 min 20 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 16mm/b&w/silent
Place made Vietnam: Ninh Thuan Province, Phan Rang
Date made 25 May 1971
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

Phan Rang, South Vietnam 25 May 1971. [Roll 1] Shows RAAF and No 2 Squadron sign outside of headquarters. RAAF flag outside of headquarters. Armament crew hooking bombs to crane at bomb dump. Crane swinging with load of bombs. Positioning bombs on trailer. Empty bomb pallets which will be given to Tan Tain Orphanage, which members of the crew support. Phan Rang Control Tower. Air Movement sign. Packing case of personal effects being nailed up. Paint being applied through stencil of box, stencil removed to reveal name. Close ip of Australian address on case. Piles of crates containing effects to return to Australia and members working at Air Movements. Crates lined up outside of Air Movements section. Phan Rang being painted on case. [Roll 2] Airframe fitters preparing wingtip tanks which will be fitted to Canberras, in place of wingtip bomb pylons, for the journey back to Australia. Wheeling out drop tank and fitting it to aircraft. Canberra bombed up taiing out of rivetment for sortie. Close up of ground crew marshalling taxiing Canberra. Ground crew meeting returning Canberra, bombs gone. Pilot leaving aircraft. Navigator leaving aircraft. Aircrew chatting with ground crew near aircraft, describing sortie. Aircrew returning to safety equipment section on tractor. [Roll 3] Barracks carpenter cutting timber to make crates for goods to be returned to Australia. Vietnamese carpenters nailing case ends. Carpenter using saw bench. Fork lift loading stores for return to Australia into Hercules. Air movement members loading Hercules. Hercules taxiing away at Phan Rang. Long pan shot of bomb laden Canberra taking off on sortie.

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