Guardians of the RAAF. New Guinea venture. (RAAF Record No.14)

Place	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number	F10468
Collection type	Film
Measurement	11 min 7 sec
Object type	Newsreel
Physical description	16mm/colour (Kodachrome)/sound
Maker	Directorate of Public Relations
Place made	Australia, Australia: Victoria, New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area
Date made	early 1960s
Conflict	Period 1960-1969
Copyright	Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

Newsreel produced by the Directorate of Public Relations RAAF. Item 1. Guardians of the RAAF. RAAF guard dogs at the RAAF stores Depot Tottenham, Vic. Shows kennels, grooming and training of guard dogs. Guard dogs at work protecting Bloodhound Surface to Air Missle site at Williamtown. Item 2. New Guinea venture. Lae PNG, a RAAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft carrying Iroquois helicopters for six days tropical trials. Iroquois A2-389 flight to Goroka Markham Valley the operations centre. Shows Iroquois landing on pinnacles.