[Macquarie Regiment CMF on exercise]

Close up of 2 Division Citizen's Military Force (CMF) Tactical Sign on side of a vehicle. Soldiers moving along dirt bush road filmed in slow motion. Soldier wearing beret setting up mortar. Troops moving through forest floor covered with bracken fern. Setting up mortar and simulated mortar firing. Utility trucks arrive and unload troops. Machine gunners setting up Vickers gun. Two Vickers guns in position firing. Officers and radio operator with civilian spectators in background. Trucks carrying troops moving along forest road. The Captain Charles Reid and radio operators studying a map. Close up profile of Captain Reid. RAAF Meteors jet fighters fly overhead perhaps in simulated strafing attack. Slow motion shot of infantry moving up the ridge to the road. Same scene in normal speed with one of the soldiers carrying a Bren light machine gun. Sappers locating mines using mine detector and cloth tape to mark the mines. Two cooks with large kettle the one at the rear is Bruce Chapman. Troops finished for the day marching to mess parade. Cook Bruce Chapman preparing sausages and Bully Beef. Troops lined up and being served food. [Additional information kindly provided by the Macksville and District History Group]