Accession Number | F03746 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 23 min 60 sec |
Object type | Home movie |
Physical description | 8mm super/colour (Kodachrome)/silent |
Maker |
Craib, Peter William |
Place made | Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Luscombe Airfield |
Date made | 1966-1967 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: External copyright |
Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
[5 RAR first tour of South Vietnam, 1966-1967]
Nui Dat 5 RAR lines, mess and kitchen. Road block on highway with support from US troops. Vietnamese from a nearby fishing village. MEDCAP at the same village. The barber at Admin Coy. Electricians installing power. Signallers laying lines. 'Tiger Five' helipad. Shrapnel damage to signal equipment. Road through BHQ Airstrip. Recce platoon returning from operationas. Cordon and search of Hoa Long. The mess hall at Nui Dat. Digging the Command Post at Battalion Rear Echelon. 'Tiger Five' helipad. Luscombe Airstrip. The US 155mm Artillery Base. The markets at Baria. US 175mm artillery in action. US troops using Luscombe Airstrip as a jumping off point. Harvey Cooks head. More US troops. (Reel 2). 'Tiger Five'. Resupply. Inside the Command Post. Luscombe Airstrip. Digging the Command Post. Spraying for mosquitoes. US 155mm Self Propelled guns at Luscombe Airstrip. Murray Craib collecting cans after the movie show at 'Charlie' Coy. The Regimental Aid Post. That same Command Post under construction.
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Video of [5 RAR first tour of South Vietnam, 1966-1967] (video)