[5 RAR first tour of South Vietnam, 1966-1967]

Accession Number F03746
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.
Description

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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