21 Australian Infantry Brigade amphibious training

The first thirty feet of this film was shot as a camera test. The subject of the test was the waterproofing of jeeps by personnel of the 2/6 Field Coy RAE at Barron River, Redlynch about 14 miles from Cairns. The rest of the film is deals with the amphibious landing exercises held at Unity Point north of Trinity Beach North Queensland by units of the 7 Australian Division 21 October 1944 and in November 1944. Scenes include: Engineers of the 2/6 Field Coy RAE laying mines and erecting entanglements on the beach. Engineers igniting a 400lb TNT charge to breach the entanglements. Engineers using mine detection equipment. Troops of the 21 Australian Infantry Brigade disembarking from Landing Ship Infantry (LSI). Matilda tanks of the 2/9 Armoured Regiment landing from Landing Craft Tank (LCT). Troops of the 21 Infantry Brigade boarding landing craft from troopship. Scenes on board the HMS Glenearn and landing craft prior to landing. DUKWs manned by the Mobile Workshop Wing AASC Mobile School coming ashore after having carried out experimental exercises at sea. U.S. Landing Craft Vehicle (LCV) stranded ashore. Offices studying the beach landing operations. One of the Mascots belonging to crews of the various landing craft. Engineers bridging the water gap between Landing Ship Tank and shore to enable the mobile equipment to land under its own power. Coverage of the 18 Infantry Brigade landing and breeching the wire entanglements. Identified personnel: Brigadier Dougherty; Brigadier Risson; Sub/Lieutenant Sanders, Naval Commando; Lieut G Scrivener 41 Aust Landing Craft Coy; Lieut P Tait 41 Aust Landing Craft Coy; Lieut J Maxwell 41 Aust Landing Craft Coy; Captain A F Austin 2/9 Armoured Regiment; Captain Clarence D Firstenberg U S officer of the Amphibious Training Centre; Lieut Colonel McCarty commanding 2/4 Pioneer Platoon attached 1 Australian Beach Group; Colonel C J Cummings MBE commanding 1 Australian Beach Group; Lieutenant Commander McKauge Commanding Royal Australian Navy Commandos attached 1 Aust Beach Group; NX73636 Pte W E Weir 2/4 Australian Pioneer Battalion attached 1 Australian Beach Group; Major-General E J Milford DSO GOC 7 Aust. Division; 20727 Petty Officer G J Butler; PA 4239 Signalman P N Collins Australian Naval Commando; NX36748 Major C H D Harper assistant CRE 7 Australian Division; VX66514 Craftsman V S Rogers 1 Australian Beach Group AEME Workshop; PM5216 Able Seaman Hams; VX Brigadier G O'Brien OBE, CRA; QX6053 Lieutenant Colonel H M Nelson MB Commanding Tank Attack; VX47082 Sapper H P Walder 2/9 Field Coy RAE; VX45923 Sapper R G Brima-Combe 2/9 Field Coy RAE; SX19301 Signalman M Beaglehole 2 Aust Beach Signals Section; Commander R S Pearson RAN Senior Officer commanding 1 Aust Combined Ops Sec ; Commander H H Palmer Naval Officer in charge of Cairns Naval Station; Rear Admiral A G Talbot DSO.