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A day in the life of a grenade expert and his death (Visnews production number 13593-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
This dramatic film shows the death of a grenade thrower in the South Vietnamese Army. After making a series of single handed attacks on a Viet Cong position he returns safely to his own lines then col...F10521
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A day in the life of Army nurses at Vung Tau DPR/TV/676
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Maker: Coleridge, Michael
The Australian 8th Field Ambulance at Vung Tau in South Vietnam is the main medical centre where Australian casualties are evacuated form the battlefield, and helicopters have been lifting wounded sol...F03907
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Australian medical aid to villagers after Viet Cong attack DPR/TV/1042
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
The village of Ngai Giao, seven miles north of the Australian Task Force Headquarters at Nui Dat, was devastated during heavy fighting between South Vietnamese soldiers and an estimated company of Vie...F04299
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Australians in heavy battle: roll 3 and second part of roll 4 DPR/TV/1167
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Thirty eight Australian soldiers were wounded and one killed when 'A' Company 5RAR on Operation Camden engaged in a fierce battle with elements of Viet Cong 274 Regiment entrenched in a complex bunker...F04378
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Australians in heavy battle: rolls 1, 2 and first part of roll 4 DPR/TV/1167
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
Thirty eight Australian soldiers were wounded and one killed when 'A' Company 5RAR on Operation Camden engaged in a fierce battle with elements of Viet Cong 274 Regiment entrenched in a complex bunker...F04377
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Beryl Gant as the mother of Kenneth Gant D Coy 6 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Gant, Beryl Swanborough, Greg
Mother of Kenneth Howard Gant (b.1945), sn 1730941, D Coy 6RAR. Killed in action 18 August 1966, battle of Long Tan. Scene 5, Take 1: Did not like conscription especially with so many regular soldie...F10636
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Carey Howard McQuillan as a Private 1 RAR interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited McQuillan, Carey Howard Swanborough, Greg
Private 1RAR 7 June 1965 to 7 June 1966. Scene 9, Take 1, roll 66: Describes first impression of Vietnam and massive American war machine. 1 RAR well trained, prepared and felt comfortable with off...F10655
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Carmel Mararet Hurst as a civilian nurse, Government Surgical Team interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Hurst (nee Jorgensen), Carmel Margaret Swanborough, Greg
Scene F Take 1; part of the surgical team selected from the Royal Brisbane hospital in 1967-1968; describes the appalling conditions at Bien Hoa hospital; the daily work routine; Take 2. work entailed...F10620
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Colonel in pony drawn cart leads Khmer troops into Communist territory (Visnews production number 14265-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
A Khmer battalion led by a colonel in a pony-drawn cart edged cautiously into communist territory last Monday (29 November) just north of the capital of Phnom Penh. The day before the battalion lost 2...F10513
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Commander sees wounded DPR/TV/958
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Maker: Errington, William Alexander (Bill)
This week in Vietnam the Commander of the Australian Task Force, Brigadier Sandy Pearson, left the battlefield for a few hours to visit sick and wounded soldiers in hospital. From his field command po...F04257
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Denis Stanley Gibbons as a photojournalist for John Fairfax & Sons and UPI interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Gibbons, Denis Stanley Swanborough, Greg
Photo Journalist with John Fairfax and Sons Ltd, January 1966 to October 1968. Photo Journalist with U.P.I, November 1968 to November 1970. Scene 8, Take 1: Describes having no restriction of movement...F10663
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Douglas Graham MacLennan as a Senior Liaison Officer Civil Affairs Unit interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited MacLennan, Douglas Graham Swanborough, Greg
Scene 37, Take 1: The morning after the battle at Binh Ba the Civil Affairs Unit came in to access the damage. Most of the houses had been severely damaged by tank fire and were uninhabitable. Duri...F10641
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Dr John Edward Taske 8 Field Ambulance and 1 Field Hospital RAAMC interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Taske, John Edward Swanborough, Greg
Captain, 1Field Regiment 22 April 1966 to 5 January, 1967. 5RAR 6 January 1967 to 31 January 1967. 1Field Regiment 12 May 1967 to 12 may 1967. Scene 12, Take 1: Describes first impressions of Vietnam ...F10638
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Dr Michael Anthony Naughton as the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer 1 Australian Field Hospital interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: The Notion Picture Company Pty Limited Naughton, Michael Anthony Swanborough, Greg
Scene 16, Take 1: The staff of the 1 Australian Field Hospital operating theatre (OT) numbered about 12 – only 1 trained theatre nurse, the rest trained as OT technicians; National Servicemen from va...F10642
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Dust off DPR/TV/899
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Maker: Bull, Malcolm Norman
Dustoff helicopters the aerial ambulances of the Vietnam war have made the Vietnam conflict the safest war ever for the injured soldier. Only seconds after a soldier is wounded in battle or has trigge...F04725
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Dustoff Vietnam (DPR196)
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Maker: Directorate of Public Relations
Methods of casualty evacuation and hospital treatment available to troops in South Vietnam. Shows troops in jungle, wounded soldier being transferred via a 'dust off' helicopter and being transported ...F03230
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Dust-off Vietnam DPR/TV/1131
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Maker: Bellis, Christopher John
The Australian 9th Battalion returned to the jungle this week after a brief rest to try to find and destroy the enemy's rear service units believed to be operating out of the north-east of Phuoc Tuy P...F04349
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Experiences in Vietnam: [1 Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, May-September 1969 / Lieutenant Colonel B.H. Gutteridge
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Maker: Gutteridge, Bruce Heath
Lieutenant-Colonel B H Gutteridge was a pathologist serving with the Citizens Military Force (CMF) and was sent to South Vietnam for a three month tour with 1 Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau. Scen...F04760
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First wounded Australian soldier in 1965 back in Vietnam DPR/TV/1139
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Maker: Combe, David Reginald
The first Digger to be wounded after the initial build up of Australian forces to Vietnam in 1965 was given a little chance of recovery and even less chance of remaining in the Army. However today, th...F04356
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Francis (Frank) Palmos as a correspondent for Sydney Morning Herald and Herald Sun interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'
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Maker: Petersen, Joel Swanborough, Greg Palmos, Frank Swanborough, Greg Gentle, Victor
Scene 33 take 1 Roll 4. The evening press conferences in Saigon at 5.00 pm were called the "Follies" mainly because we didn't believe what was being told us; macabre sense of humour; essential for ord...F10603