Home movie relating to the service of 37479 Lieutenant William Francis (Bill) Hindson (later MC MG), 1st Special Air Service Squadron (1SAS).

Accession Number F11483
Collection type Film
Measurement 29 min 11 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 8mm super/colour/silent
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 1967 - 1968
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Home movie relating to the service of 37479 Lieutenant William Francis (Bill) Hindson (later MC MG), 1st Special Air Service Squadron (1SAS). Footage includes 1SAS parading in Perth city centre; tent lines at SAS Hill, part of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) Base at Nui Dat; Lt Hindson filming himself in a mirror; unit returning from patrol; SAS Hill with UH-1 Iroquois (known as "Hueys") in the foreground; patrol boarding a Huey at Nui Dat airstrip; jungle patrol with gas masks; weapons training; footage from the air of a F-100D Super Sabre attack on jungle; recreation at SAS Hill; view of F-100D Super Sabres flying in formation from the air; view from SAS hill and a boxing match between members of 1SAS.

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