[85 Transport Platoon RAASC Vietnam, 1969-1970] / Ian Morgan

Accession Number F03611
Collection type Film
Measurement 53 min 14 sec
Object type Home movie
Physical description 8mm super/colour (Kodachrome)/silent
Maker Morgan, Ian Bell
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat, Luscombe Airfield, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Phuoc Le, Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1969-1970
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

A compilation of scenes taken in and around 85 Transport Platoon's area of operations, including:
aircraft of various kinds in flight; platoon members playing cricket and clowning for the camera, in various states of dress, showing off tattoos; tanks; a concert at Luscombe Airfield featuring singers, an exotic dancer and a comedian; Saigon street scenes; rice harvest; local beach; local people including mothers and children; airlift exercise showing three men suspended on a single line from a hovering helicopter; filming from the top of a moving vehicle; scenes of the countryside and local people; temples; recreational activities (swimming at the pool); photographing a black scorpion; earthworks and bulldozing; 85 Transport sign with Road Runner logo; further city scenes with Australian soldiers relaxing with Vietnamese women and other locals; a duck hearder; more scenes of camp life, the flight home.

Film order form
  • Part 1 Video of [85 Transport Platoon RAASC Vietnam, 1969-1970] / Ian Morgan (video)
  • Part 2 Video of [85 Transport Platoon RAASC Vietnam, 1969-1970] / Ian Morgan (video)