Dennis Michael Mitchell Special Air Service Regiment interviewed by Greg Swanborough for 'The sharp end'

Roll 15 Scene 14 Take 1; role of the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment was as the eyes and ears of the Task Force; used to seek out targets operated at greater range than other units and protection and insertion on the flank of the Battalion; latter the SAS was used in a more offensive role seeking out targets of opportunity and harassing the enemy; Mitchell doesn't consider the SAS an elite force; the SAS role was different to other units and required a different technique and person to suite the job not about elitism; Take 2; the reconnaissance side of the SAS; insertion and slow movement through the area ; observing well used tracks to gather information on enemy movement and what type Viet Cong or North Vietnamese main force; following tracks to find the enemy's camp; establishing observation post to gather meaningful intelligence; post so close sometimes it would be possible to reach out and touch the enemy; [ film runs out interview continues sound only for rest of the take]; Roll 16 Scene 14 Take 3 [retake of Take 2]; Take 4. looking back on Vietnam; Mitchell would like Australians to remember how well the Australian Armed Forces served them rather than the bitterness and divisive memories of that time. Take 5 retake of take 4.