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Cinesound newsreel circa 1950. Coverage of the Communist advance on Taegu. Shows fleeing civilians and South Korean troops. USAF spotter aircraft Cessnas and Texans. Pilots at Taegu. P-51 Mustangs armed with naplam and 500lb iron bombs. USAF P-51s attacking enemy positions with rockets. US assault on Hill 660. Bodies of dead North Koreans. Enemy shelling of village. North Korean POW. The first pictures of British troops in Korea, the Argyll and Southern Highlanders. P-51s of No.77 Squadron RAAF attack enemy positions near Hill 660 with with rocket, napalm and .50 cal. machine guns. Wing Commander Lou Spence, DFC was shot down and killed in this attack.
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950 covering operations of No. 77 Squadron RAAF. Item opens with shots of the two cameramen, G. Thompson and Roland Thomas (Bede) Whiteman, Cinesound News. Scenes of No. 77 S
Extracts from Movietone News newsreels relating to the war in Korea September to October 1950. 1. (1 min 36 sec). Coverage of the landings at Inchon, Korea 15 September 1950 by the X US Corps. Show
Long shot of island target range. Pan of harbour area showing installations. RAAF men backs to camera viewing with binoculars the attacks on the island. Smoke from explosions. 77 Squadron RAAF Mustang
Australian mortar crews bombard enemy positions with indirect fire from shelter of a hill. Australian Aboriginal soldier sighting mortar watched by other members of the mortar crew. Australian, US and
Cinesound newsreel circa 1950. 1st item. For Korea: Australian Army trains in Japan. Hiro Japan 3 RAR HQ troops being kitted out with uniforms and tin hats. Jeeps and trailers are to be the main metho
The Battle for Manifold, a "Queensland Cong" stronghold was the climax this week of Exercise "Barra Winga", which has just ended in the Army's Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland. It was a batt
