The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The preparation of P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft (presumably at Laverton Victoria) for movement to Labuan to convert 81 Wing, RAAF, from Kittyhawks to Mustangs; includes few shots of a briefing of ferry (?) pilots. Shots of P-51 A68-727 and P-51 A68-794.
A general coverage of RAAF activities on Labuan Island and preparation for move to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). includes aircraft in training, conversion of fight
[Colour] Film opens with a number of shots of harbours, ships, islands bases and airstrip taken from a Beaufighter of No 93 Squadron RAAF probably on a flight from Kingaroy, QLD to Labuan Island circa
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
The fourth item on this Cinesound Review newsreel is coverage of the last DC-3 courier flight to BCOF in Japan by DC-3 A65-71 of 86 Wing RAAF. The Dakota left from Schofields airfield, west of Sydney
Item 1. RAAF Butterworth, 1964. Film taken while 77 Squadron Sabre aircraft were on 5 minute scramble alert on Quick Alert apron adjacent to threshold of Butterworth runway 36 during the Confrontation
The activities of 3 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert. Shows Squadron personnel messing, the evacuation of casualities by air ambulance, ground crew servicing Kittyhawk aircraft and shots from a fl
