The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Produced for the Australian Army by Cinesound Studios, Melbourne and Sydney. "The art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than any other arm" - Wavell. This is an Army Public Relations type film to show the general public various aspects of the training received by Australian infantrymen. The School of Infantry, then situated at Seymour, Victoria, is featured in the first part of the film. Opening sequence shows the School of Infantry badge on main gate (?); sentries; troops marching past and into classroom; inside the Monash lecture theatre, troops are shown by an instructor the various weapons used by an infantry platoon. Instructor using diagram and models illustrates various infantry tactics. Demonstration in a classroom of a mine detector. An instructor, using a stick, points out various features of the three types of radio used by the Army: type 62, type 31 and the portable radio carried by the infantryman, type 88. A sequence shows the various articles to make up a cold weather uniform and three soldiers dressed in: (1) cold climate, (2) tepid climate, (3) equatorial climate uniforms. Methods of visuals education are illustrated: Instructor operating an epidiascope showing slides of anti-tank guns and a Bofor, and a close up of a projectionist operating a 16mm movie projector. A general shot of troops examining infantry weapons both allied and enemy in the school's museum. An officer using a cutaway model explains to students the operation of a mortar bomb. A crew fires a mortar in the field, while other trainees are shown at pistol practice. Infantry advance across open field, lie on ground and fire .303 rifles. Bren and Vickers machine guns are demonstrated followed by a demonstration of a Rocket launcher (Bazooka). Soldier fires rifle grenade; another fires an Owen gun while others practice grenade throwing. A sequence shows a demonstration of a knapsack flame thrower and a 17-pounder anti-tank gun. A mock infantry assault is illustrated. Sub-title: The Infantryman in the Air (location: Williamtown, NSW). This part illustrates some of the techniques for training paratroopers: learning to fall correctly, becoming accustomed to movement conditions, practice in operation of quick release parachute harness, control of parachute lines, jumping from a tower with descent controlled by cable and brake. Advance paratroop students jump from a RAAF Dakota by day and by night. Several shots of paratroopers descending.
Coverage of the LHQ School of Military Intelligence Southport, QLD. Scenes taken in the Photo Interpretation Wing. Shots of the students entering class room. Instructor drawing on the blackboard. Stud
recto: Shows of a sketch of an advancing second infantryman in Syria. verso: incomplete sketch of an Australian infantryman advancing, holding a rifle and wearing a tin helmet. This is a preparatory
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-06. A SOLDIER ARMED WITH A GRENADE DISCHARGER CUP ATTACHED TO A .303 INCH RIFLE FIRES FROM THE HIP DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS INFANTRY WEAPONS. THIS POSITION IS ADO
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-06. A SOLDIER ARMED WITH A GRENADE DISCHARGER CUP ATTACHED TO A .303 INCH RIFLE FIRES FROM THE GROUND DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS INFANTRY WEAPONS. THIS POSITION IS
Depicts an Australian Infantryman in uniform, smoking a pipe and holding a rifle with bayonet, leaning against a wooden wall in a trench during the First World War. Further along the trench, in the ba
Demonstration of the assault course at Mughazi Camp, Palestine, 1941. Shows explosions around dummy tanks. Soldier throws a bomb at a tank. Soldiers firing 2 inch mortars. Troops running over the bare
