The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A brief story of Private Chris Jones of Adelaide SA and his service in Korea with 3 RAR. Covers his voluntary enlistment, departure from Kingsford-Smith airport and flight to Japan. Sightseeing in Tokyo including General MacArthur's HQ and the Imperial Place. Scenes of Seoul, intercut with footage of earlier battles. Shots of Korean peasants. 38th Parallel and Imjin River area in summer 1953. Motor columns and troops of Commonwealth Division moving to forward area. Training dogs in mine detection. 25 pounder guns of the New Zealand Field Regiment. Scenes of 3 RAR HQ and supply dump. Life at the battalion's forward positions. Shelling intercut with troops sheltering in dugouts. Mess parades. Casualty evacuation by US Sikorsky S-51 helicopter. Private Jones relaxing in his dugout listening to radio news from Australia.
Australian and New Zealand troops took part in an Anzac Day Memorial Parade 1955. The parade was held in the camp of 1 RAR on the banks of the Imjin River. United Nations Officers attended the parade.
Film shows shots of Korean terrain; living conditions of 3 Battalion, RAR; method of supply to 3 RAR by Korean carriers; illustrates the cold weather uniform as worn by Australian troops in Korea; cam
Korea circa 1957-1958. [Reel 1]. Parade at a British Armoured unit with crews and Centurion tanks featured. Parade of United Nations forces at a military base. Flags indicate US, Greek, British an
A National Film Council production on the threat posed by Communism. Contrasts the freedoms and quality of life in Western democracies with the repression and poverty in the USSR. Scenes include Sovie
General coverage of 3 RAR in Kanp'a'ri area 1951. Shows troops moving up to take up defence positions supported by Centurion tanks of British 8th Hussars and New Zealand artillery. This film illustrat
Coast scenes. 2 RAR sign. Various scenes of the base at Puckapunyal. Officers leaving hut. Parade. March past by drummer and brass band. Officer watching the parade. RAR badge and Japanese garden feat
