The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) troops in training at Keswick Barracks, South Australia 1940. Shows soldiers wearing full webbing and helmets on parade Inspection by commanding officer and march past. Soldiers in slouch hats on parade drill. Various types of physical training showing men, running, boxing, using skipping ropes, Medicine balls and exrecising with .303 rifles. Demonstrationof unarmed combat showing unarmed trainer disarming soldier with a baynot and then aonther with a pistol. A tug of war match on an oval. Prize giving to the winning team. Back at the parade ground showing soldiers wearing with slouch hats. NCos entering the AASC Sreageants mess. A soldier with a 16mm camera filming. Physical exercise on the parade ground.
Melbourne Showground, Victoria, December 1939. Army School of Physical and Recreational Training exercising with medicine balls, mass drill, demonstrations of unarmed defence. Lieutenant General Sir T
Queensland, 1971-06-02. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), travel by barge towards the shore at Townsville from the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney (not in view) which h
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
Six soldiers are depicted on a vessel at sea; five of them are suffering the ailments of seasickness, each of them keeling over or slumped down in discomfort. The sixth soldier furthest to the right i
A patriotic amateur film, commences with opening title; shot of flags ; dignitaries making speeches in an official setting; preparation for military service, showing the donning of boots and other ele
Troops from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), probably with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan, stand at ease with rifles held to the ground. They are pa
