The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Promotional film on the work of Royal Australian Navy in training of the Papuan New Guinea sailors on the naval base HMAS Tarangau, Manus Island, PNG. Recruitment of young Papuan and New Guineans for the RAN PNG Division. Technical and trades training to service and maintain the patrol boats including further schooling at HMAS Nirimba, NSW. Recuits selected for officer training are sent to HMAS Cerberus.
Part 1 of Island Sailors (Navy in Focus)
Part 2 of Island Sailors (Navy in Focus)
1. Jervis Bay 23 November 1967. HMAS Melbourne returns from the United States loaded with 24 new A-4 Skyhawk and S-2 Tracker aircraft for the RAN Fleet Air Arm. Shows aerials of HMAS Melbourne with S
1. Little ships big tasks. The RAN 16th Minesweeping Squadron on minesweeping exercises. Deploying the wire sweep to deal with moored mines. Preparation of the 'Otter' which keeps the wire at the requ
1. SEATO Exercise Sea Devil. SEATO's twenty first maritime exercise. HMAS Queenborough, Voyager and Vendetta escort HMAS Melbourne on one of the longest anti-submarine and naval air defence exercises
1. New Strength. The introduction of the Westland Wessex HAS.31 anti submarine helicopters, HMAS Supply (AO-195) a Tide class fleet oiler and Ton class minesweepers. The first of twenty seven Wessex h
1. Defoe shipbuilding Company, Bay City Michigan USA, 16 December 1967. Commission day for the RAN new guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane. Among guests was Rear Admiral Roy Benson USN. Admiral Ben
1. Escort to the Queen. HMAS Anzac (D59) escorts the Royal Yacht Britannia for Her Majesty the Queen's tour of Australia. Admiral Sir Roy Dowling appointed Australian Secretary to the Queen. Britannia
