The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 and Turkish forces present. 'SAC Library' sign in the background. 'US 8th Army Band' on the side of the bass drum of the military band. Fly past of a formation of Sabre jets. An outdoor party with food cooked in an 'hungii' (earth oven). Sign 'Ruho State to Commonwealth Inchon-Seoul Kohima'. New Zealand troops embarking on a transport ship. Scenes on board including a game of deck tennis. Scenes at Hong Kong. [Reel 2]. Commonwealth troops and motor transport in Korea. A bogged truck, bulldozer and US General Pershing tanks. Night scenes at a forward position. Commonwealth infantry in action and a casualty moved by stretcher. Shots from the inside of an aircraft and aircraft landing at an airfield. Vampire jets and transport aircraft on the airfield. Sign 'The Gimlets. First in Korea. Tank Coy. 21st [Gimlet] Infantry Regiment'. Tank park and maintenance performed on General Pershing tanks. A traditional orchestra (Thai?) at a parade with troop inspection and march past of New Zealanders. A picnic with Korean women and children. Scenes of Tokyo and the Ginza area. [Reel 3]. Snow, a pan of the miltary base. US Army Sikorsky S-51 helicopter lands. Sign 'Aotearoa HQ NZ Kayforce'. Scenes of Korean peasants. Rugby matches NZ vs UK and NZ vs Japan. Scenes at US 5th Airforce base K16. Australians and NZ at a ceremonial parade possibly Anzac Day. Turkish officers present at ceremony. Sign 'Crossing station Panmunjom'. Swiss and Swedish Camp Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. North Korean troops. Shots of installations on North Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line include carrier pigeon boxes.
Part 1 of [United Nations forces Korea 1957, 1958]
Part 2 of [United Nations forces Korea 1957, 1958]
Part 3 of [United Nations forces Korea 1957, 1958]
Australian troops captured at Singapore in 1942 and liberated in Korea by Allied forces after Japanese capitulation. Film commences with aerial shots of Korean landscape, moves to a panning shot of f
Fragment of United States training film on the armed forces of North Korea, China and the Vietminh. Shows North Korean Army troops and their Soviet supplied uniforms and weapons. Weapons shown include
United Nations Korean War Medal - British and Commonwealth issue. Gilded brass medal with the UN badge on the obverse. The reverse has the inscription: 'FOR SERVICE IN/ DEFENCE OF THE/ PRINCIPLES OF
United Nations Korean War Medal - British and Commonwealth issue. Gilded brass medal with the UN badge on the obverse. The reverse has the inscription: 'FOR SERVICE IN/ DEFENCE OF THE/ PRINCIPLES OF
Japanese propaganda film showing various scenes of captured US equipment and military installations on Bataan Peninsula, Philippines. Opening titles 1. ' Captured objects: airplanes four, tanks and ar
Extracts from Movietone News newsreels relating to the war in Korea September to October 1950. 1. (1 min 36 sec). Coverage of the landings at Inchon, Korea 15 September 1950 by the X US Corps. Show
