The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYRIA. LOOKING ALONG THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN THE TOWN OF SAIADA (SIDON) ONE SEES A PICTURE TYPICAL OF THE AVERAGE MOSLEM TOWN. NARROW LANES SEEM TO RUN IN CONFUSED DISORDERLINESS BETWEEN RICKETY DWELLINGS AND OBSCURE AND DUSTY SHOPS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO REALISE THAT THIS UNIMPRESSIVE PLACE WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF ANCIENT PHOENICIA, ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTRES OF THE WORLD OF TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. TODAY SIDON HAS A POPULATION OF 17000 MOSTLY MOSLEM. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
Discusses Americans; Vietnamese currency; C-130 transport aircraft; New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS); camp conditions; tour of duty; weather; training; equipment; concert parties; No. 1 Australia