RAAF Ubon (DPR RAAF stock shots)
Film F10353 Period 1960-1969Ubon, Thailand, circa 1960s. Sabre fighter aircraft of No. 79 Squadron RAAF, Canberra bombers, control tower, pilots briefing and air to ground shot of base.
Construction of Ubon air base (DPR RAAF stock shots) Accession Number: F10392
Description
Ubon, North East Thailand circa 1962? aerial view RAAF flight line and technical area at Ubon. [Reel 1] Aerial view of RAAF tent camp. Aerial view site of new hut with cookhouse and messes at centre and sleeping quarters and offices at either side. Other huts being built. Aerial view Ubon township.[ Reel 2] Thai men and girls laying cement. Sgt John Hall (left), Swaren, Indian interpreter and Corporal Col Robb of Narrogin, WA at site. Thai men and girls mixing cement and loading buckets. Thai girls with buckets of cement. Swaren walks through mud and water at site. Huts being built lumber in foreground. Thais setting up hangar truss with help of crane. Thais on truss. Warrant Officer (WO) Tim Gaywood, of Lakes Entrance, VIC, directs operations with Thais and crane in background. Close up of WO Gaywood. Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Charlie Lamb, of Perth, WA boring hole in purlin - pan up to Thais on truss. Squadron Leader John Lessels buys ice lolly from small Tahi girt at site. Thai workers lift truss to hangar frame. LAC Lamb and WO Gaywood talk to Thai worker. [Reel 3] Cutaway of 79 Fighter Squadron sign (Sabre in background). Sabre flight line. Pilot and groundcrew working on Sabre. Cutaway of RAAF flag and OC's pennant at mast. Squadron Leader John Lessels, of Toorak (Vic.) left, CO of RAAF construction unit at Ubon, and Sgt John Hall, of Bundaberg (Qld), consult plan of building project (RAAF Contingent Ubon sign in Background. Lessels and Hall walk past tents to jeep. Lessels and hall drive off in jeep pan to right. Jeep arrives at building site, Lessels and Hall walk to drawing- board in open. Lessels and Hall at drawing board. Thai carpenters fitting ceiling board. Pan right - hut building to cement-laying.
Details
Accession Number
F10392
Classification
Film
Object Type
To be confirmed
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: PDN
Format: 16mm
Sound: silent
Colour: b&w
Film type: PDN
Format: 16mm
Sound: silent
Measurement
Duration
Footage
Projection speed
Footage
Projection speed
Date Made
1962?
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Commonwealth of Australia copyright
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Units
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