The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An amateur film taken by R V Slattery while serving on the Royal Australian Navy Majestic class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Shows de Havilland Sea Venom jet fighters catapult take offs from HMAS Melbourne. Sea Venom taxies into take off position and catapult take off. Formation of Sea Venoms fly past. Long shot of a destroyer, then a frigate. Sea Venoms arrested landing on HMAS Melbourne's flight deck. Fairey Gannet No. 825 anti-submarine turbo prop aircraft catapult take off. Gannet No. 828 takes off. Gannets landing on flight deck aircraft are Nos 829, 828 and 833. Sea Venoms catapult take off (soft focus). Long shot of Royal Navy Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Victorious showing de Havilland Sea Vixens jet fighter taking off. Supermarine Scimitar jet attack aircraft landing. Sea Vixen landing. Scimitar and Sea Vixen take offs. Onboard destroyer or frigate views towards the stern.
In flight close up of RAN Fairey Gannet pilot. Aerial long shot of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Air to air shot of Fairey Gannet number 825. Gannet approaching HMAS Melbourne. Aerial of HMAS
An amateur film taken in the 1960s by C Fargher while serving onboard the RAN Majestic Class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Panning shots of Hong Kong harbour. Passing a ship wreck. At sea, Bristol
South China Sea 1962. RAN destroyer conducting an anti-aircraft shoot astern of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Flight Deck operations on Melbourne showing Sea Venom jet fighters and Gannet turb
Coverage of SEATO naval exercises during 1956. Opening scenes of aerials showing North Australian coast and large town probably Darwin. Aboriginal corroboree. At sea showing long shots of aircraft car
RAN River Class Frigate HMAS Parramatta (pennant No. 46) alongside the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Catapult take offs and arrested landings by Mcdonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk aircraft Nos 886 and
C.1960. AS SHE LAUNCHES A FAIREY GANNET ANTI SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMAS MELBOURNE (II) REFUELS THE FRIGATE HMAS QUICKMATCH. THREE FURTHER GANNETS ARE RANGED ON THE FLIGHT DECK AWAIT
