Australia’s National Servicemen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1165

Date Released

1 Oct 1951

Date submitted

27 Sep 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Bulletins
2. 2International Athletics by Floodlight
3. 3Australia’s National Servicemen
4. 4Landing an Elephant
5. 5Some Important People Returning

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australia’s National Servicemen. DESCRIPTION: At a camp near Brisbane, some of Australia’s national servicemen prove that they’ve learnt a lot in six weeks, by the way they tackle the very strenuous assault course. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV parade & servicemen marching off. Ditto. SCU soldier placing charred bark of tree over his face. Placing helmet on head, covered in foliage. Various shots of the troops being put through their paces - on assault course. Crawling through pipes, over obstacles, charging, etc. Running towards explosions in fields, etc.

Keywords

Education and training; Environment; Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Australia; Brisbane

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

56134

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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