Mike Coleridge - Capture of four Viet Cong in hidden tunnel - F00296

Описание: A clip from a Super 8mm film donated by Juergen Raasch, taken during his service as a Lieutenant with 1 Field Regiment Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) in South Vietnam 1966 - 1967. Lieutenant Raasch was a Forward Observer working with 6 Battalion the Royal Australia Regiment (6 RAR), when this film was taken of the capture of four Viet Cong. Also shown in the footage filming with a Bell and Howell DR-70 16mm cine camera is Army Defence Public Relations (DPR) photographer/cinematographer the late Mike Coleridge (1933-2012). Coleridge's black and white footage of the same event is the DPR TV news story "6 RAR in 'Vietnam action DPR/TV/571" (AWM film F03848). This is the only known movie footage of Mike Coleridge filming in Vietnam.
The extract from the scene list compiled by Juergen Raasch relating to the clip:
Capture of four Viet Cong in hidden tunnel. Our efforts entirely. Forward Observer party decided to have lunch in a clump of bamboo which had a big hole in it that had obviously been disguised. Looking into it, I saw an elbow trying to be somewhere else. We altered Coy HQ stood back and watched the action). Trying to flush out the enemy by small arms fire, grenades and finally red smoke 'Our four' Viet Cong. Airlifting POW's to Vung Tau. Destruction of tunnel with TNT. Checking captured equipment and weapons.