As a veteran, I visited back to Vietnam 2 times 2017 and 2019, the war is truly gone, this country now is so beautiful and peaceful, people are so kind , I love Pho Bo

In VietNam, in the spring of '69, my U.S. Army infantry unit briefly worked alongside Australian soldiers. Extracting whatever ironic humor and amusement could be found in dreary and dire situations is an honored Australian art form. For a while, digging holes and filling sandbags was almost fun....Wonderful people.

I was in Vietnam '69-'70. Really appreciate you aussies!

My Dad: USAF 37TH/38TH ARRSQ. Sikorsky CH-3 Helicopter Flight mechanic and Gunner 1966-1967 Vietnam/Laos. Tan Son Nhut, Da Nang, Mugia Pass. I miss his stories and history lessons.

First time seeing the Aussie's in the Nam, in combat, Thx to all the lads who served! Cheers!!!

Thankyou for posting this is awesome. Im an Aussie living in the USA. Have been for 10 years..Whenever i speak to a Vietnam Vet (american) they always give praise about the Australian soldiers in Vietnam. I feel proud as an Australian for the courage the showed. My Grandfather fought in World War 2 and My great grandfather fought in the first world War.

Xem thấy thương cho người dân khi đó. Đó cũng là quá khứ rồi. Giờ cùng nhau hợp tác phát triển sống trong hòa bình.

Worked with the Aussies many times providing artillery support around Dong Ha Mountain, Northernmost I Corps. I can still remember his call sign, Blues Poppa. A brave soldier and an honor to have served with him. Welcome home!

This Video with the helicopters brings back memory of my auntie's story. My auntie has been telling us the following story hundreds of times. Each time she recounts it, she cries. It must have been liters of her tears over the years. # The story is .... # That was a Lunar New year in Vietnam. My aunt and her mother (my grand-aunt-mother; my mother calls her auntie) were travelling by ferry boat on a river in southern Vietnam. All of a sudden, American helicopters appeared, and shot at the boat. My aunt and her mother sat next to each other. Her mother was hit, and was dying in my aunt's arms (she was a small teenager at the time) # My aunt recounts of her mother's last words: "Daughter, it's certain I die. Don't forget to look after your siblings and listen to your dad." # Then she died in my aunt's arms. As said, each time my aunt recounts that story which happened 50 years ago, she cries.

Spent 6 days R&R in Sydney. They treated me like one of their own. Very fond memories. Alabama, Company B, 2/1 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Vietnam 1970-71

My dad was 1RAR Fully decorated,awarded the Military 🏅 Medal. Also had Agent Orange dumped on him...My heart almost explodes from my chest at the pride and love I feel for him. Will always miss him. I’m lost without him 👨‍👧😥 God bless all veterans 🙏

At 66 years, I Can only say how proud I am of our Diggers. The war was a Political sham where we had no business being there, and the same goes for our allies. I would have been twelve months away from possible call-up but it all ended. I doubt I would have had the courage shown by these men and cannot possibly imagine what they went through. There was no glory or recognition, and for years they were social pariahs, where you were supposed to be ashamed of your service. God bless all you men who served. You carried on a tradition of the Diggers who have gone before you, and more so in a thankless and bitter conflict. Watching those young men in Jungle Greens and Slouch hats passing in Parade makes me want to cheer and shout "good on ya Digger".

Thank you for this short film, I served in the middle east my dad at Nui Dat 161 my grandfather was killed on the Burma Railroad and my Great Grandfather WW1. Currently have kids serving. BZ NFSA.

Thank you to the Australians who fought on our side (ARVN) during the war. Your great courage and bravery will never be forgotten. Especially at the battle of Long Tan. Anzacs and Arvn forever!

Whoever cleaned up the original footage to be this good is a god.

Australia your the greatest. Saw you in action in Three Corps and you are truly fine soldiers. Quan Loi 1969-70

I remember seeing this on television as a child in Sydney in the late 1960s . I just can't remember which channel it was on. Anyway, the good old Commonwealth Film Unit did a bang-up job making this little doco on the Australian Army's role in South Vietnam in 1965, though the actual release date was 1966. Here's to you, John Abbott and all the crew members of the C.F.U., for directing and producing this worthy and historically valuable short documentary. Ah, 1965/66! The mid-sixties! Those were the days!

No one more braver than the Australians who served in 3 Corps. When their in the field, you can bet they will have your flank, front or rear. I served at Quan Loi and seen it. Salute to you the Brave! You are Australian!

Những thước phim lịch sử chân thật rất hay và đầy kỉ niềm của thời đó

The feeling of the Americans on September 11th is the feeling of my people during the 20 years of war. I don't hate Americans, but I absolutely hate anyone who attended and supported the Vietnam War. In my country there is no communism or capitalism, that is nationalism. My country's tradition is to love and take care of each other and never accept the presence of foreign countries, history has proven that... I am proud to be Vietnamese.

I served with an infantry division in I corps south Vietnam. The reputation of of the aussies as jungle gurilla fighters was second to none. US forces.should.have adopted their tactics in basic and AIT training. They were excellent jungle fighters.

Thank you Aussies for always serving proudly and distinctively beside US veterans during all conflicts past and present. All have my deepest respect from a US vet. Thanks again brothers!

A great song about the ANZAC fight in Vietnam is, "I was only 19".

Great film. I knew some veterans in Australia; good blokes. I got some tales. The ending of this reminds me of the beginning of 'Apocalypse Now' and could well have been the inspiration for it.

Proud Australians thanks Vietnam vets for representing us. 🇦🇺

Americans should’ve welcomed home their soldiers like the aussies did in this video. Doesn’t matter if you agree with the war or not, but it’s such a disgrace how American citizens and government treated the Vietnam vets! These brave men did what a lot of trolls and naysayers who run their mouths would never have the guts to do themselves!! I salute all the vets, thank you so much for your service. And welcome home to all the vets of the Vietnam war who never got a welcome home from its citizens!

Thanks Aussies for coming alongside us to fight. From a former US Army soldier and Gulf war vet.

Really Good to see this Video. Not Enough of these Around. Our Great Australian Allie's to the USA we are Grateful For Your Service... Hats Off to All of You

Bad Ass Aussies in action! I had no idea before this vid.! Thanks!

To all the Australian men who served in all the US wars: Thank you So much for your service and all that you gave to support the USA and Britain and others....Thank you...!!!

Been almost 50 years since I served in Vietnam, but I think back on it almost daily. Thank you to the Australian Armed Forces who have been great allies to the U.S. through their history. Quang Tri Province 3/70-3/71.

I was in that area at that time, well done film work some of the best I have seen, also it was great having you there, I supported the 11 ACR by being a FO in an ARVN Ranger unit attached to that unit, we walked while others rode.

Wow, this footage is great. The film is crisp. I would have never guessed it was the mid-60's at first glance.

I am so proud that I am Vietnamese.

My respect for the brave Vietnamese people who victoriously survived this dirty war of Nixon and Kissinger and Johnson.

If i was still in service, id fight alongside these brothers in arms. Bravo! Thank you for your service

Fortunately for us here in Australia our military involvement in Vietnam was not large and we only lost 521 men, which was significantly less than the number of Australians killed on New South Wales' roads in a single year in the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

R.I.P: Flight Sgt.Robert.E.Cox RAAF Royal Australian Air Force Door Gunner : 9 SQN Bushrangers Nui Dat , South Vietnam 1969-71 R.I.P. Dad :(

I was a Huey door gunner in southern S. Viet in '69/'70. I met a few Aussie door gunners. They were all very friendly, trying to sell Roo hides. Never could figure that out.

My brother who served in the US Army EOD in Vietnam 2 tours told me the Aussies and S Koreans were the some of the best fighters he saw there, I didn't even know they were there till then.

If anyone likes this kind of stuff, have a look at “No need for hero’s” it’s by a author who was told about the experience of the 3rd Field troop’s leader. It’s a great book.

My brother meet some Ausies when he was there in 1971. He said they were a grate bunch of guy's .

I served with The Seventh Battallion in South Vietnam, this a walk back in time for myself and my mates. Thanks for sharing this video.

Salute to the Diggers. Thank you for your service

The footage shot of the helicopters is just amazing.

Thank all you Ausies! Yall rarely get the recognition that you've earned and deserve you guys are some tough S.O.Bs Much love and respect

Thank you Film Australia for uploading entire films to KZfaq. It makes them more accessible and they are easier to share.

It’s crazy we have all this military strength but couldn’t win that war. Or Iraq Afghanistan etc. shows that the objective was never to win but to just fight endless wars

This is very good quality video. Thankyou for sharing. Peace be with all those who were affected by the war in Vietnam. ✌️

The Vietnam war from a different perspective, I liked it.

Lovely people Vietnamese. I visited Ho Chi Min city .Enjoyed my stay

Excellent film! This is the first time I've seen Vietnam war on the Australian side. Thank you for this informative video!

I feel for the half-starved rice farmers, just trying to feed their families, and all the men who had to go and fight in a war that nobody really wanted. My dad was a high school drop out, who got in trouble for some pot, and was going to jail or Vietnam. My grandparents had to sign him in, as he was 17. What he saw in Vietnam messed him up for life.

They should have titled this "Where Have All the Young Men Gone?"

Rất thích xem những thước phim cũ thời chiến tranh tuy chiến tranh nhưng coi nó có một điều gì đó rất giản dị mà đầy thơ mộng và vẻ đẹp thấy qua những thước phim trắng đen nhưng k hỉu sao mình lại rất thíc những hình ảnh cũ này và cả nghành khám phá khảo cổ nữa

No matter what county uninfform we we're wearing. We all followed orders. We looked after each , & became brothers. In the end we carryer our time there for the rest of out lives. You can't talk the talk unless you walked the walk. Speedy J 1966-1967-1968

It's ironic these films were in colour when we didn't have colour TV till '74. My first memories has a child were the 6pm black and white news with the Vietnam War around 71/72

Great film, great soundtrack. Incredible history.

The Bell UH1 is the best helicopter, the best looking, the beautiest helicopter ever made. I love that thing, in the past I'm flying with an another Bell helicopter, I can't remember that type, but it was incredible.

Ive had the honour of meeting and talking to Australian Vietnam Veterans. They where all conscripted and sent to war as young guys barely out of school. They dont talk much about Vietnam .One thing they all had in common is they preferedchiding out in the bush/jungle than making themselfs known to the NVA. They said the Americans would be mowing down landing pads with machine guns , smoking cigarettes and wearing aftershave.

We don't have modern weapons, we don't have the # 1 army in the world. But we have the Vietnamese heart and our aspiration for peace, that has helped us win against the invaders.

The narrators of these old films seem to have all been trained at the same school.

Thank you for the upload!

This is some of the clearest vietnam era film i have seen.

Amazing footage and documentary

Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

I respect your comments because you are so right. I served in Vietnam from 1968 till 1972 and after I got out of the service I started to read about what really happened in Vietnam and I was appalled for what we did there. I respect the Vietnamese People for fighting for their independence. I greatly admire Ho Chi Minh. A TRUE PARTIOT.

Ho Chi Minh (1898-1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary who led the North VN from 1954 until his death in 1969. HCM became leader of North Vietnam on 1954, and his rule was a dictatorship. During his time in power he imposed agrarian socialism,forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects.The combined effects of executions,forced labor,malnutrition,and poor medical care resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 million people

God Bless Australian Armed Forces Thank You All For Your Help

Our Australia brothers are not afraid of anything, God bless.

Great Video. Much Respect to all the Diggers who served in Viet Nam from Marine Attack Squadron ( VMA ) 225 Viet Nam 1965

One of the better documentaries on military service that I've seen. This doc was not meant to be a commentary on the war, but on what Australia's soldiers are doing in Vietnam and what serving there is like. I also love the crisp, clear quality of the film stock and how well it's held up after almost 50 years. It seems that this film was made and then saved in a vault somewhere. It seems like you're looking at recently shot footage.

At the very end of the clip, with the imagery of the sun and the Hueys in the distance, as well as the Hueys passing in the foreground, you can see that Coppola borrowed those shots for Apocalypse Now. He or the cinematographers must have seen this film.

Nice documentation from Australia troops during Vietnam war ,beautiful pictures,thanks for posting.(soluu huong ARVN )

Some old men said that Australian soldiers were very smart, they only chose the tops of hills and mountains to camp because they could easily see everything happening around their area.

I watch clips like these for nostalgic reasons. Besides it looks good.

Aussies were some of the finest troops in Vietnam. Never claimed kills unless they put a boot on a dead vc.

Chica 476, thank you very much for your response and for your support. your right about the liberal-turds and all the hot-beds back then. I was drafted because I was a poor minority that did not have the funds to got to college. they wiped out our neighborhood and drafted us. We didn't run, we were proud to serve just like my uncles in WWII and my brothers during the Korea conflict. I did not expect anything for my service, but I did not expect spit and name calling for something I had no control at such a young age. I am proud to have served and would do it again regardless of my PTSD and nightmares from the war. I served with the 2nd of the 8th Infantry (panthers) 4th Infantry Division, in the Central Highlands (jungle) near Pleiku as a Combat Medic 1966 and 1967.

This was awesome and very interesting getting to see something from Vietnam in so much color and detail along side with a very good picture quility. TY

I am a Vietnamese man born after the post-war 1975. I close my eyes to the soldiers who came to fight in Vietnam .. Even though the Republican republic failed, Post-war generations like us are always grateful for your great sacrifice for our natio

Documentary and images of great quality.

From a Vietnam US Army Medic (Phu Bai & Hue) to ALL the Diggers : Thank You & Welcome Home .

Looks like this was shot in the 90's !! Amazing quality.

Вьетнамцы - настоящие Герои! Дали прикурить всей этой американской и австралийской Нечисти! Браво вьетнамцы!

Many countries got rich from the Vietnam War such as Korea and Thailand in leasing, selling weapons, and leasing airports

They did a awesome great job those Aussie troops yes in deed

Proud of my Dad and his mates - 105 Field Battery - go the Tigers!

I think I spied a few Owen SMGs. Funny looking, but effective.

I ran a door gun and we hauled just about every Nationality on Earth. La Drang Valley was my fight. 1970. Crazy days.

Thank God for Australia! You have been the #1 Ally of the USA for generations now, I hope our relationship continues. I must say that you matesfood looked a lot better than the C-Rats that the US Soldier was unfortunate enough to feast upon.

I am a member of the very first Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, I am ex Navy, my "Family" of mates are Vietnam Veterans Army and Navy, Our concern is for the welfare of the boys and girls who for some are on their 4th, 5th and 6th tours serving in Iraq and Afhganistan. Our Masters have no real understanding of veterans problems.

Nice too see..Thanks NFSA Films

Happy Veterans Day to All You Military Veterans November 2023

VC were decimated during TET of 68, mini TET in the spring of 68 and then again in September of 68. After that they were no longer able to form large groups and the NVA had to fill their ranks. Operation Phoenix also thinned the VC ranks even more using PRUs (Provisional Recon Units) that hunted down know VC cadre.

this is awesome great to see more australian army movies and docos make it to youtube, great upload 1 up for australia

Amazing video quality, 11-Bravo 👍

Why do I find myself watching these dam war flicks.. I came home think God.,.

Wonderfull ......... so Many US Huey´s Helicopters. Great Video

Film quality is incredible.

Powerful stuff. You Don't get journalism like this in 2020. Horrible war with good people on both sides.