Australian Troops Back From Vietnam Duty - Sydney AKA Troops Back From Vietnam (1966)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Australian newsreel item. Title reads: “Welcome Home“. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia L.S. Quantas Boeing taxiing in at night. M.S. Emotional scenes as the soldiers from the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (B Company) returning from duty in Vietnam are reunited with their families and loved ones inside the airport building. VS The soldiers who have returned from Vietnam march through Sydney to a ticker tape reception led by Lieutenant Colonel Preece and cheers of thousands of people. MS Governor General Lord Casey takes the salute. M.S. Enthusiastic crowd waving. VS Queen’s Birthday Holiday sees a one round artillery salute from an 1854 cannon at Sydney’s Fort Denison. Note: Date on original record: 18/06/1966. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.