Operation skilltest

An army recruiting film showing something of the training for over 500 separate skills necessary to keep the Australian Army at peak efficiency and flexibility including truck driving, parachute packing and boat skills.

Credits

director

Robert Walker

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Australia. Army. Director of Army Recruiting

Film Australia

Duration

00:19:45:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

31692

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Recruiting and enlistment

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Australia. Army

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Armed forces - training

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physical fitness

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Australia, 1980

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