Harry (Graham Kennedy) sets Bung (John Hargreaves) straight about the War: the 'commos’ will win and no-one at home in Australia will thank them for going.

There are not many radio field recordings made by on-the-ground reporters in the ABC’s archival collection. Even if there were, this recording would stand out in the crowd.

This is a three-minute excerpt from a five-minute Australian Labor Party television commercial for the 1966 federal election. The commercial has a captioned title, Vietnam.

Phil Goddard (Nicholas Eadie) has been called up and is being trained for the war in Indo China.

The slowly disintegrating Goddard family are watching the news. They are painfully aware that their son, Phil (Nicholas Eadie) is in Vietnam as a conscript.

Bung (John Hargreaves), a soldier from another patrol, comes looking for his stolen pack.

Bill (John Jarratt) is bored and thirsty on patrol, until the Australians discover a Viet Cong bush camp. They lay in wait for the enemy’s return. Summary by Paul Byrnes.

This iconic protest song written by John Schumann was released as a single in March 1983, hitting number one on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart.