Thanks Jim, there are not that many more of these to go and I would have got through them a lot quicker if I knew how to reduce them.
This picture shows a line up of the five regularly used GMCs and was taken at Victoria Park, the old Collingwood football ground that stood in for the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The MCG is where the Marines were actually accommodated after their return from Guadalcanal but it has been greatly changed since then.
One of the scenes shot this day was of the trucks loaded with marines arriving at the grounds. During the first 'take' I was driving the middle truck and we drove in under the stands. My front seat passenger accidently bumped the mal adjusted High/Low range lever into neutral and I rolled to a stop right in front of the camera and ruined the run. To make matters worse the engine was fumey and while non plussed as to what had happened I shut it down because of the hoard of people surrounding us and closing in ready to push the truck.
I suddenly realised what the problem was and went to restart the truck but it didn't want to play any more. The battery was on it's last when the engine hesitantly came back to life. Having two hundred plus people watching and waiting for your every move is not a pleasant experience.
David