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Kokoda Front Line! (S)

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Original title: Kokoda Front Line!
Year: 1942
Running time: 9 min.
Country: Australia
Director: Ken G. Hall
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Damien Parer
Producer: Australian News & Information Bureau, Cinesound Productions Limited
Genre: Documentary | II World War. Propaganda. Short Film
Synopsis: Cameraman Damien Parer has just returned from the front in New Guinea, where he's documented Australian troops in action. He explains this to us in a prolog. We then see air drops of supplies, wounded men being carried on stretchers by native porters, and men leaving camp to go to the front. There's a tiny bit of possibly staged combat footage. A narrator explains that the Japanese soldiers are expert at disguise, and how important support from the home front is.

Awards: 1942: Oscar: Best Documentary (ex aequo)

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Kokoda Front Line! (S)

1942

Ken G. Hall