Assault on Salamaua
1943 Australian film
- September 1943 (1943-09)
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Assault on Salamaua is a 1943 Australian documentary film, produced by Cinesound Productions, about the Salamaua–Lae campaign during World War II.[1][2]
It features an introduction by Damien Parer, who shot most of the footage.
This documentary features the iconic shot of a wounded, blinded soldier being assisted across a stream.[3]
References
- ^ Neil McDonald. 'The Making of Cinesound's Assault on Salamaua'. In T. O'Regan & B. Shoesmith eds. History on/and/in Film. Perth: History & Film Association of Australia, 1987. 101-5.. Retrieved 17 April 2015
- ^ "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 20 September 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Movie information for "Assault on Salamaua" at Oz Movies
External links
- Assault on Salamau at Oz Movies
- 28 minutes of Parer footage cut down to make the film at Australian War Memorial
- Full copy of film at YouTube
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Films directed and produced by Ken G. Hall
- The Exploits of the Emden (1928)
- On Our Selection (1932)
- The Squatter's Daughter (1933)
- Cinesound Varieties (1934)
- The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934)
- Strike Me Lucky (1934)
- Grandad Rudd (1935)
- Thoroughbred (1936)
- Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)
- It Isn't Done (1937)
- Tall Timbers (1937)
- Lovers and Luggers (1937)
- The Broken Melody (1938)
- Let George Do It (1938)
- Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
- Gone to the Dogs (1939)
- Come Up Smiling (1939) (producer only)
- Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939)
- Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940)
- Smithy (1946)
- Thar She Blows! (1931)
- That's Cricket (1931)
- Ghosts of Port Arthur (1933)
- Road to Victory (1941)
- Anzacs in Overalls (1941)
- Australia Marches with Britain (1941)
- 100,000 Cobbers (1942)
- Another Threshold (1942)
- Eleventh Hour (1942)
- Give Us This Day (1943)
- South West Pacific (1943)
- Fourth Liberty Loans: I Had A Son (1943)
- First Victory Loan: Return Journey (1944)
- Searchlight on Japan (1948)
- Can John Braund Cure Cancer? (1948)
- Thrill of the Surf (1949)
- Fighting Blood (1951)
- Australian Bushland Symphony (1952)
- South Pacific Playground (1953)
- Overland Adventure (1954)
- Music in Our Schools (1954)
- Haven on the Hill (1956)
- The Kurnell Story (1957)
- From Palestine to Bengazi with the Prime Minister (1941)
- Kokoda Front Line! (1942)
- Moresby Under the Blitz (1942)
- Assault on Salamaua (1943)
- Men of Timor (1943)
- The Bismarck Convoy Smashed (1943)
- R.A.A.F. Eagles Over New Guinea (1943)
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