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Angels of war
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Maker: Pike, Andrew
In January 1942 Papua New Guinea became the battle ground for nearly 2 million foreign soldiers. This film documents the experiences of Papua New Guinea's indigenous population during this campaign. S...F10262
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Breakout
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Maker: Levy, Curtis
Documentary film on the escape from Cowra prisoner of war (POW) camp of over five hundred Japanese POWs on 5 August 1944. The Cowra Breakout was one of the largest POW escapes of the Second World War.F03365
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Burma Railway (Our world)
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Maker: Australian Broadcasting Commission
"The Burma Railway" traces the events after the surrender in 1942 of the ill-fated 8th Division. It tells of their internment in Changi Prison, the construction of the Burma Railway in Thailand and th...F03402
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By the seats of their pants
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Maker: Fortitude Productions
Program on famous Australian Aviators and their experiences in war. Interviewees include: Bert Richie, Nancy Bird Walton, Sir Jones, Dr Newton, Esther Mather, Jack McMaster, Air Commodore Kingwell, Ch...F03471
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Public enemy number one
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This film by David Bradbury follows the life of controversial Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett, the first western correspondent into Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped. The documentary shows h...F04179
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Where death wears a smile
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Maker: Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank Heimans, Frank
A documentary film produced for television release by Cinetel Productions. "This film follows the path of a group of Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war who so infuriated the Nazi regime by th...F04761