Assault on Salamaua explained

Assault on Salamaua
Producer:Ken G. Hall (uncredited)
Director:Ken G. Hall (uncredited)
Narrator:Peter Bathurst
Cinematography:Damien Parer
Editing:Terry Banks
Studio:Cinesound Productions
Department of Information
Runtime:9 minutes
Country:Australia
Language:English

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/hfilm/SALAMAUA.html 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.
  2. News: NEW FILMS. . . 20 September 1943 . 17 April 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  3. http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/about/assault-on-salamaua#about Movie information for "Assault on Salamaua"