Assault on Salamaua

Assault on Salamaua
Directed by Ken G. Hall (uncredited)
Produced by Ken G. Hall (uncredited)
Narrated by Peter Bathurst
Cinematography Damien Parer
Edited by Terry Banks
Production
company
Cinesound Productions
Department of Information
Release dates
September 1943
Running time
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 Two..[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

  1. 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. accessed 17 April 2015
  2. "NEW FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 20 September 1943. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. Movie information for "Assault on Salamaua" at Oz Movies

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