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 date	September 1943 (1943-09)
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 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. accessed 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

Films directed and produced by Ken G. Hall
Feature Films	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, MP (1940) Smithy (1946)
Documentaries	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 (1942) South West Pacific (1943) Fourth Liberty Loans: I Had A Son (1943) First Victory Loan: Return Journey (1944) Searchlight on Japan (1948) Can 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)
Newsreels	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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