Kokoda Front Line! (1942)
This iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien Parer contains some of the most recognised images of Australian troops in the Second World War.
- Date of release
- 1942-09-18
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Director
- Ken G. Hall
Casting
- Damien Parer — Self
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Kokoda Front Line! is a full-length edition of the Australian newsreel, Cinesound Review, produced by the Australian News & Information Bureau and Cinesound Productions Limited in 1942, about the Kokoda Track campaign. It was one of four winners of the 15th Academy Awards for best documentary, and the first Australian film to win an Oscar. It was filmed by the Australian war photographer Damien Parer and directed by Ken G. Hall.
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