The Battle of Kokoda consisted of two engagements fought in late July – early August 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World... 26 KB (3,311 words) - 22:24, 7 August 2023 |
Ken G. Hall (section Kokoda Front Line (1942)) West Pacific (1943). His most notable newsreel was the Oscar-winning Kokoda Front Line (1942) – the first time an Australian film/documentary was awarded... 19 KB (2,071 words) - 12:36, 13 November 2023 |
photographer Damien Parer (1912–1944) also appears in Kokoda Front Line!. The Kokoda Front Line! is an iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien... 16 KB (2,203 words) - 02:42, 8 April 2024 |
Documentaries". Academy Film Archive. 4 September 2014. De Souza, P. "Kokoda Front Line! (1942)". australianscreen (National Film and Sound Archive Australia)... 82 KB (2,837 words) - 20:37, 27 March 2024 |
Natural History of a Woman) 1940 1 5 Knighty Knight Bugs 1958 1 1 Kokoda Front Line! 1942 1 1 Kon-Tiki 1950 1 1 Krakatoa 1932/33 1 1 Kukan 1941 0 (1)... 107 KB (635 words) - 17:07, 25 March 2024 |
Major and the Minor 17 September In Which We Serve (GB) 18 September Kokoda Front Line! (Australia) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 21 September... 43 KB (4,105 words) - 09:39, 4 April 2024 |
UK, and saw the loss of a guaranteed market for Australian films. Kokoda Front Line! (1942), directed by Ken G. Hall, won Australia's first Oscar. Chips... 80 KB (7,884 words) - 03:40, 25 April 2024 |
although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!. The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first... 40 KB (4,023 words) - 17:10, 19 April 2024 |
Kokoda (also known as Kokoda - 39th Battalion) is a 2006 Australian war film directed by Alister Grierson and is based on the experiences of Australian... 12 KB (1,610 words) - 12:00, 17 March 2024 |
39th Battalion (Australia) (category Kokoda) Parer's 1942 film Kokoda Front Line, and more recently in the 2006 Australian movie Kokoda, which was based partly on Victor Austin's To Kokoda and Beyond.... 45 KB (5,314 words) - 20:34, 20 August 2023 |
Buckner Best Documentary The Battle of Midway – United States Navy‡ Kokoda Front Line! – Australian News and Information Bureau‡ Moscow Strikes Back – Artkino‡... 31 KB (554 words) - 20:12, 29 April 2024 |
for Best Documentary Feature Film 1942–1975 The Battle of Midway / Kokoda Front Line! / Moscow Strikes Back / Prelude to War (1942) Desert Victory (1943)... 3 KB (197 words) - 16:07, 18 March 2024 |
Drama / Short Jewel of the Pacific Frank Hurley ? Short documentary Kokoda Front Line! Damien Parer (camera) Peter Bathurst, Damien Parer War documentary... 5 KB (56 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2024 |
profitability within three years. In 1942, Cinesound co-produced Kokoda Front Line!, the first Australian film to win an Academy Award. A full-length... 20 KB (1,896 words) - 00:47, 19 March 2024 |
wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. 2,815 Australian POWs die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand... 90 KB (1,112 words) - 07:14, 21 April 2024 |
Year Title Director Notes 1941 Advance to Libya Frank Hurley 1942 Kokoda Front Line! Ken G. Hall Won Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1942 Men of... 41 KB (492 words) - 16:50, 30 January 2024 |
researched) Notable Australian Government Films of the 1940s-1950s: Kokoda Front Line! (1942) - First Australian film to win an Oscar, for Best Documentary... 14 KB (1,722 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024 |
Megrue Koko: A Talking Gorilla 1978 Barbet Schroeder Margaret Ménégoz Kokoda Front Line 1942 Ken G. Hall and Damien Parer Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball... 264 KB (1,078 words) - 11:13, 30 April 2024 |
Award-winning war cinematographer, Damien Peter Parer, who filmed Kokoda Front Line in 1944 in Papua New Guinea. Salleh, Annah (9 January 2023). David... 6 KB (508 words) - 02:21, 24 April 2024 |