Australia Marches with Britain
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Genre Documentary, Short, War Production Cinesound Productions Country Australia | Director Ken G. Hall Producer Ken G. Hall Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 30 May 1941 Cast Peter Bathurst, Hattil Spencer Harry Foll Genres Documentary, Short Film, War film | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia marches with britain
Australia Marches with Britain is a 1941 Australian documentary made for wartime propaganda.
Contents
It features on introduction by the then Minister of Information H.S. Foll.
Plot
A look at Australia's contribution to the war effort, including production of food, munitions and equipment.
Production
The film was originally made for export to England, to be used there by the British Ministry of Information as part of an intensive long term Empire publicity campaign. However, it was then decided to release the film in Australia as well.
The film ended up being widely screened throughout Allied countries, including the UK and USA.
It was critically praised, the Sydney Morning Herald writing that "there is inspiration as well as imagination and drama in this film."
References
Australia Marches with Britain Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Australia Marches with Britain IMDb