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Angels of War
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):459997Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:RONIN FILMSAccession:1983-0156Media:FilmPart:2 of 2Release date:1983Production credit:editor, Stewart Young; photography, Dennis O'Rourke; sound recording, Gary Kildea; narration John Waiko; research, Hank NelsonDistributor name:Filmakers' Library Inc.Description:Documentary "capturing the experience of villagers who lived through the Papua New Guinea campaign". Forced to collaborate with the Japanese, Australians and Americans in turn, depending on the fortunes of war, "they speak passionately of the white man's promises, made to them in war and never kept in peace". The film contains numerous archival sequences on women fleeing from bombed villages as men are marched away by Australian troops, men collaborating with Japanese occupation forces being punished for it by Australians, General Douglas MacArthur coming ashore, Gary Cooper entertaining troops, etc. Raphael Oebari of Hanau "becomes the archetype of the 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel', famous worldwide as teh epitome of the black angel of mercy in teh war-torn New Guinea jungle" when he is photographed helping a blind Australian soldier. <54mn 27s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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