Kokoda Front Line!

Kokoda Front Line!
Directed by	Ken G. Hall
Cinematography	Damien Parer
Editing by	Terry Banks
Release date(s)	18 September 1942
Running time	9 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Kokoda Front Line! was a full-length edition of the Australian newsreel, Cinesound Review, produced by the Australian News & Information Bureau and Cinesound Productions Limited in 1942. It was one of four winners of the 1942 Academy award 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.

Damien Parer is often cited as one of Australia's early Academy Award winners, however the award was made to the director, Ken G. Hall.

See also

• List of Allied propaganda films of World War II

External links

• Kokoda Front Line! at the Internet Movie Database
• Complete film online courtesy Australian govt.
• Kokoda Front Line! at the Australian screen
• One of the Eyemo cameras used by Parer while filming Kokoda Front Line! can be seen at National Museum Australia, Canberra