When the war came to Australia | Peter Butt | 1991 | ACMI collection

A four-part series which looks at world war two from the point of view of ordinary Australians. Australians who either took part in the war or observed it from home, talk about their experiences in between archival footage and narrated commentary.

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Credits

director

Peter Butt

co-producer

Bee Reynolds

Will Davies

production company

Look Television Productions

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1991

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

S01049

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject category

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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