Burma Railway

A documentary covering the imprisonment of the ill-fated Australian 8th Division after the fall of Singapore in 1942, and the construction by the prisoners of war of the Burma Railway.

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Credits

director

Stafford Garner

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

01:27:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017491

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Prisoners of war

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

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1983

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