Our darkest hour

Australia, 1991

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Episode number 2 of Series “When the war came to Australia”.
The true horror of war hits Australia as the Japanese attack and bomb Darwin. Britain’s failure to defend Singapore betrays Australia’s long held belief that the Mother Country will always come to her defence. Prime Minister John Curtin begins to rally the nation and the Americans arrive. Features reminiscences from those who lived through the experience, including Russell Braddon and Dorothy Hewett.

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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

Appears in

When the war came to Australia

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When the war came to Australia

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ACMI Identifier

303408

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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