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, about the Kokoda Track campaign. It was one of four winners of the 15th Academy Awards 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.

Kokoda Front Line!
Damien Parer and Papuan Assistant filming Kokoda Front Line, 1942, from album of prints held by State Library of New South Wales[1]
Directed by	Ken G. Hall
Cinematography	Damien Parer
Edited by	Terry Banks
Production company	Cinesound Productions
Release date	18 September 1942 (1942-09-18)
Running time	9 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

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.[2][3]

Much of Parer's footage was used in a documentary made by a rival company, Movietone, The Road to Kokoda.

See also

• List of Allied propaganda films of World War II

References

External links

• Kokoda Front Line! on Youtube
• Kokoda Front Line! at IMDb
• Kokoda Front Line at Oz Movies
• The short film Kokoda Front Line! is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

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