Gateway to Australia

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
42/98
Date Released
7 Dec 1942
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
Cameraman Damien Parer talks over beginning of story on the jungle warfare being fought by Australian troops at Kokoda, New Guinea, against the Japanese. He says not to underestimate the Jap, he’s a highly trained soldier. Scenes of Australian soldiers in jungle undergrowth. Aircraft flying over drop medical supplies, etc. The men eat their meal before making their way again to try to contact the enemy. Parer with camera goes with them. The troops come across a native hut which is believed to have been used by the enemy, they run up to it and fire bren gun. After six weeks in the jungle the men come out for a rest, their wounded being carried on stretchers by native bush-boys. Story ends with Parer speaking to Australian people and saying if only they would realise that their country was in peril they might forget the trivial things and get on with the job of licking the Japanese.
Keywords
Aviation; Newspapers; Casualties; Military
Locations
Australia; Papua New Guinea
Length of story (in feet)
496
Story extras:
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'Gateway to Australia', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 42/98, 7 Dec 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/99748 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)