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Pacific Battlefront. Massed Air Action and Engagements in the Jungle, Including

Date released

31 Jan 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1051

NoS ID

064018

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Japs lose 85 planes. Aussies landing Sattelburg [Source: Movietone].

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Letter to the Death (2004)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 62 minutes), £50.00

About the encounter between tradition and modernity in a small village of Papua New Guinea. Three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in order to win over...

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Kula, The (1961 Film)

Director

Steve Szabo

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A record of the kula ceremonial exchange of gifts in the Milne Bay and south Trobriand Islands areas of eastern Papua, concentrating on the ceremonial exchanges between chiefs and the making of the shell...

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

3 Apr 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1366

NoS ID

039111

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

General Macarthur directs conquest in Admiralty Islands.

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With the Australians in New Guinea

Date released

7 Jan 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/2

NoS ID

099797

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The advance of Australian forces over ground evacuated by the Japanese when Kokoda was recaptured and the enemy driven out.

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Feast at Yanyi (1972 Film)

Director

Ian Dunlop

Producer

John Martin-Jones

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

On the condition that the series never be shown in Papua New Guinea, the Baruya allowed a film crew to record an entire set of male initation rituals. The Baruya live in the eastern Highlands of Papua New...

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

1 May 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1374

NoS ID

039148

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

US carrier borne bomber sinks Jap cruiser.

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Roving Camera Reports: Volcano Erupts at Rabaul, New Guinea

Date released

24 Jun 1937

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

364

NoS ID

056306

Story no

4 / 10

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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News from the Far East Fronts

Date released

10 Aug 1942

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1259

NoS ID

147107

Story no

1 / 5

Supplies for China via India. Action on the Aleutian Islands. Americans attacked at Port Moresby.

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Allies "Soften" Lae before Land Attack

Date released

9 Sep 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1307

NoS ID

038826

Story no

1 / 3

Naval and air units under MacArthur’s command attack Japanese stronghold in preparation for Australian landing.

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