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Kokoda Front Line

Kokoda Front Line

From Tobruk to Kokoda - The Amazing Story of Legendary Australian War Cameraman Damien Parer

by Neil McDonald
Publication Date: 28/08/2012

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Damien Parer was without doubt Australia's greatest war photographer. He helped create the Anzac legend and many, many of our iconic war images are his photographs. He served his apprenticeship as a stills photographer on the famous Chauvel film, Forty Thousand Horsemen, and was appointed Official Photographer covering the Australian fighting in the early days of World War II in Greece and Syria, and Tobruk. His most famous documentary is Kokoda Front Line! , made during the darkest days of the campaign in mid-1942 (it went on to win Australia's first Academy Award). His photographs and films brought the war home to Australians and are now an integral part of our military history. He died in action shot by Japanese machine gun fire, as he filmed an American advance on Peleliu. This is a colourful and authoritative story of a great Australian and includes many of his most iconic photographs.
ISBN:
9780733629600
9780733629600
Category:
Biography: general
Publication Date:
28-08-2012
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
235x155x25mm
Weight:
0.72kg
Neil McDonald

Neil McDonald is a film historian and author.

His books include Kokoda Front Line: the amazing story of legendary Australian war cameraman Damien Parer (revised edition 2012).

He is co-author with Peter Brune of 200 Shots, a pictorial account of Australian fighting on the Kokoda Track.

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