{{short description|1982 documentary film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Angels of War | image = File:Angels_of_War_DVD_cover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws | producer = Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws | writer = Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws | starring = | narrator = John Waiko | music = | cinematography = Dennis O'Rourke | editing = Stewart Young | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1982}} | runtime = 54 minutes | country = Australia | language = English, Japanese, Tok Pisin | budget = $80,000 | gross = }}
'''''Angels of War''''' is a 1982 Australian documentary film, created by Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson and Gavan Daws, about the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels in Papua New Guinea in World War 2.<ref>{{Citation | last= Bunbury | first= Stephanie | title= Forgotten angels of the war | url = | periodical= The Age | date= 4 February 1983}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= Yim | first= Susan | title= After 'Shoal of Time' | url = | periodical= Honolulu Star-Bulletin | date= 17 November 1982}}</ref>
==Production== ''Angels of War'' cost $80,000 with funding provided by the Australian National University and the Australian War Memorial.<ref>{{Citation | last= Castle | first= Philip | title= ANU film looks at PNG role in Pacific war | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126915152 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date= 7 April 1982}}</ref>
==Reception== Neil Jillet of ''the Age'' says in his capsule review that it "is an interesting compilation of new (color) and archival (black and white) film, and a reminder of how soon we forget those who helped Australia to victory."<ref>{{Citation | last= Jillet| first= Neil | title= Fuzzy-wuzzy angels' view of the Kokoda | url = | periodical= The Age | date= 30 April 1982}}</ref> In ''the Canberra Times'' Philip Castle finishes "This excellent film, being shown appropriately around Anzac Day, might in a significant way record the service of the Fuzz-Wuzzy Angels, lest we forget."<ref>{{Citation | last= Castle | first= Philip | title= 'Angels of War' a film for today: Lest We Forget | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126919007 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date=25 April 1982}}</ref>
==Awards== *1982 Australian Film Institute Awards **Best Documentary - Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws - won<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Two wins for 'Angels of War' | url = | periodical= The Canberra Times | date= 4 November 1982}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0391756}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angels of War}} Category:1982 films Category:1982 documentary films Category:Australian documentary films Category:1982 English-language films Category:1982 Australian films Category:English-language documentary films