Kokoda Front Line!

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Kokoda Front Line! | image = Damien_with_Papuan_Assistant_filming_Kokoda_Front_Line,_1942.jpg | caption = Damien Parer and Papuan Assistant filming Kokoda Front Line, 1942, from album of prints held by State Library of New South Wales<ref>[http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110338282 PXA 25] archival.sl.nsw.gov.au</ref> | producer = | director = Ken G. Hall | writer = | music = | cinematography = Damien Parer | editing = Terry Banks | distributor = | studio = Cinesound Productions | released = {{Film date|1942|09|18|df=y}} | runtime = 9 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | budget = }}

'''''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.

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/newsreels/kokoda-front-line/notes/ |title=Kokoda Front Line! (1942)|author=De Souza, P.|publisher=australianscreen (National Film and Sound Archive Australia)|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australias-first-oscar|title=Australia's First Oscar|author=Taylor, B.|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive Australia|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>

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

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== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQ3KQ_oV-c ''Kokoda Front Line!'' on Youtube] *{{IMDb title|0034951}} *[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/kokoda-front-line!#details ''Kokoda Front Line''] at Oz Movies *{{Internet Archive short film | KokodaFrontLine | Kokoda Front Line! }}

Category:Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Category:1942 films Category:1942 short documentary films Category:Australian short documentary films Category:Australian World War II propaganda films Category:Australian black-and-white films Category:Pacific War films Category:Films directed by Ken G. Hall Category:Films set in Papua New Guinea Category:Kokoda Category:1942 English-language films Category:1942 Australian films Category:English-language short documentary films Category:English-language war films