Australians at war : film collection.

Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DAVID4574 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: [Kew, Vic.] : Umbrella Entertainment, [2022]Description: 10 DVDs (1146 mins.) : sound, colour, black & white ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscSubject(s): Morant, Breaker, 1864?-1902 -- Drama | World War, 1914-1918 -- Cavalry operations, Australian -- Drama | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Drama | Soldiers -- Australia -- History -- Drama | Mateship (Australia) -- Drama | Interpersonal relations -- Drama | Military hospitals -- Drama | Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942 -- Drama | Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea) -- Drama | Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- War of 1880- -- Drama | Australia -- History, Military -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | War films. | Historical films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Television mini-series. DDC classification: 791.4372
Contents:
40,000 Horsemen (1940) -- The Rats of Tobruk (1944) -- Between wars (1974) -- Breaker Morant (1980) -- Attack Force Z (1980) -- The highest honour (1982) -- The last bastion (1984) -- An indecent obsession (1985) -- My brother Jack (2001) -- Beyond Kokoda (2008).
Production credits: Various directors.Summary: THE HIGHEST HONOUR - Comprised of volunteers of all branches of the Allied Forces, Z Special Forces was a secret operations unit of the Australian Army during World War II and came under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur. In an amazing display of courage and determination, Z Special carried out 284 undercover missions in the south-west Pacific area, the most famous being two daring raids codenamed 'Jaywick' and 'Rimau'.In the first of these, the 'Krait', a captured Japanese fishing boat, set out from Australia on the longest range seaborne raid ever undertaken in the history of war. The Krait penetrated deep into Japanese held territory, covering over 17,000 kilometres, to attempt its most deadly mission of all. Theirs was a mission that would not only test Z Special's conviction and dedication to one another but the heroic opportunity to garner the highest honour. THE LAST BASTION - The year is 1941 - as the dark cloud of World War II hovers perilously over the Southern Hemisphere the people of Australia brace themselves for an uncertain future when Japanese forces get ready to invade. The Last Bastion goes behind closed doors and into the minds of the big decision makers world dignitaries Franklin Roosevelt (Warren Mitchell), Winston Churchill (Timothy West), Australia's John Curtin (Michael Blakemore), and General Douglas MacArthur (Robert Vaughn). The boundaries are set -transports carrying thousands of men, naval fleets and army divisions are strategically positioned - pawns on over-sized world maps, as a high-stakes game of chess develops between the allies and against the enemy. FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMAN - Best mates Red Gallagher (Grant Taylor), Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) face a challenging time as soldiers in 1916. Stationed in Egypt with the promise of grand adventure, all they seem to manage is casual mischief in the Cairo nightclubs. But when German-backed Turkish forces attack British outposts in the Si.
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Various directors.

Rated: M.

PAL & NTSC ; Region 4.

In English. English HOH.

40,000 Horsemen (1940) -- The Rats of Tobruk (1944) -- Between wars (1974) -- Breaker Morant (1980) -- Attack Force Z (1980) -- The highest honour (1982) -- The last bastion (1984) -- An indecent obsession (1985) -- My brother Jack (2001) -- Beyond Kokoda (2008).

THE HIGHEST HONOUR - Comprised of volunteers of all branches of the Allied Forces, Z Special Forces was a secret operations unit of the Australian Army during World War II and came under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur. In an amazing display of courage and determination, Z Special carried out 284 undercover missions in the south-west Pacific area, the most famous being two daring raids codenamed 'Jaywick' and 'Rimau'.In the first of these, the 'Krait', a captured Japanese fishing boat, set out from Australia on the longest range seaborne raid ever undertaken in the history of war. The Krait penetrated deep into Japanese held territory, covering over 17,000 kilometres, to attempt its most deadly mission of all. Theirs was a mission that would not only test Z Special's conviction and dedication to one another but the heroic opportunity to garner the highest honour. THE LAST BASTION - The year is 1941 - as the dark cloud of World War II hovers perilously over the Southern Hemisphere the people of Australia brace themselves for an uncertain future when Japanese forces get ready to invade. The Last Bastion goes behind closed doors and into the minds of the big decision makers world dignitaries Franklin Roosevelt (Warren Mitchell), Winston Churchill (Timothy West), Australia's John Curtin (Michael Blakemore), and General Douglas MacArthur (Robert Vaughn). The boundaries are set -transports carrying thousands of men, naval fleets and army divisions are strategically positioned - pawns on over-sized world maps, as a high-stakes game of chess develops between the allies and against the enemy. FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMAN - Best mates Red Gallagher (Grant Taylor), Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) face a challenging time as soldiers in 1916. Stationed in Egypt with the promise of grand adventure, all they seem to manage is casual mischief in the Cairo nightclubs. But when German-backed Turkish forces attack British outposts in the Si.

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