Australian Cinema and the War Effort 1914-1918
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With every element of Australian society co-opted for the war effort, it is no surprise that cinema was also used to enhance the government’s war aims. This study looks at the Australian film industry, specifically at its production of war dramas and documentaries, and its distributions and screening, exploring the interaction of official needs and pressures and the responses of the domestic film industry.
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Reynaud, D. (1998). Australian cinema and the war effort. In J. Doyle, B. van der Heide, & S. Cowan (Eds.), Our selection on: Writings on cinemas' histories. Paper presented at the 7th Australian History and Film Conference, National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), Canberra, 30 November-2 December 1995 (pp. 277-285). Canberra, Australia: NFSA/Australian Defence Force Academy.