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1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min.) ; 351146140 bytes |
| Summary |
*Violence and Adult Themes*Written by John Doyle, Changi tells the story of six Australian men, intercutting their experiences as prisoners of War in WWII with their contemporary lives as old men. The six go to war as young men full of confidence and bravado. After the surrender of Singapore in 1942, they are marched off to Changi prison camp, in company with fifteen thousand others including British, Dutch and Indian troops. Together they survive three and a half years of incarceration, possibly because their mateship turned humour into an art form. The Japanese responded to humour with violence. The Australians responded to violence with more humour. It is the key to the survival of our six young men. Changi is a story of Australian mateship; of boys who become men in a climate of fear, and react to the terror around them in the way they know best: they laugh at it and survive.Episode One is the story of David Collins. Now a retired property developer, David (Matthew Newton / Charles 'Bud' Tingwell) has never been able to remember all that happened to him as a POW, but as the date for the reunion draws closer, he begins to recall his horrific ordeal. In his first year at camp, David is badly beaten, suffering temporary blindness. Left by the side of the road, he is picked up by Japanese guards, taking a group of hapless locals to be shot |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-04-28 at 23:35:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Australia. Australian Army.
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Concentration camps.
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Prisoners of war -- Conduct of life.
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World War (1939-1945)
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Survival.
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Singapore -- Changi.
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Streaming video
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Woods, Kate, director
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Curry, Stephen, cast
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Ford, Leon, cast
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Hayes, A. G. D. (Anthony G. D.), cast
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Morrell, Geoff, cast
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Newton, Matthew, cast
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Priestley, Mark, cast
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Robinson, Ann, cast
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Tingwell, Charles, cast
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Whittet, Matthew, cast
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