| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 200 min.) |
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Episode1: Our melancholy duty -- Episode 2: Our darkest hour -- Episode 3: Saviours, lovers, heroes -- Episode 4: The long war |
| Summary |
1943-1945 : Most Australians are tired of wartime privations. Stronger ties with America which came to Australia's aid when Churchill and Britain failed. Invasion threat fades with successive Japanese defeats. John Curtin dies and is nationally mourned, mirroring the grief of many families. Jubilation at war's end, but there are a multitude of costs to count in bereaved families, disrupted lives and shattered bodies and minds |
| Notes |
HC1049 |
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Rated: PG |
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DVD. Produced for all regions |
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Audio tracks in English |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Australia
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Participation, Female.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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