The Bismarck Convoy Smashed (1943)
- Original title
- The Bismarck Convoy Smashed!
- Directed by
- Ken G. Hall
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short wartime documentary from 1943 about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. It shows the Australian military destroying Japanese ships and troops during World War Two.
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What happens
Bismark Convoy Smashed!, also known as Battle of the Bismark Sea, is a Second World War 1943 Australian documentary newsreel film about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 2–3 March, an engagement which resulted in the claimed destruction of 22 Japanese ships, their crews and 15,000 soldiers. Actual Japanese losses were rather less, but still devastating. It used footage shot by Damien Parer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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