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

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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