War Stories (1995)
- Original title
- War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
- Directed by
- Gaylene Preston
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- New Zealand
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
Seven New Zealand women tell about their lives during World War II. Some lost husbands, some got married, and some served in the military. The film lets them speak simply, with archival footage from the war years.
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