Over Here

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Over Here

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At any one time between mid 1942 and mid 1944, between 15,000 and 45,000 US servicemen were camped in NZ preparing for, and recovering from, war in the Pacific. The marines brought colour and drama to the austerity of home front life. Fifty years later this TV documentary used interviews, reenactments and archive material to explore the “American invasion”. Sonja Davies recalls a Wellington street fight kicked off by a racist insult directed at Māori, and her wartime pregnancy and romance (1,...

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Video

Date created

1992

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/over-here-1992

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marines / united states marines / kapiti / rationing / world war two / world war ii / second world war / home front / paekakariki / vj day / eagles club / battle of tarawa / japan / guadalcanal / manners street / wellington / milk bar / big band / brass band / pregnancy / nursing / nurse / solomon islands / soldiers / ww2 / wwii / america / usa / americans / united states / nz on air / new zealand on air

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