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- Title
- The Years Back - 9, The Unquiet Ocean (Episode Nine)
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- NZ On Screen
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- Description
The Years Back was a documentary series that used archive footage and interviews to survey New Zealand’s 20th century history. This episode details events in the Pacific during World War II, from Japan’s 1941 attack of Pearl Harbour through to mid 1944. Japan’s aggressive thrust into South East Asia threatened New Zealand and Australia (“any day now it’ll be us”), and forced the countries into war close to home. Veterans and commanders recall sea battles, rallying of air defences and jungle w...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1973
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-years-back-the-unquiet-ocean-episode-nine-1973
- Related subjects
- world war two / second world war / world war ii / pacific war / rnzaf / japan / pearl harbour / national film unit / nfu / china / george gudsell / wing commander / peter phipps / trevor bailey / walter nash / fiji / submarine / flying boats / catalina / len donnelley / battle of the coral sea / aircraft carrier / battle of midway / new caledonia / papua new guinea / guadalcanal / lexington / australia / winston churchill / leonard goss / franklin d roosevelt / franklin roosevelt / andy chandler
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