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The Bismarck Convoy Smashed
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Wikipedia article
'Bismark Convoy Smashed!',' also known as 'Battle of the Bismark Sea',' is a 1943 Australian documentary film about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 23 March resulting 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.
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Premise
'The Bismarck Convoy Smashed' is the story of a convoy of Japanese ships through the Bismark Sea which were attacked by the American Air Force and RAAF.
Production
Parer later said he was too busy to be scared filming the action.
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Reception
'The Recorder' stated that "the thrill is contagious, and the watcher finds himself leaning well for ward in his seat to see the next episode of the great air victoryone of the biggest of the war. "Battle of the Bismarck Sea" is really something worthwhile in screen fare. If it were four times the length it would still be absorbing. All should see."
The 'Sydney Morning Herald' wrote that:
The newsreel pictures... are among the most dramatic to be screened in Sydney. They offer a thrilling bird's-eye view of the bombing and machine-gunning of the Japanese convoy by Australian and American pilots. Many of the attacks were made by pilots flying above the enemy at only mast-high levels. The grim determination behind this great aerial attack is seen in more than one vivid scene. Less commentary would improve these newsreels.
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