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Australia Is Like This
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Wikipedia article
'Australia is Like This' is a 1945 documentary about the experiences of two American soldiers in Australia during World War II until they leave for battle. It takes the form of a letter written by one of the soldiers to his family in America describing Australia.
It was also known as 'A Letter from Australia'.[https://web.archive.org/web/20171228214917/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Id%3A10780%7CId%3A785257;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 'A Letter from Australia'] at National Film and Sound Archive
Plot
The film is told in the form of a letter written by an American soldier and his friend on leave in Sydney. They leave a troopship and see the sights, encounter 'wrong side' traffic, and meet two Australian soldiers on leave who abandon their girlfriends to buy the Americans a beer. The Americans go to a Red Cross canteen and meet a waitress whose brother is in New Guinea. They take her to the zoo and accept a dinner invitation to her house. The troops then head north.
Cast
*John McCallum as Australian soldier
*Muriel Steinbeck
*Grant Taylor as Australian soldier
*Patricia Firman as waitress
*John Nugent Hayward
Production
The film was one of a series of shorts made by Australia's Department of the Interior, others including 'Island Target'.
Filming began late September 1944, using a predominantly American crew.
Release
The film was completed by January 1945.
References
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