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Produced by Stanhope Andrews, Country Lads was used to advocate for a reorganised government filmmaking body to publicise the war effort, before screening in cinemas as the first National Film Unit production. Lads shows footage of soldiers as they leave for the front. Adolf Hitler had called the Kiwi soldiers "poor deluded country lads"; but here the description is co-opted as a compliment. A national character is expressed — pioneers who had "helped make this country what it is: happy, prosperous and free" — and is used to underpin the soldiers' mission.
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Short Film, 1946 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
Short Film, 1948 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
Short Film, 1947 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
Short Film, 1948 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
Short Film, 1948 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
Short Film, 1943 (Full Length)
Another film in the Weekly Review series
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An archive compilation looking at NZ going to war
Television, 1973 (Full Length Episode)
The closure of the war
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Posted at 11.05PM - 21.04.2010
Outstanding doco It makes you feel quite humble. My father in law was one of those men while my father was in the Airforce.