Australia Has Wings

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Australia Has Wings
Written byJohn Paton
Narrated byErnest Walsh
Cinematography George D. Malcolm
Production
companies
Department of Information
Commonwealth Film Laboratories
Distributed byMGM
National Films Council
Release date
  • 17 January 1941 (1941-01-17) [1]
Running time
10 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Australia Has Wings is a 1941 short Australian documentary film made as propaganda for World War II which shows the development of the Australian aircraft industry, particularly production of the CAC Wirraway. [2] [3]

Contents

It was made by Commonwealth Film Laboratories for the Department of Information. [4] Filming took place at Fisherman's Bend. [5]

Release

The film was screened in Australia and overseas. [6] [7] The Daily Telegraph said "initiative and craftsmanship are tops." [8]

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References

  1. "THREE WAR FILMS FOR AUSTRALIA". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ""VICTORY" AT PLAZA". The Examiner . Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 8 Edition: LATE NEWS EDITION. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. "INFORMATION FILMS". The West Australian . Vol. 57, no. 17, 015. Western Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "3 PROPAGANDA FILMS". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ""Men of the Lightship One of England's Finest Films". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1941. p. 8 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 21 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "AUSTRALIAN FILMS TO BE SENT ABROAD". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  7. ""AUSTRALIA HAS WINGS."". The Cairns Post . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. "FILMS OF THE WEEK". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. II, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1941. p. 23. Retrieved 21 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.