Country Lads

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Country Lads
Directed byStanhope Andrews
Produced byStanhope Andrews
Edited byStanhope Andrews
Production
company
Distributed byNZ Film Archives
Release date
  • 1941 (1941)
Running time
9 minutes
Country New Zealand
Language English

Country Lads is a 1941 New Zealand patriotic propaganda film. It was produced by the National Film Unit for the New Zealand war effort. [1]

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Synopsis

Country Lads (1941)

Adolf Hitler had referred to New Zealand soldiers as "poor, deluded country lads". [1] Country Lads shows the pride of Kiwi troops, emphasising ordinary men and women from all walks of life taking up the call to serve. [1] It shows the impact of war on the society of New Zealand in the 1940s. [1] The dockside goodbyes to loved ones are still poignant today. [1]

Our army, ourselves ... civilian into soldier. It's an old story, but this time it is about us, and that makes it different. There is no goose-stepping here, just the swinging stride of free men who have put on their working clothes and got into step for the biggest job ever tackled.

... the narrator

Production

Country Lads was the first production by the newly reorganised National Film Unit. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Country Lads". NZ On Screen . Archives New Zealand . Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen . Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision . Retrieved 5 August 2014.