Australia Has Wings

Australia Has Wings
Written byJohn Paton
Narrated byErnest Walsh
CinematographyGeorge 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]

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]

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.


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