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 mins
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]

It was made by Commonwealth Film Laboratories for the Department of Information.[3]

Release

The film screened in Australia and overseas.[4][5]

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. ↑ "3 PROPAGANDA FILMS". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS TO BE SENT ABROAD". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ↑ ""AUSTRALIA HAS WINGS."". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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