"War On The Doorstep" is a 1 hour long, 2NURFM produced documentary about the night Newcastle was shelled by a Japanese Submarine on the 8th of June, 1942, after it was involved in the attack on Sydney Harbour. Includes the people who were there that night telling the story of what happened.
“War on the Doorstep” was produced and narrated by Martin Hadlow, an ex-BBC radio producer and announcer who was then the station manager of 2NUR-FM. He was a dedicated amateur war historian and later set up the radio network on the Solomon Islands, where he continued his research into the WW2 history of the region.
The footage used is from colour film of Newcastle in 1945, footage from an NBN news segment on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Newcastle, an animated graphic map showing the attack on Newcastle and colour footage filmed in Newcastle at the end of the war
Film used in the footage is from The Story Of A City (1945) (available to view at • Story Of A City (Newca... ), colour film of the VJ Day celebrations in Newcastle (available to view at • VJ Day (Victory Over J... ), 3D footage created by David Threlfo from an NBN News segment (available to view in full here • JAPANESE SUBMARINE SHE... ) and Fort Scratchley Attack (available to view here • Fort Scratchley - The ... )
16 окт 2024
