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Behind the lines : the secret war of Z Special Unit [DVD] / [written, directed & researched by Graham Shirley].
Behind the lines : Z Special unit [Jacket / disc title].

Record no:

84409

Call no:

940.5425 SHI

Author:

Shirley, Graham ; Maguire, Gerard

Publisher:

Sydney: Training Technology Centre

Year:

c2001

Series:

Heritage Series

Description:

1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. with B&W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Australian;
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan;
Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. Allied Intelligence Bureau. Z Special Unit.;
World War, 1939-1945 - Commando operations - Indonesia;

Notes:

Narrator: Gerard Maguire.
Produced by Training Technology Centre for Training Command - Army.
"Version 10, 2008"

Type:

Audio Visual

Abstract:

This video profiles the highly secret Z Special Unit, one of the few Australian unconventional warfare organisations of WW2. Operatives volunteered for hazardous missions to conduct sabotage, gather intelligence and organise local resistance in the Pacific

campaign against Japan. Risking vicious reprisal the were deployed via boat, submarine and aircraft into occupied territories to Australia's north. The video includes interviews with survivors of Operation Jaywick and others, and includes original black and white footage.

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Contents:

Pt.1: Finding the way. From the fall of Singapore to 1944 (ca. 55 min.) -- Pt.2: Pushed to the limit. Covering the last year of the war (ca. 56 min.)

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		History	Western Australian Museum	940.5425 SHI	On Shelf	2008