'' Kokoda Front Line ! '' was a full-length edition of the Australian newsreel , Cinesound Review , produced by the Australian News & Information Bureau and Cinesound Productions Limited in 1942 . It was one of four winners of the 15th Academy Awards for best documentary , and the first Australian film to win an Oscar . It was filmed by the Australian war photographer Damien Parer and directed by Ken G. Hall
15th Academy Awards
15th Academy Awards
Kokoda Front Line!