Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Film Australia, Australian Film Commission
Cast & Crew
A
Anton Kaut
as NBC Newsreader
S
Sir John Guise
as Governor General (1975 - 1977)
M
Michael Somare
as Prime Minister
Yumi Yet
"Papua New Guinea Gets Independence"Movie
Audience Score
54 minDocumentary
Plot
Documents Independence Day of Papua New Guinea on September 16, 1975, comparing the pageantry of local celebrations with the official ceremony in the capital. Also provides historical background about the area's 19th-century colonization by Holland, Germany, and Great Britain.
