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Always Another Dawn

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Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.

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English
  • world war ii
  • naval base
  • naval battle

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Australia

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatricalshortened 73 min version, still available11 May 1949
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical24 Sept 1948

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Always Another Dawn was released on 24 September 1948.

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