778 Films & TV Shows Set In Oceania
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Green Dolphin Street
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 1850s The 1840sA Fiery Girl Who Dares The Dangers Of The Sea And A Savage Land... Fighting For The Love Of A Bold Adventurer! โ Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.
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Dangerous Money
๐ผ๐ธ SamoaOne of Chan's Most Terrifying Cases! โ A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.
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Sister Kenny
Queensland The 1910sA woman made for love . . . but whose service to humanity became her destiny! โ True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods.
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The Rats of Tobruk
๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea ๐ฑ๐พ Libya The 1940s The 1930sThree friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
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Abroad with Two Yanks
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1940sTwo roaring Romeos who thought even the dames were on lend lease! โ Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoying their time the way most soldiers on leave do. When they meet the beautiful Joyce, however, they both fall head over heels for her, and start competing for her attentions. As their R&R time begins to run out, the schemes they each come up with to win her affection and foil the other's plans to do the same become more and more outrageous.
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Marine Raiders
California ๐ฆ๐บ Australia ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands The 1940sCOURAGE - Cold as the Steel of their Bayonets! ROMANCE - Warm as the Love which Inspires It! ACTION - Shaking the Skies! โ A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in Australia.
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Jungle Patrol
๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea"This is how you go to war..." โ This black and white film was made by the Australian government to show Australia's contribution to the New Guinea campaign, for which they thought there had not been sufficient acknowledgement. Jungle Patrol follows the daily experiences of the soldiers, from their initial deployment in Port Moresby, then flying over the Owen Stanley Ranges on board the troop carrier 'Honeymoon Express', to their slog through jungle and steep terrain battling rain, mosquitoes and mud as they march from the Ramu 'Death' Valley up to rejoin their battalion at an outpost on Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Range.
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Return to Guam
๐ฌ๐บ GuamOfficial World War II documentary about the pacific Theatre.
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Gung Ho!
๐ฐ๐ฎ KiribatiU.S. Marine Raiders in Action...Blasting Their Way To Tokyo! โ A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
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Guadalcanal Diary
๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands The 1940sThe Victory picture of the year ! โ Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
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Tahiti Honey
South Pacific - GeneralThe "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to worse for the band,. and they are faced with the necessity of either taking a girl singer into the group,which they all regard as bad luck, or starving. The band insists that she be dropped as soon as they can earn enough to catch a bot home. But Mickey falls in love with Suzie, and smuggles her on board the ship.
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The Man from Down Under
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1930sTHRILLS! FUN! ACTION! โ An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
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The Moon and Sixpence
๐ซ๐ท France South Pacific - GeneralStrange DREAMS - He had ideas he never told her about...He didn't dare! โ Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
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Kokoda Front Line!
๐ต๐ฌ Papua New GuineaThis iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien Parer contains some of the most recognised images of Australian troops in the Second World War.
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They Flew Alone
England ๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1930sSHE LED THE PARADE FROM SILK TO KHAKI! -- This girl who bolted a white-collar job to win her place in the air force...it's the amazing story of Amy and her Jim -- The Flying Mollisons. โ The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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The Tuttles of Tahiti
South Pacific - GeneralAfter a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision.
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Rewi's Last Stand
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 1860sIf men can die, the women and children can die also. โ Star-crossed lovers, Robert and Ariana, are caught up in the New Zealand wars of the 1860s. Ariana is claimed by the Maniapoto people as one of their own and, despite Robert's chivalrous defence, is taken by them and must help them prepare for war. Robert likewise must do his patriotic duty and enlists to fight on the other side. He volunteers to ride despatch, thinking it may give him an opportunity to see Ariana again, which it does, but their joy is short-lived; Maniapoto women fight beside their men, and furthermore she is a Rangitira (noble) and will not let her people down. The climax is the siege of Oraku Pa where 300 Maori hold off 2000 troops for three days. The Maniapoto are defeated, but Ariana, although wounded, survives to be reunited with Robert.
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Captain Fury
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 19th CenturyAn Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
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Das Gewehr รผber
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Frauen fรผr Golden Hill
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaWomen are being sent to an all male settlement. The marriages are planned in advance, but not everything goes according to plan.
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We're Going to Be Rich
๐ฆ๐บ Australia ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1880sA perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.
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The Broken Melody
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaJohn Ainsworth helps win a rowing race for Sydney University against Melbourne University. While celebrating at a nightclub, he demonstrates his skill with the violin with one of his original compositions. He also flirts with a young woman, Ann Brady, to the displeasure of a crook, Webster. A brawl results and John is expelled from university. John's sheep farmer father โ who is disdainful of culture and wants John to marry a rich girl โ is furious and disowns his son.
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The Hurricane
South Pacific - GeneralSouth Sea Adventure Calls โ In the colonial era, island native Terangi (Jon Hall) spends a blissful honeymoon with his bride, Marama (Dorothy Lamour). Soon after, however, their relationship is torn asunder when Terangi is sent to prison for punching a prejudiced white man. Prominent members of the community -- including the governor's wife, Mme. De Laage (Mary Astor), petition the governor for clemency, but he refuses to budge. However, all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
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To New Shores
England ๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1840sLondon 1846. Singer Gloria Vane has a resounding success at the Adelphi Theater. While she throws a brilliant party
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Aloha, le chant des รฎles
South Pacific - GeneralDuring the London-Melbourne race, two aviators, one male (Guy,) the other female (Betty), are forced to land on a lost island in Polynesia. They learn to survive in difficult conditions and fall in love. Back in civilization, their union does not prove obvious. Pierre is already married to Ginette, a movie actress, and Betty is engaged to her cousin Edouard. Moreover, Lord Stanton, her rich father, will not hear of a marriage with Guy. Will love ultimately triumph in spite of everything?
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