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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1960Vol. XXX, No. 12

T he Coastwatchers

p. 65 · Read in the full issue

Recalled

On the afternoon of June 11 apanese troops landed at latupit Island, Rahaul. The Mowing week they blew up a ouse at Nonga, three miles rom Rahaul. Patrols moved trough isolated jungle ctnd there ios a skirmish on the New Britain coast.

No, it wasn’t real. It was part f an intensive filming of equences at Rahaul in June for television film called “The toastwatchers”. destined for \ustralian and overseas tele vision. The film is being made w a Melbourne unit, Pacific ?ilm Productions.