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This documentary tells the stories of the New Zealand soldiers who were part of the identity-defining Gallipoli campaign in World War I. In the ill-fated mission to take a piece of Turkish coastline, 2721 New Zealanders died with 4752 wounded. As part of research, every one of the then-surviving Gallipoli veterans living in New Zealand was interviewed, with 26 finally filmed. Shot at a barren, rocky Gallipoli before the advent of Anzac Day tourism, this important record screened on Easter Sunday 1984, and won a Feltex Award for Best Documentary.
I still pinch myself that I was involved in the TVNZ documentary Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story. A chance meeting with writer Maurice Shadbolt led to my becoming military adviser to the play Once on Chunuk Bair, which in turn ...
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@Geoff: It might surprise you to know that there were "poms" fighting alongside the Wellington's on Chunuk Bair, namely the Gloucester's and Welsh Pioneers. Oh and there were plenty of "poms" in the NZ Expeditionary force too...
Great documentary and credit to all involved: those veterans were an amazing bunch of NZers.
I have only just found this site today, and am halfway through watching the documentory segments. Some truly horrific experiences endured by good blokes. I will recommend your website to friends - best wishes, Simon O'Donoghue, Liverpool , England
My great great uncle fought with the Wellingtons at Gallipoli, and was one of the 70 survivors of Chunuk Bair before the Poms lost it back to the Turks not long after. Amazingly he was sent to the western front and fought in the Somme and Passchendaele - and incredibly, he survived the lot...then died of a heart attack in 1922.
Thank you so much for posting this. I can share this with my children one day.
if u want to have much more information u should find and watch 'Çanakkale Geçilemedi'
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Television, 2008 (Full Length)
A live broadcast of the dawn service at Waikumete Cemetery
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Descendents of Gallipoli veterans from both the NZ and Turkish sides return to Anzac Cove
Television, 2008 (Full Length)
New Zealand’s war service remembered
Television, 1966 (Full Length)
A profile of the Returned Services’ Association on its 50th anniversary
Television, 2002 (Full Length)
Director David Blyth interviews his Grandfather about his experience fighting in World War I
Television, 2005 (Trailer)
The trailer for a Gallipoli doco with narration from all sides
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David Cade | website
Posted at 11.57PM - 22.04.2013
Thanks for posting this documentary. It gave a good account of what occurred as the tragedy unfolded.