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Journey to Arras Television (Full Length) – 1997 Documentary War

Journey to Arras

Television (Full Length) – 1997 Documentary War

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This documentary unearths the story of the soldiers in the New Zealand Tunneling Company, whose daring World War I raids involved digging tunnels through chalk rock, laying explosives underneath enemy lines, and countermining German tunneling efforts. The story is told through the eyes of a New Zealand woman who retraces her grandfather’s war story to Arras, France, and sees the Kiwi-tagged cavern 'city' nearly 80 years later. The company played a key role on the Western Front, and was especially recruited in NZ, made up of miners, bushmen and labourers.

Key Cast & Crew

Ann Andrews

Producer

George Andrews

Producer, Director

Stuart Devenie

Narrator

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20 metres beneath the surface you can’t help thinking of the weight of the earth above, but if it hasn’t collapsed in 80 years it should be alright.
– Clare Mashiter, on following her grandfather Captain Robert Ronayne’s footsteps

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George Andrews Productions

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George Andrews Productions

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Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air

Music

Original music by Stephen McCurdy

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