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Part 5 of Zulu from 1964. And even more preparations and character development take place in this clip. Most of this scene takes place in the hospital, where we get understand the motivations of some of the characters well see later in the filmsuch as Private Hook, the one whos basically slacking off while in the hospital. The Witt daughter tries over and over to make her case that the wounded need to leave with them. But after being exposed to their boorish behavior, she eventually leavesand there is much rejoicing. The man who plays Color-Sergeant Bourne is Nigel Greene. He was one of many character actors in Britain during the 60s and 70s, and youll see him appear over and over in TV shows and on film basically playing the same kind of authoritarian type in a lot of films. In particular, he plays Michael Caines boss in The Ipcress File, and very well I might add. And if you are a fan of Jason and the Argonauts like I am, youll also remember him as Hercules in that film. Nigel was a lot like some actors such as Walter Mathau, where they got a later start in acting in lifebut once he got in, he had tons of work, a lot of it on TV shows. However, Nigel abruptly died in 1972 at the age of 47, from an apparent overdoes of sleeping medication. While not ruled as a suicide, Peter OToole has mentioned that he noted Nigel was depressed during the filming of The Ruling Class, and suspected that his death may have been a suicide. Well never know for sure.
Part 4 of Zulu from 1964. Preparations continue, while the Witts attempt (in vain) to try to convince Chard and Bromhead that they need to scram! But the regiment commanders arent having itthe Witts can stay so long as they dont interfere. Easier said than done. While the commanders make their plans to defend Rorkes Drift, the Witts increasingly feel compelled to take the wounded and those that would listen with them out of harms way. Tension builds! Lets talk a little about Jack Hawkins, the actor that plays Rev. Witt. This guy was born in 1910, and while he got his start in theater at a very young age, he quickly made a transition to British cinema and basically became a leading man by the 1950s. However, most Americas probably wont remember his earlier workthe one role I remember him playing the most was in Ben Hur from 1959, as the Roman Commander Quintus Arrius, the guy who eventually saves Judah Ben Hur (Charleton Heston) from slavery and adopts him as his own son. But he also had many supporting roles throughout his career playing British officers (Bridge Over the River Kwai,Lawrence of Arabia, Waterloo, etc.). Having served in the military during WW2, I guess thats only fitting. He died in 1974, apparently from complications related to larynx surgery or something. FYI, some of you may recognize the medical officer in a few scenes in this clip. That guy is Patrick Magee. Most of us Americans wouldnt know many of his prior films, mainly because he had a tendency to ...
Summary: Part 2 of Zulu from 1964. Well, as my daddy sez, the proverbial shit has it the fan! News reaches the Zulu King that a great victory has occurred at Isandhlwana, and now its on like Donkey Kongokay, probably a poor choice of words, but you get my meaning. Now the Witts are off to Rorkes Drift to warn the remaining British troops to hit the road before they get swamped by thousands of Zulu warriors. Then we transition to the 24th Regiment of Foot, who are using Rorkes Drift as a supply and medical station. Here we meet Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker), whos an engineer trying to build a bridge or some kind of ferry across a river there. And we also meet the highly elitist Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine), out hunting cheetahs for sport. We also get introduced to some of the other troops at Rorkes Drift. This film is primarily a star vehicle for Caine and Baker. This was one of Caines first films, and its ironic because hes known for playing working-class, Cockney types in most films. But his Queens English is pretty convincing in this film, and it helped catapult him to stardom later in the decademore on him (and Stanley Baker) later.
Summary: Many years ago, I used to watch Monty Python episodes and movies all the time. There was one sketch they did in Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life, where they showed a pitched battle between British colonial troops and Africa tribesmen. The main joke about the sketch was that while the troops were fighting, the elitist officers were trying to figure out amongst themselves why one of their colleagues had their leg bitten off. Now, the skit was marginally funny in its own right, but as a young child living in America, I didnt understand that part of the sketchs humor was the over-the-top portrayal of British colonial troops in action, from literary works in the 19th Century AND from films such as the one I will begin posting here: Zulu It wasnt until damn near 1995 that I actually saw this film from beginning to end. By that point in my life, I was a little more worldly (for an American, at any rate), so I knew just a little bit about the Anglo-Zulu wars during Britains colonial rule in Africa. However, what I didnt know was far from being another hackneyed, Rule Britannia-esque motion picture, it was in fact a fairly exciting action film to watch! It lacks the humor and character development or chemistry of similar films like Gunga Din from 1939. And like most colonial warfare films, its depiction of the Zulu tribal army is simplistic (maybe borderline racist). But if you can put those issues aside, its definitely a sprawling epic that will entertain you folks out ...
10 Greatest War MoviesHuman Events (blog)British tenacity and fire-discipline beat back numerically superior waves of attacking Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift. PATTON (1970). ...
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War Movie Mondays: 'Zulu'The Flickcast (blog)It is the screen story of a small garrison of British soldiers who defend the mission station of Rorke's Drift following the British defeat at the battle of ...
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War Movie Mondays: 'Zulu Dawn'The Flickcast (blog)Pulliene entrusts the Union Jack to Lt. Melvill who is to carry the colors to safety by alerting the smaller garrison at Rorke's Drift (where Zulu takes ...
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Construction of road bridge claimed livesThe HeraldDanny adds: "Dad served with the Gordon Highlanders during the war. He was a Scot, and his great-grandfather fought at Rorke's Drift."
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All eyes on South AfricaMontreal Gazette... Anglo-Zulu history, for it was not far from here (Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift) that British soldiers fought great battles against Cetshwayo's Zulu army. ...and more »
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The GuardianLetter from Africa: Cultural collision of Jacob Zuma's trip to BritainThe GuardianMy mind went back to my first days living in Africa when I toured Rorke's Drift in KwaZulu-Natal. There was the story of the disastrous British defeat by ...and more »
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This is LondonZulu dawns: Fugitives' DriftThis is LondonIt tells the story of Rorke's Drift in which 139 British soldiers successfully defended a hospital and army store against a force of 5000 Zulus armed with ...
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The full version of my rorkes drift movie but now with music and sound effects
Bob Geldof: My rage at this World Service calumnyThe GuardianWorse, they inconsistently and continuously contradicted themselves in their ludicrously pompous Rorke's Drift-type face-saving insistence on "sticking by ...and more »
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Cheetahs kick up a storm against CanesTimes LIVE... on Juan Smith and the Cheetahs sensed a chance to pull off an upset so big it would make the Battle of Rorke's Drift seem like a bit of a skirmish. ...and more »
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The final part of the Rorkes Drift stop frame animation
Camerons attitude taxing my patienceCambridge NewsA few months ago, if you'd said 'Labour will not be over-run Rorke's Drift-style, at the forthcoming general election', you'd have been considered quite ...and more »
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Part 2 of the stop frame animation i have made.
A stop frame animation if the battle of rorkes drift using my diorama of the battle. Not very accurate weeks of work
William Tell Overture on xylophone, Rorkes Drift concert, Brecon, 2010
Xylophone duet, Rorkes Drift concert 2010
A collection of photos telling the story of the battle of Rorkes Drift using my diorama if the battle. Very much insoried by that classic film 'Zulu'.
Rare original storyboards recently discovered for the all time classic war film Zulu, shot in 1963 in Natal South Africa, starring Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, Nigel Green, James Booth and Michael Caine, directed by Cy Endfield. They illustrate the Attack on the Hospital sequence.
A model of Rorke's Drift made whilst very bored at uni - took 35 small packs of blu tack (and about as many hours)
The battle of Rorkes drift using models
Part 2 of the transcript of a radio interview with Lt Col Frank Bourne who fought at the Battle of Rorkes Drift on 22/23 January 1879. The transcript of the interview was published in the Listener magazine on 30 December 1936.
Part 1 of the transcript of a radio interview with Lt Col Frank Bourne who fought at the Battle of Rorkes Drift on 22/23 January 1879. The transcript of the interview was published in the Listener magazine on 30 December 1936.
Part 1 of the transcript of a radio interview with Lt Col Frank Bourne who fought at the Battle of Rorkes Drift on 22/23 January 1879. The transcript of the interview was published in the Listener magazine on 30 December 1936.
Part 2 of the transcript of a radio interview with Lt Col Frank Bourne who fought at the Battle of Rorkes Drift on 22/23 January 1879. The transcript of the interview was published in the Listener magazine on 30 December 1936.
I think this one is better.
Our semi homeless neighbor has an impressive handle on movie reviewing and history. He spent an hour telling me about Deerfield MA before launching into the Battle of Rorke's Drift, a battle in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. He pauses briefly to whistle at a girl walking by.
All you need to know about The Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British troops defended their garrison against over 4000 Zulu warriors in one of the finest defences in military history
Puckpool Battery was constructed between 1863-1865 as a mortar battery for thirty mortars and five guns. It was rebuilt in the 1890s as part of the Spithead defences. By 1902 it was armed with one 10.4-inch and one 11-inch rifle muzzle-loading (RML) guns and two 6-inch breech-loading (BL)... ... german shepherd dog cam atc3k rorkes drift islandhwana fort battery
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...day in hospital, the unremitting controlled violence; blood, gore, pain but neither side shifted. Both saw this as their Rorke’s Drift. The controversy, the eye gouging by Schalk Burger, and the prowling presence of Bakkies Botha one of the great ‘minders’...
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in the anglo zulu wars the main british column was attacked and destroyed by overwhelming Zulu numbers the same day as the great victory over the zulus at rorkes drift ... battle of isandlwana empire total war zulu britain british zululand anglo-zulu south african history
a 150 welsh regiment holds off a 4000 man zulu army in what is regarded as the finest defense in history. more victoria crosses were given out to this regiment than any other in history.
A video I made of my favorite film. Enjoy.
Skirmish Aberdeen www.skirmishpaintball.com was established in 1986 and is the oldest venue in Scotland still running on the same site. We are fully Insured and members of the UK Paintball Sports Federation. The site on Lower Deeside is some 14 miles from Aberdeen city centre and features two fields of play totally different in character. One is open woodland whilst the other has deep heather, peat dykes and dense patches of birch trees.Built up game scenarios include the village and POW ...
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...some of the profits of the drink will go to help modern day armed servicemen and women and their families.” The battle of Rorke’s Drift took place on January 22, 1879, when a small detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot including a number of...
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Wales Online
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War is of course a sad thing once you cast aside the cause and the glory. Another amature compilation video of various things. www.victoriacross.org.uk ... War ww1 ww2 zulu isandlwana rorkes drift rorke's24th regiment boer war over the top loos 1915 somme trench my boy jack omaha beach dunkirk churchill Sharpe company Badajoz sadness tragic death blitzgrieg blackadder goes forth day normandy
Zulu is a 1964 historical war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War
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Tribute to the fallen soldiers at Rorkes Drift - Richard Burton's Victoria Cross roll call overlaid to Cozy Powell's "Dance with the Devil" and "Men of Harlech".
A 150 man Welsh regement with English leuitenants hold off 4000 zulu warriors at rorke's drift, south africa - 1889
On 22nd January 1879, two of the most famous battles in British military history took place; Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift.
Fugitives Drift is a spectacular property and a Natural Heritage Site. Walks and horse rides through the reserve to view abundant game and birdlife as well as fishing the 20km frontage of the Buffalo River are available.
Fugitives Drift is world famous for its battlefield tours, led by knowledgeable and highly-qualified lecturers, steeped in the history of the region and telling the tale as they were taught to tell it by the renowned historian David Rattray.
In 1879, the Zulus and the British fought a number of battles, 2 of which became famous with British Military history - Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift. For more information - visit www.battlefields.explorertravel.co.uk
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