Australians at War EP1

Genre:.....................WWI-II Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W/Colour
Runtime:..................56Mins
Size:........................496Mb

From the Boer War in 1899 to the present day peacekeeping missions, Australians at War is the most comprehensive visual record of our wartime history ever made. Australian men and women, veterans of all our conflicts and witnesses to our past, speak movingly of the events that shaped their lives and those of millions of Australians. Combining archive film, stills, and interviews, Australians at War breathes life into our past; a past that influences our present and future.

EP01. We're On a Long Trek Now
After arriving too late for the succinct war in Sudan, Australia finally had a chance to prove themselves on the plains of South Africa in the Boer War. Soon enough, our naivety was stripped away in this 3-year war, which gave way to a conflict none of us could have foreseen. Disease claimed half of the casualties.