The film Gallipoli is very useful to a certain degree as an historical source. The main reasons that make this film useful are the fact that it's a fairly accurate movie, the accuracy portrayed in the film and the contrast between qualities of Australian men and death faced in the war. This film is also not useful to a historian because it not only adds but leaves out events in the movie in opposed to what really in the war. Firstly, the accuracy portrayed in the film proved by sources makes it a useful historical source. According to numerous sources, the film is proven to be accurate to a ce...

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... no selfless act of valour, and no unifying event to bring the nation together. The young men of the day had had drilled into them by history, legend, verse, story and song that real nationhood is forged in battle. Within nine months of the outbreak of the great war, this forging ... What followed the landing at Gallipoli is a story of courage and endurance, of death, and despair, of poor leadership from London, and unsuccessful strategies. The Australian soldiers and the Turks dug in - literally - digging kilometres of trenches, and pinned down each other's forces with sniper fire and sh...

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... excerpts from soldiers diaries and letters as well as The Official History' by C.E.W.Bean. In this film, I believe Australian's attitudes toward enlistment in the war were very factual. The film showed the enthusiasm and patriotism of many young Australian men and how they were very eager yet blinded by the ... minutes the Turks went back to their positions in the trenches and were able to successfully defend the ANZAC attack. Four waves of Australian were cut down before they reached the enemy line. Many were killed and wounded. Through this scene the film has really captured the ... g...

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... Turks to fire on the troops. This landing is now seen in Australia as a tragic but significant event in our history, the soldiers that were sent to Turkey are now known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS). ii) The landscape in Gallipoli, Egypt and in Australia that is shown in ... the sky shown is hazy as if there is a fog, this is due to the level of sand in the air. The Australian terrain is a little more "alive" with more vegetation and more water. These differences may symbolise the difference in the living conditions of the ANZAC troops, ... of the message is told....

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... Gallipoli Peninsula. 25 April 1915, the day Australians and New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli and the beginning of the Anzac legend. The landing at dawn was written in history, as the first time Australian troops went into action as their own independent army. They saw that day as not very lucky, given that there was a navigational error where they landed 2km north ... in 1918, where we lost an awful amount of 65000 heroic men that fought hard but in the end lost their lives. Today the Anzacs are recognised for upholding the Australian name with pride. Brave men fought side by side eac...

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