Approaching WW1 100TH ANNIVERSARY (2 Viewers)

Jack said:
There are other types of tools as well...

plus, someone had to hold the shelf. There weren't enough spanners to go around.
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I have had no intel as to weather the shelf in question is still standing, may be hard to tell among all the boxes.....{sm3}{eek3}
Wayne.
 
Jack said:
You should come over...these days you don't have to be a criminal...but it helps!
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^&grin^&grin

I applied for a visa, but ' Undesirable lout ' was the Australian point of view, I thought a touch harsh.

Rob
 
I don't think I have seen many things done quite so movingly as the line of torches that spanned the 20km front line at Arras during the 90th anniversary commemoration of that action. It was a wonderful tribute to a too often overlooked campaign.

Can I also draw to your attention something that has been on my radar for a little while now, which has now come to pass and that is the reworking of Peter Burness' wonderful book The Nek - a Gallipoli tragedy. The original was a magnificent account in its own right and commands some serious money if you want to own it, but Peter has now updated his account based on new evidence and it is on its way from the AWM. I can't wait.
 
Isandlwana said:
I don't think I have seen many things done quite so movingly as the line of torches that spanned the 20km front line at Arras during the 90th anniversary commemoration of that action. It was a wonderful tribute to a too often overlooked campaign.

Can I also draw to your attention something that has been on my radar for a little while now, which has now come to pass and that is the reworking of Peter Burness' wonderful book The Nek - a Gallipoli tragedy. The original was a magnificent account in its own right and commands some serious money if you want to own it, but Peter has now updated his account based on new evidence and it is on its way from the AWM. I can't wait.
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Sounds very nice indeed, maybe they will repeat this for the 100th anniversary. I have attend several of the 8pm services at the Menin gate in Ypre and they are very moving indeed, interest in WW1 and its battlefields is growing by the year, and judging by numbers attending this is reflected in these services.

The book sounds good too, I imagine to put it mildy we will be spoilt for choice for new WW1 books over the coming years.

Rob
 
I think if a similar manner of remembrance were employed for the first day of the Somme or indeed the Third Battle of Ypres then I would most certainly gravitate towards such a ceremony.

Questions that need to be addressed however include how those of us from the UK are to be included within the Gallipoli remembrance services and conversely how those from Britain's then dominions are to be included within the Somme commemorations.
 
Isandlwana said:
I think if a similar manner of remembrance were employed for the first day of the Somme or indeed the Third Battle of Ypres then I would most certainly gravitate towards such a ceremony.

Questions that need to be addressed however include how those of us from the UK are to be included within the Gallipoli remembrance services and conversely how those from Britain's then dominions are to be included within the Somme commemorations.
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Well there is to be remembrance of the First day of the Somme and Passchendaele in the 2014-18 in the UK plan, I guess there will of course be services on the battlefields too at which people from the commonwealth countries can attend. As for the UK and Gallipoli , I guess the choice is as it is now, people can either choose to travel to Gallipoli as many will no doubt, or attend the Anzac day dawn service in London as I have done on a couple of occasions. But no doubt as 2014 draws near plans will be announced.

Rob
 
Rob,
I have that book which I bought for our trip to the Western front and already read it a couple of times, a good read just as a history of the A.I.F's actions in Belgium and France as a guide to the battefields I'm very much looking foward to putting it to the test next year.
Wayne.
 
As we approach the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of WW1 which led to the remembrance Sunday silence, today we pause at eleven wherever we are and remember.

Lest we forget

Rob
 
This is my 400th post!

There will be many things connected to the Great War coming out in the lead up to and during the commemorations and I'm hoping the odd film may be included amongst them.

As I stated on the Movies thread a fair while ago; All Quiet on the Western Front is having a 21st century makeover. The jury is most definitely out on this project given the immense quality of the original, the director of the new film and proposed lead. We shall see.

It may only be just over fourteen minutes long but Peter Jackson's 'Crossing The Line' film (made to test new cameras) looks like a feature film waiting to happen but I suspect it won't be made.

Interestingly, however, there is an interview with Peter Jackson, who is well known for his passion for WW1 aviation, where he comments on Peter Weir's Gallipoli film.

He states,

"There is a great movie waiting to be made about the Anzac’s experience at Gallipoli, and this is not it.

"However, as a story of Aussie 'mateship' with great performances and a powerful ending (I choke back the tears every time I watch it), it is without equal.

The film has some historic flaws – the climatic Lighthorse charge on the Nek at Gallipoli on August 1915 was not doomed because the 'British were drinking tea on the beach', as the film claims.

It was doomed because while the Australians charged the Nek from below, the New Zealanders, who were supposed to simultaneously attack from above, didn’t show up.

"But that’s another story, one i’d love to make as the 100th anniversary gets closer."

Encouraging I would say. I may not get my Gallipoli figures but may well get a film to compensate!
 
Isandlwana said:
This is my 400th post!

There will be many things connected to the Great War coming out in the lead up to and during the commemorations and I'm hoping the odd film may be included amongst them.

As I stated on the Movies thread a fair while ago; All Quiet on the Western Front is having a 21st century makeover. The jury is most definitely out on this project given the immense quality of the original, the director of the new film and proposed lead. We shall see.

It may only be just over fourteen minutes long but Peter Jackson's 'Crossing The Line' film (made to test new cameras) looks like a feature film waiting to happen but I suspect it won't be made.

Interestingly, however, there is an interview with Peter Jackson, who is well known for his passion for WW1 aviation, where he comments on Peter Weir's Gallipoli film.

He states,

"There is a great movie waiting to be made about the Anzac’s experience at Gallipoli, and this is not it.

"However, as a story of Aussie 'mateship' with great performances and a powerful ending (I choke back the tears every time I watch it), it is without equal.

The film has some historic flaws – the climatic Lighthorse charge on the Nek at Gallipoli on August 1915 was not doomed because the 'British were drinking tea on the beach', as the film claims.

It was doomed because while the Australians charged the Nek from below, the New Zealanders, who were supposed to simultaneously attack from above, didn’t show up.

"But that’s another story, one i’d love to make as the 100th anniversary gets closer."

Encouraging I would say. I may not get my Gallipoli figures but may well get a film to compensate!
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Gallipoli the movie was to say the least aweful and to be honest I would rather see Peter Jackson or any good flim maker do a Western Front movie about the A.I.F and Kiwis, Pozieres comes to mind or perhaps one about Monash? the story lines are endless, with todays CIG effects I think something approaching the horror of the trenches may be possible...here's hoping.
Wayne.
 
waynepoo said:
Gallipoli the movie was to say the least aweful and to be honest I would rather see Peter Jackson or any good flim maker do a Western Front movie about the A.I.F and Kiwis, Pozieres comes to mind or perhaps one about Monash? the story lines are endless, with todays CIG effects I think something approaching the horror of the trenches may be possible...here's hoping.
Wayne.
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FINALLY! Someone else who thought that film was rubbish! Well said that man.{bravo}}

Rob
 
Rob said:
FINALLY! Someone else who thought that film was rubbish! Well said that man.{bravo}}

Rob
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If you are seeking to rile then you have inflamed my passion successfully. I will refrain from the utterances I wish to convey to you but be sure of one thing...I hold you in utter disregard.
 
Isandlwana said:
If you are seeking to rile then you have inflamed my passion successfully. I will refrain from the utterances I wish to convey to you but be sure of one thing...I hold you in utter disregard.
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^&grin

Rob
 
Isandlwana said:
This is my 400th post!

There will be many things connected to the Great War coming out in the lead up to and during the commemorations and I'm hoping the odd film may be included amongst them.

As I stated on the Movies thread a fair while ago; All Quiet on the Western Front is having a 21st century makeover. The jury is most definitely out on this project given the immense quality of the original, the director of the new film and proposed lead. We shall see.

It may only be just over fourteen minutes long but Peter Jackson's 'Crossing The Line' film (made to test new cameras) looks like a feature film waiting to happen but I suspect it won't be made.

Interestingly, however, there is an interview with Peter Jackson, who is well known for his passion for WW1 aviation, where he comments on Peter Weir's Gallipoli film.

He states,

"There is a great movie waiting to be made about the Anzac’s experience at Gallipoli, and this is not it.

"However, as a story of Aussie 'mateship' with great performances and a powerful ending (I choke back the tears every time I watch it), it is without equal.

The film has some historic flaws – the climatic Lighthorse charge on the Nek at Gallipoli on August 1915 was not doomed because the 'British were drinking tea on the beach', as the film claims.

It was doomed because while the Australians charged the Nek from below, the New Zealanders, who were supposed to simultaneously attack from above, didn’t show up.

"But that’s another story, one i’d love to make as the 100th anniversary gets closer."

Encouraging I would say. I may not get my Gallipoli figures but may well get a film to compensate!
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Are you aware that Regal Toy Soldiers/Soldiers of the World, made in New Zealand, has a quite large line of middle-east/Gallipoli figures? They make Australian, New Zealand, British, and Turkish figures. They are quite nice figures. They do mounted and infantry. -- Al
 
Rob said:
FINALLY! Someone else who thought that film was rubbish! Well said that man.{bravo}}

Rob
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OH NO! Does 'aweful = rubbish' hmmmm, ok now it was bad, it was historically inaccurate, it had Mel Gibson in it and it was too long! so aweful..... but rubbish... well?.....{sm3}^&grin.
Wayne.
 
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