Rare film: ANZAC troops at Gallipoli

[Albertanator]

I'll never forgot going to a Mel Gibson movie Gallipoli in the early 80's with my Turkish Girlfriend at the time...neither of us knew what this movie was actually about and she was quite amazed near the end of the movie where you had Turkish soldiers talking...I still remember her telling me exactly what they said....

[Cengiz78x]

RIP Irish and Scottish troops

[flashjacksonbrown]

:( aussies died :(

[blUdz18]

Poor Aussies. This video actually depicts New Zealand and Irish troops!

[Nickmard]

These are Irish and Kiwi troops. ..........

[parklad2009]

This is the subject of a debate as to whether these are actually Aus troops at all.See Irish Times sat april 24 1010.They are most likely Irish according to the piece.check for youselves.

[vasilidawog]

What i hate is that games like Call of Duty and others made war seem like a cool thing, that killing people should be something fun and buy doing so alot of kids/teenagers out there have forgoten what war was, a place that should have never existed. Dehumanising others, Killing and Destruction. The "Enemy" also had a family we should always remember that. Lest we Forget.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

Apparantly, this iconic footage depicts Irish and New Zealand troops rather than so called "Anzacs", another name for Australian troops. This footage has been analysed by Sanhurst military expert, Dr Pugsley said. The soldiers shown at Quinn's Post were New Zealanders, but Australian historian Bean was not trying to mislead audiences who would have known from the uniforms they were wearing that they were not Australians.

[IDoomTeddyz]

@SugarTomAppleRoger isnt anzacs

australian and new zeland army corps?

[siciliaussieguy]

@IDoomTeddyz yes.

[fpvshitsonhsv]

@SugarTomAppleRoger ANZACS Australia and New Zealand was a joint operation ,there was no single operations. The uniforms were all the same in ww1 if you were part of the British empire ,even Canada. They only thing that made Anzacs stand out was our hats when not on the front line. New Zealanders just had a NZ badge on their top left pocket the rest was the same. There is no way from this video you can single out all the NZ troops from Aussies. Only old photo's taken before they left to fight

[pramboy09]

@SugarTomAppleRoger The term "ANZAC" is a term used for both australian and new zealand troops in battle together in the same operation, this happened for the first time at gallpoli and was how "ANZAC" came about. This term does not apply when working seperatly in different battles and is not just a term used for australian troops.

[frankchau9848]

i feel srry, but even thought i am chinese i still look at this footage and i still do 1 min silence

[minablock]

i hope the us Aussies and turks never fight again this whole battle should not have started

many GOOD people FROM BOTH sides died.

[vaporizer08]

My grandfather fought there.He was an officer in the Turkish army.He came face to face with a British officer in the trench. The British officer pulled his gun first but his hand was shaking so much that he missed. My grandfather was still frozen until a soldier told him that the Brit is not throwing nuts but bullets.He pulled his gun and shot the officer to death. He then checked his ID.He was a lord..After the war my grandfather send his family his belongings and his sincere regret. WAR IS BAD

[TheBraveKitten]

@vaporizer08 My great grandfather fought their too. It must have been really bad, my dad said he was never the same after that.

[bobgladstone]

vaporizer08

How sad.

My great grandfather is mentioned on the Helles Memorial they never found his body.

[delikadir6966]

mes deux arrieres grand parent sont mort en protegeant leur patrie a canakkale

[BlacktailFA]

Even though this is a "safe" rear area, all the commotion and tension still betrays how turbulent the fighting is... and how close it is.

[bonica789]

i am british and my grandfather died and is buried in azmak cemetry in suvla. i would love if anyone had a video of the indivual graves to see if i could see his grave..he left 2 sons one of which was my father. young boys then.

[verticalsmurf]

I feel weird watching this. We were taught at school that the landing was a frenzy, blood stained beaches and bullets flying. I know this must have been shot after the landing, but they look bored. War is weird, I pray I never know it.

[culturevulture123]

totally agree with you on that one

[drummer78]

Do you really believe that this film took place at the very moment of landing?

[AlienFirefox]

there is no footage of the actual landing

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Anzacs landed at 4:00 am on the west with very little fight and high terain to climb.The british were trying to land later in the morning down the south with a massive loss and yes it was a frenzy.Then when the landing was made they pushed the turks back a bit and used the beach as a base.

[barbaros1passa]

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives.You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country therefore rest in peace.

There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours.

You, the mothers Who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears;your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

(Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

[cnelsonsmith]

That speech was directed at mothers of men that had died in Gallipoli. I have been to Gallipoli and have read that same speech; one of the most moving things I have ever read

[kespec]

yes speech shows how respectful turks are, even to their enemies they fought against

[barbaros1passa]

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives.You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country therefore rest in peace.

There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours.

You, the mothers Who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears;your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

(Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

[firstgovs]

such a small place for soo many ppl to die at

[PajamaShark9]

Don't forget to honour the British and French along with the Anzacs and Turks.

[ZacNVanessaFan4eva]

my principal right now was in the anzac war. he was forced to go there when he was about... like... 15 yrs. he said that he has seen so many people dying and getting killed. he was sharing his story to our class---and got a bit emotional too. he said he was blessed not being able to get killed. but he also mentioned he doesnt "want to go back to the bloody place".

[gnarkillkicksass]

That would make him 109 years old.

[lunafringe10]

well, what is NZ today? i d like to know

[Qwacka008]

We sould have great respect for the Turkish people. Our ANZAC boys who fought in Gallipoli had much more respect for the Turks than they did the scrawny chested British Officers and likewise the Turks had more respect for the ANZACS than they did the German Officers. Both sides fought with honor and respect, while both Officer groups were bloody idiots.

[Aseper2]

@Qwacka008 yeah, i read in a journal of the youngest ANZAC that the aussies would make wooden mannaquins of hitler and co. for the turks to fire at, they used to have competitions and the prize would be a can of meat or cigarettes or something that would be thrown to the other trench, neither side wanted to be there, so they made the most of it,

[crematio]

A WW I journal about Hitler, sorry, but that's big nonsense. That obscure soldier nobody knew. The emperor, well, may be.

Stories like that are told about every war. But often it was a can of dynamite with nails. The film shows ANZAC and British troops, a lot of the units came from UK. But it will ever be remembered as an ANZAC battle.

[fpvshitsonhsv]

@Aseper2 Yep that was spot on

[missNZer]

respect to all ANZAC's.

You made NZ what it is today.

:) thanks

[swanningaround]

Remember the Turks too... The RSA President of New Zealand said :

"travellers should remember that Gallipoli was a place of remembrance for Turkey as well. "I know of no other instance in the world where a government has allowed peoples who have once tried to invade to come back and establish huge memorials and conduct an annual ceremony in their memory. When you think about it, that's a very generous thing to do."

I think it is remarkable too - well done, Turkey - respect!!!

[narni23]

@swanningaround: top comment

[MilitaryAircraft101]

@swanningaround Yes, you never realise that even though they were the enemy, it doesn't mean that they are always the enemy. They were under a different rule then and their rulers decided to go to war against the allies. their men were told what to do, it's not the soldiers' faults

[Msunbird02]

@swanningaround Agreed ... particularly as Turkey is an Islamic country.

[DAYL385]

my great uncles fought at gallipoli but all my nanna tells me is one got "blown 2 peices" and the other died shortly after getting home

[USArCOWARDS]

DAYL385 that happens.

One side of my family was complelty wiped out during WW1.

[reunmemann]

orada görünen anzak askerlerinin ilk çıkartması ve hepsinin şehit olduğu yer orası anzac koyu çok yazık oldu onlara.allah rehmet eylesinn

[Soldier1923]

I respect all ANZACS and all Ottoman soldiers which fought..

[Samsun55]

it was a sensless fought...

the anzacs hadnt even know for what she has died...

[vitalalive69]

Is this the only actual footage that survived ?

If anyone knows about other footage please let me know

[chewie211171]

Unfortunately there isn't much more footage.The other footage is of some Anzacs in action in a trench; shooting into no mans land etc. The whole remaining film only last about a 2 mins. The Australian War Memorial had the footage digitally remastered (at a hugh cost I might add) in the early 2000s. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings director) supervised the restoration of the original reel.

[chewie211171]

Other footage restored by Peter Jackson is available on youtube at 'Peter Jackson - Restored Gallipoli Film - ANZAC Day'

[AustWarMemorial]

There is more footage in the AWM collection from this era. This particular video is just a representative segment of about 11 minutes of footage which was restored.

[vitalalive69]

Thanx I will surely have a look at that footage. I am Turkish and my great grandfather had also fought at Gallipoli, I have actually visited all the sites at Gallipoli and also walked the distance I was mentioned by my father where my great grandfather went through. Looking at any footage regarding Gallipoli awakens strong feelings with me.

[coskun1981]

Those heroes that shed their blood And lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side, Here in this country of ours.

You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries...

Wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom And are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land, they have

Become our sons as well.

[ImparatorEugenius]

I respect your honor as it matches that of the turks of old. I will pray for your conversion and your souls salvation. May God Bless You.

[zortullu]

Anyways this victory was not victory of Ottoman Empire, but Victory to Kemal Atatürk who changed the war, so we can conlclute that this Victory has awakened a democracy in Turkey who took the fight against Ottoman Empire Ruling System, against Western Colonisim Empire system and Greek Othodox high Byzintine Extremist Nationalisim..

[xxSpartanx]

my grandpa was in there someone......(died 19.11.1993, my birthday

[sgtmcguckin2]

how ironic thats the my birthday too!

[Muff0]

This is amazing footage. 3 of my Great-Grandfathers were there.

[49ryan]

My Grandad was there as well,he was with

the Royal Dublin Fusiliers aboard the ss Clyde

the old collier they converted. As the clyde beached all the men ran through the holes cut in the side and down the gangplanks, to be met by fire from 4 machine guns. As you can imagine the men were channeled and easy targets. The Priest who was in front of my Grandfather took a bullet through the head,out of the Dublin Fusiliers And Hampshire Regiments about 2000 strong,300 made it under the fort.

[iceonaboy]

Im glad that someone has a story about other allies at Gallipoli because every one thinks it was just ANZACS a lot of our boys died as well

[sunbird2]

The British War Correspondent Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett caused the birth of the ANZAC legend. "There has been no finer feat in this war than this sudden landing in the dark and the storming of the heights."

[badasshoody]

Having been to ANZAC Cove 2 years ago on ANZAC Day, this is a HUGE eye opener for me, not only as a Kiwi interested in our history, but also just to notice the similarities and differences of the landscape.

I only wish my Great-Grandfather who served at Gallipolli as a medic could see this footage as well as the Kiwi's and Aussie's heading to ANZAC Cove year after year to honour their memories.

God bless those that went before us.

[WELLBRAN]

My grandad was there, supervising landing craft from HMS goliath He was a Petty Officer, they were torpedoed and sunk loss of 550 men, My Grandad survived, Goliath was shelling the Turkish postions from seaward. the whole plane was a shambles and never should have been undertaken. It was doomed to failure

[199219931994S]

XXninebXX : australians came to seperate Turkey in pieces also the english , the failed , so we won

[PutItAway101]

How do you figure that ? Up til WWI, Turkey had an empire. By choosing to side with the Germans, they lost all of it.

[XXninebXX]

lol we messed with the turks

no one had won this war the anzacs had withdrawed and moved north to fight germany

[CadVentor]

don't mess with the Turks

[poinky8]

this footage would interest an older age group,who might not be internet aware, this should be made available to them

[aodhan01]

poor bastards