Interviews with 1914-1918 war veterans Messrs Graham, Martin, Burrows & Tarrant for the 0-10 TV Series Australians at war Accession Number: F10229

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Interviews with four 1914-1918 war veterans for the O-10 TV series Australians at war. The veterans in order of appearance are Mr Jack Graham 6 Light Regiment, Mr Jim Martin, 6 Light Horse Regiment, Major George Burrows 5 Battalion and Mr Jack Tarrant. Mr Graham speaks on the hardships of life in the desert and fighting in the Jordan Valley. Mr Martin describes results of shelling trenches at Beersheba. Major Burrows tells how Baron von Richthofen met his death. Mr Tarrant tells why he enlisted and describes the hardships at Gallipoli due to extremes of weather, flies, poor food and shortage of water. He speaks of landing in France and being wounded at Pozieres and Flers.

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Accession Number
F10229
Cinematographer
H J Heidrich
Classification
Film
Object Type
Interview
Physical Description
Colour: Colour
Film type: EkORP
Format: 16mm
Sound: sound
Measurement
Duration
Footage
Projection speed
Date Made
1976
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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