The video above is a small piece of the end of the movie Gallipoli, directed by Peter Weir. It is obvious from the title that it is a story of what happened in Gallipoli during World War 1. There is a song playing over the video called “Heroes of War,” hence we are unable to hear exactly what is being said and for those who don’t know the story of Gallipoli, what is going on. The song went well with the video because it involved courage, mateship and patriotism.
We see that as soon as the soldiers come out from the trenches, they are shot at. The lucky ones are only wounded but most of them die. Towards the very end, the soldiers hang their belongings on the walls of the trenches before surrendering to their enemies. One last soldier runs freely for the last time before he is shot at several times.
We believe this video was very emotional and moving. It provided us with a good insight into what our Australian soldiers went through during wartime and we feel that we now have a better understanding of war at Gallipoli during World War 1.
Your post is insightful and factual.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should talk more about the purpose that this serves for current audiences.
Other than that, well done.
You've chosen a great, effective and emotional video to depict war, and it really did show us the hardships,mateship and other themes during the time.
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