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The battle of #RorkesDrift ended 144 years ago today. A distant battle in a long gone war, its place in popular history relies as much on a film as it does the gallantry rewarded with 11 VCs.
But there's more to the story of the #VictoriaCross and cinema. A thread.
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But there's more to the story of the #VictoriaCross and cinema. A thread.
THREAD 1/14
The idea for ZULU (1964) came when Cy Endfield picked up a copy of Lilliput. John Prebble's article "Slaughter in the Sun" became #Zulu a few years later - recounting an underdog action which yielded 11 VCs and launched the career of a cinema great along the way.
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THREAD 2/14
ZULU DAWN (1979) sought to cash in on the success of its predecessor by depicting the Battle of #Isandlwana. Some big names make up a strong ensemble cast, share the story of two more VCs (Melvill and Coghill), and put the events at #RorkesDrift into wider context.
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THREAD 3/14
Another 🚨🌍map klaxon🌍🚨, this time as part of the 664th Engineer Topographic Company's work, mapping movements through Bastogne (that's "BastooOOOoone" in #wehaveways) running right through from 19 to 31 December 1944.
(Found in an odd folder. I'd forgotten about these.)
(Found in an odd folder. I'd forgotten about these.)
Bastogne, 20th December...
Bastogne, 21st December...
