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Lost in Flanders

Ninety years after the last shots were fired, two young Australian historians embark on an emotional journey to the First World War battlefields on the infamous Western Front.
Year : 2008 | Total Duration : 52.5 Minutes | Producer : Stuart Scowcroft
Director : Geoff Burton |
5th Australian Division Memorial and war graves, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood 5th Australian Division Memorial and war graves, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood 5th Australian Division Memorial, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. 5th Australian Division Memorial, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Archaeologists excavating site of former WWI trenches in Messines Ridge for evidence of Australian troops.
Archaeologists excavating site of former WWI trenches in Messines Ridge for evidence of Australian troops. Australian soldier with bugle at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Australian soldier with gun at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Australian soldiers at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Australian soldiers casket, hat and flag at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Australian soldiers casket, hat and flag at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Australian soldiers casket, hat and flag at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Australian soldiers coffin, hat and flag at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Australian soldiers coffin, hat and flag at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Avenue leading to 5th Australian Division Memorial and New Zealand Memorial, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Avenue leading to Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Avenue leading to the 5th Australian Division Memorial in the mist, Buttes New British, Polygon Wood. Basilica of the Holy Blood (12th Century), Burg Square, Brugge. Bell Tower and Cloth Hall, Market Square, Brugge. Bell Tower and Cloth Hall, Market Square, Brugge.
Boat floating underneath bridge across the canal, Brugge. Buildings along the canal, Brugge. Buildings along the canal, Brugge. Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Camera and crew member during outdoor filming.
Cameraman and film crew at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. City street through to Menin Gate, Ieper Market Square Columns in the New Zealand Memorial, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Country farm outside of Ypres (Ieper) Cross of Sacrifice in the mist, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Cross of Sacrifice, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial. Documentary cast and crew on steps of war memorial near Ypres (Ieper). Film crew filming at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Film crew on avenue leading to Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Flags of Belgium, Australia and Britain flying in Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Fountain at nightfall, Cloth Hall, Ieper. Fountain at nightfall, Cloth Hall, Ieper. George Calder's gravestone and medals, reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Gold statue on the Provincial Government Palace, Market Square, Brugge. Gothic upper chapel, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Burg Square, Brugge.
Gothic upper chapel, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Burg Square, Brugge. Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and his wife Marlena at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and soldiers at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery speaking at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery speaking at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Grass and Poplar trees surrounded by the Beguinage of Brugge. Gravestones and the Cross of Sacrifice, Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, near Ieper (Ypres) Gravestones and the Cross of Sacrifice, Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, near Ieper (Ypres) Gravestones and the Cross of Sacrifice, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Gravestones and the Cross of Sacrifice, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale.
Gravestones and the Cross of Sacrifice, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Gravestones and the New Zealand Memorial, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Gravestones in the mist, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Gravestones, Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, near Ieper (Ypres) Gravestones, Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, near Ieper (Ypres)
Gravestones, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Gravestones, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Headstone of Sergent George Calder after his reburial at the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Historical re-enactment, obelisk draped with an Australian flag, Road to Passchendaele Australian Walk 4 October 1917. Historical re-enactment, obelisk draped with an Australian flag, Road to Passchendaele Australian Walk 4 October 1917.
Historical re-enactment, Road to Passchendaele Australian Walk 4 October 1917. Houses on Market Square, Brugge John Hunter's gravestone and medals, reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Lieutenant-General Jeremiah "Jerry" Mateparae saluting at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Lion statue at entrance to the Provincial Government Palace, Market Square, Brugge.
Mat McLachlan and Michael Molkentin on the road in Polygon Wood, b/g Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial Mat McLachlan in Ieper, Cloth Hall in background. Mat McLachlan, Michael Molkentin and camera in Polygon Wood. Mat McLachlan, Michael Molkentin and documentary crew near Ypres (Ieper). Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
Memorial Service at Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ieper. Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ieper Michael Molkentin in Ieper, Cloth Hall in background. Military parade nightfall outside Cloth Hall, Ieper. Misty woods surrounding Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Mrs Marlena Jeffrey wife of Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and soldier with sprig of wattle at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Mrs Marlena Jeffrey wife of Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and soldier with sprig of wattle at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Mrs Marlena Jeffrey wife of Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery and soldier with sprig of wattle for casket at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Mrs Marlena Jeffrey wife of Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery lays sprig of wattle on casket at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark speaking at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale.
New Zealand soldier with gun at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. New Zealand soldier with gun at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. New Zealand soldier with gun at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. New Zealand soldiers with gun and flag at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Nightfall, Cloth Hall, Ieper.
Nightfall, Cloth Hall, Ieper. Obelisk draped with an Australian flag marks the Road to Passchendaele Australian Walk 4 October 1917, along the Ypres to Roulers railway. Old Civil Registry or Old Recorders House, Burg Square, Brugge. People riding in a horse drawn carriage down city street, Brugge People walking in city street, Brugge
Provincial Government Palace, Market Square, Brugge. Provincial Government Palace, Market Square, Brugge. Rose on a soldiers gravestone, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Roses on a soldiers gravestone, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Roses on a soldiers gravestone, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Saint James' Church, sculpture in park is based on quote by Hugo Verriest: "That people must revive". Side Chapel off the Upper chapel, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Burg Square, Brugge. Silhouette of a man and leaves. Soldier playing bagpipes at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Soldier playing bagpipes at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale.
Soldier playing bugle at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Soldier with flag at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Soldier with flag at memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Soldiers from the 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment surround casket at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Soldiers of the 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment, lower casket at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.
Soldiers speaks at reburial ceremony, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Soldiers with bugles standing on the Cross of Sacrifice at a memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Soldiers with bugles standing on the Cross of Sacrifice at a memorial service, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Statue of Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck, Market Square, Brugge Statue of Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck, Market Square, Brugge
Statues of the facade of Town Hall, Burg Square, Brugge. Stone crosses, Langemark German war cemetery, near Ieper (Ypres) The belfry tower, Cloth Hall, Ieper The New Zealand Memorial in the mist, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. Three gravestones, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale.
Tower on Provincial Court, Market Square, Brugge Town Hall, Burg Square, Brugge. Tree-lined country avenue near Ypres (Ieper). Tree-lined country avenue near Ypres (Ieper). Tree-lined country road near Ypres (Ieper).
Unknown solders gravestone, Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passendale. Upper chapel stained glass window, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Burg Square, Brugge. War Memorial at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Woman with dog sitting beside the canal, Brugge. WWI pillbox in the Belgian countryside.
WWI Scott's Post German pillbox, Polygon Wood WWI Scott's Post German pillbox, Polygon Wood WWI Scott's Post German pillbox, Polygon Wood WWI trenches, memorial site.
Pan across picturesque fields in Flanders, Belgium. CU B&W solder's face #1 superimposed over landscape. Fade to fields with poppies and face of soldier #2 superimposed. Soldier's face #3 superimposed over rows of headstones, face of soldier #4 over fields and clouds. Closer view of headstones, soldier's face #5 superimposed, young #6 soldier's face over harvested fields.
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Access No. 148676 | 45 secs | 2000s | Flanders, Belgium | © NFSA / Australian War Memorial | Colour |
High pan across fields in Flanders, Belgium. B&W archival footage of soldiers carrying weapons superimposed across scene, soldiers fall as explosions land.
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Access No. 148985 | 36 secs | 2000s | Flanders, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Menin Gate, car driving through archway. Pans and tilts over inside architecture of Menin Gate and CU tilts over names of soldiers etched in walls. High shot over Michael Molkentin walking streets and bridge and MS looking at walls inside Menin Gate.
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Access No. 148986 | 34 secs | 2000s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of solders across field carrying guns, falling to grounds as explosions land. Opening titles.
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Access No. 148987 | 10 secs | | © NFSA | Colour |
WS exterior Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Michael Molkentin walking inside Australian War Memorial to painting "Menin Gate" by Will Longstaff painted 1927. MS interview with Molkentin about the painting.
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Access No. 148988 | 46 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA / Australian War Memorial | Colour |
Archival footage of solders along track, zoom out to Michael Molkentin watching footage on laptop computer. VS Molkentin at desk in the Australian War Memorial archives with laptop and notebook.
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Access No. 148990 | 27 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival photograph of solders along footbridge over river by Frank Hurley. Details of soldiers on bridge. Photograph of soldiers standing outside graveyard looking in. Archival footage of soldiers driving horse and cart through battle zone, soldiers working in trenches.
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Access No. 148991 | 26 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Michael Molkentin researching at desk in the Australian War Memorial archives with laptop and notebook.
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Access No. 148998 | 6 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across archival photograph of large group of solders facing camera. Tilt down photograph of stark trees to road.
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Access No. 148999 | 11 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival footage of overturned carts and destruction left from battle.
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Access No. 149000 | 11 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Global map showing transition from Australia to Europe superimposed over archival footage of soldiers boarding ship, map of Europe over crowds farewelling soldiers, and CU to Brussels on map over soldiers performing synchronised exercises.
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Access No. 149001 | 21 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA / Intomedia | B&W |
Train past camera, interior shot of Michael Molkentin in train, view from train window past rows of headstones. CU diorama of war scenes with model soldiers in trenches. Fades between dioramas and Molkentin in train. Zoom into Ypres (Ieper) on map of Flanders. Sign Ipres on railway station, Molkentin walking to street and greeting author Mat McLachlan. Men departing in sports car, car along road. Molkentin and McLachlan in Tyne Cot war cemetery. CU headstones of Australian soldiers. Pan across fields in Flanders countryside.
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Access No. 149002 | 2 mins 29 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival photograph of aerial view of deserted devastated battleground.
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Access No. 149003 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival photographs of aerial view over devastated city.
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Access No. 149004 | 10 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival footage of men in military hot air balloon, one with binoculars. WS air to air of balloon floating.
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Access No. 149005 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Fire shooting into hot air balloon. Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan in basket of balloon with pilot. Aerial shots POV air balloon of former battlefields below.
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Access No. 149006 | 28 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival aerial photograph over battlefield, smoke rising.
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Access No. 149007 | 8 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
MS Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan in basket of hot air balloon with pilot discussing war photographer Frank Hurley.
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Access No. 149008 | 5 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival aerial photograph over battlefield, smoke rising.
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Access No. 149009 | 9 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
MS Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan in basket of hot air balloon with pilot discussing war photographer Frank Hurley's aerial view.
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Access No. 149010 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage with tilt up to hot air balloon above.
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Access No. 149011 | 5 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival photograph of aerial view of devastated pockmarked battleground.
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Access No. 149012 | 8 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Present day aerial of former Flanders battleground and villages POV from hot air balloon.
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Access No. 149013 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage with Australian soldiers walking through aftermath of bombing in streets of Ypres.
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Access No. 149014 | 18 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival photograph of soldiers on foot leading horses through aftermath of bombed streets of Ypres. Covered wagons in background.
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Access No. 149022 | 11 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival footage of troops marching through devastating town of Ypres.
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Access No. 149023 | 5 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan driving in sports car towards Menin Gate and under archway to streets of Ypres ahead.
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Access No. 149024 | 17 secs | 2000s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial archival photograph over war devastated town of Ypres, bombed out buildings.
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Access No. 149025 | 8 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
VS food markets and vendors in Ypres. Pan WS market square and shoppers.
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Access No. 149026 | 23 secs | 2000s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt down church ruin to soldiers on street in archival photograph of Ypres.
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Access No. 149027 | 11 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival footage of bombing explosion around building ruin in Ypres. Fade to archival still of map with animated line showing trench line across Flanders.
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Access No. 149028 | 24 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Intomedia / Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Pan across green fields and farming land.
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Access No. 149029 | 14 secs | 2000s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to map depicting town of Messines with animation indicating trench line.
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Access No. 149030 | 8 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
Archival footage of troops building trench, passing boxes and photograph of tunnel superimposed. Man in trench checking watch, huge mine explosions.
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Access No. 149031 | 30 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
High shots over archaeologists and others around dig site with mine crater filled with water behind. Historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan talking to archaeologist at burial site surrounded by fields and farming land. CUs digging with small trowel, VS digging in forest. CUs men recording dig sites photographically and collecting artefacts in plastic bags. WS outdoor cafe in Ypres. Molkentin and McLachlan talking at outdoor table, then driving through countryside.
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Access No. 149032 | 2 mins 57 secs | 2000s | Ypres, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival photograph of soldiers crossing makeshift bridge over water, burnt-out forest in background.
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Access No. 149033 | 8 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan standing in landscape with leafless tress behind them.
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Access No. 149034 | 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival photograph of soldiers walking down Menin road. Dead horses in foreground.
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Access No. 149035 | 5 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan standing on road known as Hellfire Corner, passing traffic.
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Access No. 149036 | 2 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of soldiers marching, rifles over shoulders.
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Access No. 149037 | 1 sec | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Zoom in to map depicting location known as Hellfire Corner near town of Ypres (Ieper).
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Access No. 149038 | 6 secs | 1910s | Ypres, Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
WS present day traffic on roads of area known as Hellfire Corner.
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Access No. 149039 | 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W photograph of soldiers riding horses along devastated Hellfire Corner route.
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Access No. 149041 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
WS present day traffic on roads of area known as Hellfire Corner.
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Access No. 149042 | 10 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of soldiers travelling on horseback through Hellfire Corner.
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Access No. 149043 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan discussing military action at Hellfire Corner and looking at archival B&W photograph in their hands of the scene.
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Access No. 149044 | 20 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA / AWM | Colour |
CU of Archival B&W photograph of soldiers riding horses along devastated Hellfire Corner route.
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Access No. 149045 | 5 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
MS historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan discussing photograph of military action at Hellfire Corner.
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Access No. 149046 | 2 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA / AWM | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of soldiers travelling on horsedrawn wagons through Hellfire Corner.
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Access No. 149047 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Zoom in to CU map of Flanders depicting Hill 60.
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Access No. 149048 | 8 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
Pan tilting up into blossom tree canopy.
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Access No. 149049 | 5 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W photograph of devastated landscape of Hill 60 battlefield.
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Access No. 149050 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Picturesque grassy landscape with trees and lakes where Hill 60 battlefield once was. Pan to LS of historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan walking. CUs Molkentin and McLachlan looking at archival B&W photograph from WWI showing how damaged the landscape was. VS rubble and other evidence of war in contemporary landscape covered by grass.
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Access No. 149051 | 34 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA / AWM | Colour |
Zoom in to archival B&W photograph of wood planks across collapsed concrete pill box on Hill 60 battlefield. Fade to photograph of soldier standing beside collapsed concrete structure.
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Access No. 149052 | 12 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Pan to LS of historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan walking across path through picturesque grassy landscape where Hill 60 battlefield once was. High zoom out to WS over Molkentin and McLachlan looking at mine craters and war relics.
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Access No. 149053 | 18 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W photograph of water filled mine craters on Hill 60 battlefield.
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Access No. 149054 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Archival footage of solders in battle running across field with guns, in trenches.
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Access No. 149055 | 8 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Zoom in to CU map of Flanders to Passchendaele.
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Access No. 149056 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
High shot over historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan sitting in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge in countryside used by Australian troops in the Battle of Passchendaele during WWI.
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Access No. 149057 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W photograph of injured and exhausted Australian troops in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge during Battle of Passchendaele, WWI.
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Access No. 149058 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
WS historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan sitting in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge in countryside used by Australian troops in the Battle of Passchendaele during WWI. Interview with Molkentin regarding photographer Frank Hurley's diary.
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Access No. 149059 | 26 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W archival photograph of dead and injured Australian soldiers in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge during Battle of Passchendaele during WWI.
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Access No. 149060 | 10 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
CU historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan reading from Frank Hurley's diary and discussing Hurley's photograph of dead and injured Australian soldiers in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge during Battle of Passchendaele during WWI.
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Access No. 149061 | 1 min 4 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA / AWM | Colour |
Zoom in to CU exhausted Australian soldier in B&W archival photograph taken by Frank Hurley in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge during Battle of Passchendaele during WWI.
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Access No. 149062 | 25 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
Zoom in to CU B&W archival photograph of dead and injured Australian soldiers slumped in cutting at Broodseinde Ridge during Battle of Passchendaele during WWI.
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Access No. 149063 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
CU historian Michael Molkentin's face as he looks at photograph.
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Access No. 149064 | 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA / AWM | Colour |
CU historian Mat McLachlan's face deep in thought. CUs grave sites with crosses, fabric poppies and plaques marking places. WS McLachlan and Michael Molkentin sitting in cutting. GS archaeologists around Broodseinde Ridge, CUs marking areas with pegs and string, digging. Molkentin looking at maps in book with one of the archaeologists.
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Access No. 149065 | 1 min 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of cannon firing.
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Access No. 149066 | 3 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
CUs archaeologists holding war relics from dig site.
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Access No. 149067 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of explosion behind soldiers.
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Access No. 149068 | 3 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
CUs female archaeologist digging with hand trowel, CU hands holding unearthed war relic.
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Access No. 149069 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of soldiers in trenches amidst shanty-like structures.
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Access No. 149070 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
CU unearthed penknife in archaeologist's hand. CU pan over domestic rusty relics from battlefield dig.
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Access No. 149071 | 7 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of smoke from cannon firing, explosion beyond barbed wire, behind soldiers.
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Access No. 149072 | 7 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Interview with team leader Dan Phillips of No Man's Land archaeologist group at excavation site talking about the finds unearthed. MS archaeologist Martin Brown to camera.
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Access No. 149073 | 22 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of soldiers sitting in trenches relaxing and eating.
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Access No. 149074 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Interview with Martin Brown of No Man's Land archaeologist group discussing battlefield food supply and holding relic of tin.
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Access No. 149075 | 35 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of soldiers doing ablutions, shaving and washing in trenches.
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Access No. 149076 | 9 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
High angle shot over historian Mat McLachlan digging carefully in excavation site with small trowel. MS interview with Michael Molkentin detailing some of the finds from the dig. CU to him lifting sealed bottle from earth. VS men examining bottle. Researcher Steve Litherland in dug out trench indicating wall area with sharp stick where Australian soldiers would have dug trench.
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Access No. 149077 | 49 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS archival footage of soldiers digging in trenches.
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Access No. 149078 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
MS researcher Steve Litherland in dug out trench indicating wall areas where fragments of human bones have been lodged. WS tilt up from lake to archaeology party. CU shovel in clay. Birds' eye view over archaeologists leaning over trench, working in trench. MS Michael Molkentin taking photograph. Ws archaeologists with view of city in background. Ws archaeologists working in late afternoon light.
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Access No. 149079 | 1 min 11 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to CU map of Flanders to Zonnebeke.
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Access No. 149080 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
WS cafe building on street of town of Zonnebeke. MS historian Mat McLachlan at cafe table with battlefield explorer John Vanderwalle looking at photographs. McLachlan and Michael Molkentin on town street with Vanderwalle who shows them where a road worker found human remains.
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Access No. 149081 | 31 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across unfocussed photograph of human skull.
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Access No. 149082 | 4 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © Johan Vandewalle | Colour |
Vanderwalle standing on Zonnebeke street with historians Mat McLachlan and Michael Molkentin recounting how a road worker discovered human remains. MS interview with Kristof Blieck of the Memorial Museum, Passchendaele. CU Excavation tool working over soil covered bones. Vanderwalle describing how they found the bodies lying.
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Access No. 149083 | 58 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across unfocussed photograph of human skeleton in trench.
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Access No. 149084 | 3 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © Johan Vandewalle | Colour |
MS interview with Kristof Blieck of the Memorial Museum, Passchendaele talking about the archaeological finds made in the town of Zonnebeke. CUs uniform fabric, dusting badge in dirt, digging with tools.
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Access No. 149085 | 14 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to artwork depicting skeletons lying side by side in various poses.
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Access No. 149086 | 19 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
MS interview with Kristof Blieck of the Memorial Museum, Passchendaele talking about the discovery of the last human skeleton from the group found in the town of Zonnebeke. WS historian McLachlan and Michael Molkentin sitting outside cafe with owner Johan Vanderwalle recounting uncovering the body of WWI soldier.
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Access No. 149087 | 44 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of decomposed body of soldier lying in ground.
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Access No. 149088 | 9 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © Johan Vandewalle | Colour |
MS interview with Johan Vanderwalle recounting uncovering the body of WWI soldier.
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Access No. 149089 | 14 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to photograph of decomposed body of soldier lying in ground.
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Access No. 149090 | 8 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © Johan Vandewalle | Colour |
MS interview with Kristof Blieck of the Memorial Museum, Passchendaele talking about the last human skeleton from the group found in the town of Zonnebeke. CU interview with John Vandewalle. Vandewalle and Michael Molkentin looking at Vandewalle's photograph of the skeleton.
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Access No. 149091 | 43 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA / Johan Vandewalle | Colour |
Exterior of Belgian Institute of Criminology. CUs hand operating computer mouse, DNA images on computer screen. CU gentle sawing of femur bone for mitochondrial DNA, bone particles falling on specimen glass and knife scraping particles into test tube. CU bone sediment in test tube.
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Access No. 149092 | 30 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from Belgium on global map and pan across countries to Canberra, Australia.
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Access No. 149093 | 11 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
WS exterior of Australian War Memorial. Interior of research room, Michael Molkentin researching at computer at desk, writing in notebook.
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Access No. 149094 | 23 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of soldiers in trench.
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Access No. 149095 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Australian War Memorial | B&W |
MS B&W archival footage of soldiers carrying rifles walking single file through trench.
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Access No. 149096 | 4 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © ABC Enterprises | B&W |
WS B&W archival footage of soldiers running along trench, heads and shoulders visible above ground in Polygon Wood area.
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Access No. 149097 | 5 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Interior of Australian War Memorial research room with historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan with Head of Army History Unit, Roger Lee talking about DNA testing of WWI soldier remains. MS Army History Unit Consultant Historian, Rick Pelvin talking about DNA sampling talking to Molkentin and McLachlan. CU to list of WWI soldiers and superimposed scroll of names of those soldiers names still missing from the Battle of Polygon Wood. CU Lee talking about DNA relative matches.
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Access No. 149098 | 1 min 57 secs | 2000s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Illustration of numbered corpses in various positions.
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Access No. 149099 | 19 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
B&W photograph of George Calder in uniform.
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Access No. 149100 | 12 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Dunolly Local History Museum | B&W |
MS interview with Faye Harris, great-niece of WWI solder George Calder. Harris looking at a newspaper clipping. CU Harris' hands going through items from family box, unwrapping diary and showing entry to camera. VS old buildings and store fronts of the town of Dunolly in the Goldsborough district, Victoria. MS historian Michael Molkentin drinking beer outside pub and looking at research notes. WS Dunolly main street, MS Molkentin looking at names inscribed on local war memorial.
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Access No. 149101 | 2 mins 39 secs | 2000s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of George Calder in uniform.
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Access No. 149102 | 17 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Dunolly Local History Museum | B&W |
MS interview with Faye Harris, great-niece of WWI solder George Calder and Harris reading Calder's death notice.
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Access No. 149103 | 47 secs | 2000s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow zoom in to illustration of numbered corpses in various positions.
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Access No. 149104 | 9 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
B&W photograph of Jack Hunter in uniform.
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Access No. 149105 | 7 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Hunter family | B&W |
MS interview with Molly Millis, niece of WWI soldier Jack Hunter and interviewer Mat McLachlan. WS Grand View Hotel, Brisbane. GS Mat McLachlan sitting in beer garden with Jim Hunter, nephew of Jack.
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Access No. 149106 | 45 secs | 2000s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of Jack Hunter in uniform.
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Access No. 149107 | 7 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Hunter family | B&W |
MS interview with Jim Hunter, nephew of WWI soldier Jack Hunter in beer garden.
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Access No. 149108 | 7 secs | 2000s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of Jack Hunter in uniform. Photograph of Jack with his brother Jim, both in army uniform. Portrait of Hunter family.
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Access No. 149109 | 16 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Hunter family | B&W |
Archival footage of bullock wagons being herded across forested property.
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Access No. 149110 | 7 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High pan across green farming land, fade to WS with Queenslander house on property. "Nanango" sign over soldiers' memorial. Tilt up log sculpture of timbergetter, shops in background.
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Access No. 149111 | 24 secs | 2000s | Nanango, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of forestry worker rolling giant log.
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Access No. 149112 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of forestry workers working on giant log, one chopping into it from on top and the other using steam powered saw.
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Access No. 149113 | 8 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across main street of town to name of John Hunter on soldiers' memorial. Mat McLachlan interviewing Molly Millis, niece of WWI soldier Jack Hunter.
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Access No. 149114 | 55 secs | 2000s | Nanango, Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of Jack Hunter with his brother Jim, both in army uniform.
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Access No. 149115 | 11 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Hunter family | B&W |
MS interview with Jim Hunter, nephew of WWI soldier Jack Hunter in beer garden. Molly Millis, niece of Hunter talking about the family reaction to Jack's death.
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Access No. 149116 | 42 secs | 2000s | Qld, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across graphic globe of the world from Australia and Europe to Belgium.
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Access No. 149117 | 22 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © Intomedia | B&W |
Historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan briefing Zonnebeke local Johan Vanderwalle on the new developments made to identify the five WWI soldiers found buried in the village. Molkentin standing outside cafe with Vanderwalle looking into woods, previously barren battleground. WS Molkentin and McLachlan walking through Polygon wood.
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Access No. 149118 | 3 mins 8 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W archival footage of soldiers running in battle.
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Access No. 149119 | 2 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
VS historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan walking through Polygon wood.
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Access No. 149125 | 5 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W archival footage of soldiers running in battle.
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Access No. 149127 | 2 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
VS historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan walking through Polygon Wood.
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Access No. 149128 | 3 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W archival footage of huge explosion on battlefield.
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Access No. 149129 | 3 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
VS historians Michael Molkentin and Mat McLachlan walking through Polygon Wood. Re-enactment CUs of soldier strapping leg, securing bayonet.
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Access No. 149130 | 5 secs | 2000s | Zonnebeke, Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS archival footage of soldiers standing in trench, rifles ready.
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Access No. 149131 | 2 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Re-enactment CUs of soldier with long-bladed knife, boots walking through mud and leaf litter and bullets being loaded into rifle.
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Access No. 149132 | 8 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
WS archival footage of soldiers climbing out of trench, rifles ready.
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Access No. 149134 | 4 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Re-enactment of soldier hiding in trees.
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Access No. 149135 | 1 sec | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W archival footage of soldiers firing from behind sandbags.
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Access No. 149136 | 3 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
MS historian Michael Molkentin walking through Polygon Wood.
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Access No. 149137 | 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of soldiers running along trench.
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Access No. 149138 | 4 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
MS historian Michael Molkentin walking through Polygon Wood.
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Access No. 149139 | 2 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W archival footage of soldiers across battlefield.
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Access No. 149140 | 3 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
MS historian Mat McLachlan walking through Polygon Wood.
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Access No. 149142 | 3 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
VS B&W archival footage of soldiers in battle, soldiers loading and firing cannon, explosions. VS artillery, cannons in line firing.
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Access No. 149144 | 11 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
VS B&W archival footage of explosions beyond barbed wire fence.
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Access No. 149145 | 2 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
MS B&W archival footage of soldiers at edge of trench being covered by earth from explosion. VS explosions, soldiers across battlefields with rifles, MS soldiers advancing. Soldiers past the dead on battlefield. Soldiers skidding down slope amid explosions. Soldier crossing trench, falling.
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Access No. 149146 | 25 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Pan across decimated landscape.
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Access No. 149147 | 6 secs | 1910s | Belgium | © NFSA | B&W |
Ground shot following feet walking away from camera. Tilt down forest to rows of white gravestones and LS to historian Mat McLachlan approaching. High angle WS of Buttes Cemetery in Polygon Wood. VS Michael Molkentin wandering around gravestones and around cemetery. CUs McLachlan and Molkentin discussing their experience.
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Access No. 149148 | 1 min 30 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
VS relatives of Australian WWI soldiers George Calder and Jack Hunter being introduced by Australian army official to Belgium officials.
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Access No. 149150 | 36 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © Department of Defence | Colour |
Pair of B&W archival portrait photographs of George Calder and Jack Hunter, both in uniform.
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Access No. 149151 | 11 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Hunter Family / Dunolly Local History Museum | B&W |
CU leaflets entitled "Zonnebeke", lapel decoration and VS relatives of Australian WWI soldiers George Calder and Jack Hunter during reinterment service at Buttes Cemetery, Polygon Wood. VS Calder and Hunter family, soldiers and historians at service. Army hat and wreath resting on Australian flag draped over coffin. Profiles of army officers with hands raised in salutes, CU embroidered Australian Army emblem. Sprigs of wattle and momentos being laid on hats. Army officers carrying wreath, lifting and folding flag, coffin being lowered.
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Access No. 149152 | 2 mins 5 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © Department of Defence | Colour |
WS Menin Gate lit up at night. Tilt down to reflection pool and ripple extending out on water surface. Car driving through archway. Historian Michael Molkentin studying names engraved on walls. CU Molkentin's fingers across inscribed letters. Closing credits.
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Access No. 149153 | 2 mins 46 secs | 2000s | Belgium | © NFSA | Colour |
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