With ANZAC Day coming up on the 25th of April, we turned our ANZAC Magnetic Story into a video! This video brings to life the story of the ANZACs and helps tamariki learn why ANZAC Day is a significant part of New Zealand's history. Lest we forget!
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs. In this stunning documentary, personal stories are uncovered to illustrate the true impact of war. Explore what ANZAC represents to the people today and yesterday, and how the nations prepared and faced the two great wars.
This was the landing at Gallipoli, on April 25, 1915, as described by some of the men that lived through it. More than 50,000 Australian troops fought here, and 8000 of them died here too. But Gallipoli was just one small part of a much bigger conflict.
This Anzac Special tells the story of the famous battle that took place at Gallipoli on the coast of Turkey in 1915. We find out why the ‘Last Post’ is played at commemoration services and what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during the Great War. We also learn more about the important role animals played during the fighting at Gallipoli.
The Amien's Gun was one of the weapons Australian soldiers captured from the enemy in WWI. But did you know that weapons weren't the biggest killer at Gallipoli? More Aussie troops there died of disease whilst living in the trenches than whilst fighting. Here's Carl to find out a bit more about what life was like in the trenches during World War I.
Five young Australian and New Zealand nurses arrive in Europe to serve in WWI. Full of romantic notions, they face the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western front, horrific living conditions, prejudice, and devastating personal loss. Rising to meet the challenge, they find love and lasting friendship. Based on the book The Other ANZACs, drawing on the real nurses’ letters, journals, and historical records, this acclaimed Australian miniseries tells the harrowing, life-affirming stories of five unsung heroines. 6 episodes, 6 hrs.
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World War I Australian Horsemen fight the Germans and the Turks, ending in a charge at Beersheba.
Corporal Matthew Creek of the Royal Military College Band plays The Last Post at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. The Last Post is one of a number of bugle calls in military tradition that mark the phases of the day. In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.
Australia's biggest music names; Lee Kernaghan, Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, Jon Stevens, Jessica Mauboy, Shannon Noll & Megan Washington unite to release the official music video for the charity single, 'Spirit of the Anzacs', a tribute to those that have given their lives, those who have served, and those that still today step bravely into the unknown to serve our country.
