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Review Of The Flick "Zulu"
The 1964 film "Zulu" tells the story from the defence of Rorke's Drift by the little garrison of British squaddies who'd been assaulted by higher than 4,000 Zulu warriors. The soldiers held out while the conflicts raged in to the night of 22/23 Jan 1879. In the daybreak, the Zulus had brought an end point to the attack.
The movie stars Stanley Baker along with Michael Caine with Richard Burton narrating and was a chase up to "Zulu Dawn". This film informed the story of the Battle of Isandlwana that occurred formerly that day. The opening scenes begin with the aftermath of Isandlwana while Richard Burton tells the telegram by Lord Chelmsford updating the govt of the disaster of Isandlwana. Zulus are shown amassing weapons belonging to the lifeless British troops.
Before the battle, Rorke's Drift was a mission station run by Swedish missionary Otto Witt. As Lord Chelmsford brought the men over the Buffalo River and into Zululand from Natal, a company of the 24th Regiment stayed behind to occupy the mission station that was being employed as a surgery and a supply depot by the British. The 2 commanding officiers were Lieutenant John Chard with the Royal Engineers performed by Stanley Baker along side Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead of the 24th played by Michael Caine. This was Caine's first leading role.
The picture shows Chard as well as some troopers building a bridge on the Buffalo Brook. Bromhead returns from a hunting trip and the two chat temporarily just before scouts arrive informing the officials of the disaster at Isandlwana. Chard is seen to think overall command as he was commissioned one or two months sooner than Bromhead and though this is standard procedure, it irks Bromhead. They take a look at their options with Lieutenant Joseph Ardendorff of the Natal Local Group (NNC) who'd been one of the few survivors coming from Isandlwana. Ardendorff is portrayed by Gert Wagon den Bergh. The Afrikanner talks about the Zulu "Horns of the Buffalo" Strategies. Bromhead thinks they should leave but Chard comes to a decision to stand and fight on ground of their selecting.
The Reverand Otto Witt and his adult girl are also in the mission station and try to have the infantrymen to run away to attempt to avoid a conflict. Witt swayed troopers of the NNC to desert Rorke's Drift. At this point, Chard orders Witt and his child to go out of the mission station in their cart. At the same time, shielding lines of mealie bags and trucks are being lined out to boost the lines of defence by joining the store room and the hospice. This is carried out under the watch of CSM Frank Bourne portrayed by Nigel Green.
As the Zulu warriors approached, Boer horsemen show up at Rorke's Drift. Not withstanding requests from Chard, the Boers leave the UK garrison. Instantly the fight begins with ranks of Zulu warriors facing up to the Brit defences. The Zulu warriors are mown down by concentrated fire from the infantrymen of the 24th and they ultimately fall back. Following that, Zulu sharpshooters in the hillsides begin shooting down into the mission station and the UK suffer their very first dead and injured.
The Zulus continue probing with their attacks and in due course get into the hospital, setting fire to the roof in the act. Non-public Henry Hook, who has so far been described as a good for nothing layabout, just takes over of the eventuality within the hospital where he aids with an escape of the sick by hacking through the walls of the surgery. The survivors escape the burning surgery across to the final defensive position near to the store house as the battles continued all through the night.
By morning, the Zulus started a war song ready for a last assault. The troops of the 24th reacted by singing "Men of Harlech". The last assault see the Zulus charge into a hail of Brit rifle fire as 3 ranks of troops fire volley after volley down into the onrushing Zulu warriors. Due to such serious losses, the Zulus eventually withdraw. The English start to regroup and CSM Bourne takes a role call. The Zulus come back on the hillsides looking down on the mission station however as an alternative to attacking, they sing in salute of the "fellow warriors".
The film concludes with Richard Burton narrating. He reads out the names of the 11 men who were awarded the Victoria Cross for the Battle of Rorke's Drift. The people who won the Victoria Cross were:
- Corporal William Wilson Allen
- Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead
-. Lieutenant John Wake Merriot Chard
- Acting Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton
- Private Fredrick Hitch
- Personal Alfred Henry Hook
- Private Robert Jones
- Private William Jones
- Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds
- Corporal Christian Ferdinand Schiess
- Non-public John Williams
Additionally, five men were also awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal:
- Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne
- Private John William Roy
- 2nd Corporal Michael McMahon
- 2nd Corporal Francis Attwood
- Wheeler John Cantwell
As with many videos primarily based on a true event, there are lots of discrepancies. Some are for artistic licence though others will be oversights for many different reasons.
The film depicts the 24th Regiment of Foot as a Welsh regiment. Although, it was not named the South Wales Borderers till 1881, 2 years after Rorke's Drift. There had been a major number (about 25%) of men from Wales in B Company, 2nd Corps, 24th Regiment of Foot but the bulk came from England.
The Swedish missionary Otto Witt was shown in the flick that his daughter was a grown-up. But his two kids were both children. Additionally he was not the pacifist the film indicates and had made it obvious he did not oppose the English intervention with Cetshawayo.
The British weapons were the Martini-Henry which fired an important .45 round. It was sort of capable of causing huge harm on the human body. In the film, the injuries on shot Zulus are little. In one scene in the surgery, a Zulu warrior who was fighting hand to hand with Private Hook was shot in the back and Hook was unhurt. At such close range, the round from the Martini-Henry would have easily gone through the Zulu and killed Hook too.
Nowadays , Rorke's Drift is a tourism destination for visitors who would like to learn more about the Anglo Zulu War of 1879.
Michael Caine's performance in "Zulu" helped to kick start his film career. He gave an amazing performance in the story of the famous defence of Rorke's Driftin the Anglo Zulu War.
Joseph (Bob) Kerrey, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
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