Fed: War Memorial unveils lost Gallipoli film

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2007
Fed: War Memorial unveils lost Gallipoli film

Researchers at the Australian War Memorial say they've discovered long lost footage
of Gallipoli in their archives.

The 45-seconds of grainy shaky black and white 35-millimetre film shows the only known
moving pictures of the shoreline at Anzac Cove .. and of British soldiers massing at Suvla
Bay.

It's being released in the leadup to this Anzac Day .. marking the 92nd anniversary
of the Gallipoli landing.







The film is believed to have been shot by British war correspondent ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT
.. best known for his report of the Anzac landings .. the first to reach Australia.

Taking the only movie camera to Gallipoli .. he produced a 20-minute film which the
War Memorial already has in its collection.

But the piece being released is completely new footage .. never included in the original film.

It's part of a collection of footage bought in 1938 .. and never examined until last year.

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KEYWORD: GALLIPOLI FILM (CANBERRA)

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