I just found out my grandfather was in South Africa 1917 when this was being filmed. So him and his brother, Harry and Burton Lester, were horse riders and got small parts as extras in at least one of the scenes. My grandfather's original handwritten diaries are in the process of being transcribed and this is new news to the family. In the diary it was said the horses they were riding were used to gunfire because of hunting but when the canon went off that was new to them and they bolted far out of the scene with the riders. That was very fortunate because when the director said cut the Zulu's kept fighting because they were having a good time beating the white people who ended up injured.
I just found out my grandfather was in South Africa 1917 when this was being filmed. So him and his brother, Harry and Burton Lester, were horse riders and got small parts as extras in at least one of the scenes. My grandfather's original handwritten diaries are in the process of being transcribed and this is new news to the family.
In the diary it was said the horses they were riding were used to gunfire because of hunting but when the canon went off that was new to them and they bolted far out of the scene with the riders. That was very fortunate because when the director said cut the Zulu's kept fighting because they were having a good time beating the white people who ended up injured.
102 years ago. Fascinating.
7:06 Prince Imperial, Louis Napoleon?
Siyabonga kakhulu amaVideo nezithombe, sifunda okukhulu👏🏿
The technical advisor drowned on set of this film ☹️
❤💚💛🖤❤💚💛💛
16:30 Stolen sabre?
oh my gosh is there a way to get the whole movie ? this is amazing to see
The whole movie doesn't exist anymore: only parts of it in the Pretoria Film Archives.
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