The Lighthorsemen - Opening

R.I.P Jon Blake after 25 years of pain he can now rest.

My dad fought with the American Infantry along side the Australians in WW2. He told me they were tough fighters.

"Spread out men, keep your pace." Gotta love those calm English officers.

Thank You for this!

R.i.P. Jon Blake.....after 25 years of pain he can now rest.

RIP Bill Kerr 06:15 (General Chauvell) 1922-2014

The version I have does not last that long; most of the water speech is missing; it also starts with wild horses getting rounded up for the lighthorses, and Dave jumping on the wagon to ask how to join in

@SSHHMEEE You can find torrents of it online. Most of it was edited for time, but some scenes had more meat to them when you see it unedited. Among the major absences: Longer explanation of desert warfare (seen here) Scene where they chase off Turkish cavalry after ambushing the smaller unit A scene where the German general hears of the fall of Beersheba Longer scenes of the dead after the battle

Thanks Henry. There are some excellent Austrlaian websites dedicated to the Lighthorse, as well as the Australian War Memorial's website with a vast collection of material. General Chauvel's son, Charles, made the epic Australian film "40,000 Horsemen" (I think I' have the title right) - well worth watching, although the 'lingo' viz Australian vernacular can be difficult to understand to the untrained ear. When you watch the film again, it's Single's forward medical station bombed by Gerry.

The saying An Army Marches on it's Stomach has to be modified when fighting a desert war. The saying still holds true, but normally it refers to food. In desert warfare water is far more important.

Great film!!!

When was this filmed again? This felt like it came out last year holy shit the cinematography!

3:41 = "That moment you realize this is obviously an Australian production."

Only a German would be angry at winning a battle due to an enemy's incompetence.

Australian Light Horseman are mounted infantry. Likely the same concept as U.S. Dragoons(also called U.S. Mounted Infantry) and for the same reasons: large frontier territory to cover made pure infantry impractical in both Australia and the U.S. I always felt that ending the U.S. Dragoons was a mistake on the part of U.S. commanders. In 1860, just prior to the Civil War all Dragoon regiments were redesignated "U.S. Cavalry", so that the 1st Dragoons, became the 1st Cavalry. Cavalry are trained to fight from horseback, while Dragoons (Mounted Infantry) are trained as both cavalry and infantry, making the mounted infantry an elite unit in fact. Looks as if our Aussie cousins kept a good idea going on into the early 20th Century!

I saw this movie years ago..great flick

I love this movie

I love this film u c get it on DVD from Australia I never get tired of watching true story

I've heard about this film. I will have to ask, Where can I get the full movie? Thi looks very interesting.

I was at the 90th anniversary in Sydney Australia and heard the Australian cavalry charge