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    Zulu (1964) - The Defence of Rorke's Drift
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  • @Official-Zulu
    @Official-Zulu  Před rokem +159

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    • @tyronedindu2094
      @tyronedindu2094 Před rokem +4

      Now this is pretty much an average Day in London lol

    • @juanmanuelsalinas9991
      @juanmanuelsalinas9991 Před rokem +1

      Muybuena
      Pelickla los Zulues y el ejercito britanico.

    • @paulgriggs6236
      @paulgriggs6236 Před rokem +2

      Zulu a brilliant film I love the song Men of Harlech a rousing song I remember going to the cinema with my mother in 1965 to see this film I was 12 years old now I'm 69 this film is fantastic brilliant I love it I still watch it every now and then it's the film that got Michael Caine started on his long career sadly Stanley Baxter is no longer with us I believe he found the battle Rokes Drift in history books and brought it to the big screen a great and a great cast

    • @jarodquintillius7547
      @jarodquintillius7547 Před rokem

      the french rugby waterloooooooooooooooooooooo ahahahahahhahhahihihihiihihihihi

    • @tempest7341
      @tempest7341 Před rokem +2

      Dos 5 mil quantos guerreiros zulus que tinham lanças e escudos de couro morreram para derrotar 150 soldados britânicos que tinham canhões e rifles

  • @davesmith5731
    @davesmith5731 Před rokem +1478

    No other film will ever show the sheer devastating effect of volley firing as it does in Zulu,just an absolute masterpiece of film making.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Před rokem +85

      its hiliarious how many people don't comprehend why single shot firearms dominated for five hundred years and singled the end of bow and arrow. plus people don't understand why a number of guns had volley sights with a range of 3000 yds that you fired at an arc to hit an area with your bullets falling like rain drops. several hundred to thousands of troops doing it was like hitting an area with an artillery barrage

    • @thomasb1889
      @thomasb1889 Před rokem +53

      Now imagine repeating fire arms. At Gettysburg Buford's brigade of dismounted cavalry armed with repeating carbines held up an entire corp until reinforcements arrived and were putting out so much fire that A.P. Hill thought his men were going against at least a division.

    • @iacoponefurio1915
      @iacoponefurio1915 Před rokem +28

      @@thomasb1889 Look up a guy named Solomon in ww2 medic who singlehandedly held off an entire japanese unit with a tripod machine gun so they could evacuate the wounded. Found him dead with hundreds of enemy bodies around him

    • @sillypuppy5940
      @sillypuppy5940 Před rokem +6

      I've seen it demonstrated in real life (with blanks, of course). And yes, it's scary. Fire at will is also scary, if done right; it's like a steady hail.

    • @thomasb1889
      @thomasb1889 Před rokem +8

      @@sillypuppy5940 This is really only true with the right leaders which they had there. With the right leadership at Isandlwana that could have also been a great victory with Rorke's Drift being just one more minor victory in the long history of Great Britain. Unfortunately supply sergeants would only give ammo to their own unit forcing those from other units to go off searching for their own supply where at this battle everything was fair game in the defense to the point that a supply depot meant for a division only had 900 rounds left at the end.
      I has a Minnesotan would love to see a movie or series that followed the First Minnesota through the American Civil War. At First Bull Run them and Ricketts Battery were the only Union units to leave the battle field in good order. I can only imagine the Confederate officers going who the hell is that unit? The Confederates met them many times in the following two years but it was at Gettysburg that the South really found out what they were made of including the only Confederate battle flag taken in battle, the 28th Virginia's which Minnesota refuses to return because it was taken with blood and not taken in surrender as every other Confederate battle flag was taken.

  • @gavinroger2274
    @gavinroger2274 Před rokem +2569

    Almost 60 years old and still stands the test of time, magnificent film.

    • @bertiewooster3326
      @bertiewooster3326 Před rokem +43

      Likely to be banned mate just a matter of time.

    • @GeetMonke
      @GeetMonke Před rokem +47

      @@bertiewooster3326 i don't think so, this movie shows both sides with respect (at least from my perspective)

    • @bertiewooster3326
      @bertiewooster3326 Před rokem +24

      @@GeetMonke Sorry it will be banned as it shows superior colonial rule over natives.

    • @legacymakersteam
      @legacymakersteam Před rokem +9

      @@bertiewooster3326 you are so optimist!

    • @l.a.bianchi6253
      @l.a.bianchi6253 Před rokem +10

      @@bertiewooster3326 Which was historical fact here! At least based on weapons and firepower

  • @corvus2512
    @corvus2512 Před rokem +428

    I really like how once it’s over the British don’t celebrate or cheer.... instead they look horrified, traumatized and sick to their stomachs. I’ve always appreciated how the film portrayed both sides as regular people, one fighting for their homes and the other just trying to survive.... there are no ‘villains’. It’s even cooler they got real zulus to portray their ancestors

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh Před rokem +26

      It was much the same during WW2 with many RAF bomber crews, after firebombing German cities knowing they deliberately were killing civilians. The policy of area bombing became *very* controversial. It was increasingly difficult to hit an individual factory, or similar target in an unfamiliar city at night, so the decision was taken to attempt to kill those who worked in the factory or whatever the target was, by hitting the surrounding area. Many airmen suffered from the certainty of knowing they were responsible for the deaths of ordinary people......

    • @AntonioHench
      @AntonioHench Před 6 měsíci +12

      Yeah right. The british weyre totally the villains. They conquered the Lands and fought the Zulu down and enslaved them.

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 Před 6 měsíci +58

      @@AntonioHench The Zulu’s we’re an imperialist force and the British had outlawed slavery in the early 19th century 🤣

    • @corvus2512
      @corvus2512 Před 6 měsíci +40

      ​@@AntonioHench okay so first I didn’t say there are no “bad guys” at all, obviously the British government can be viewed as the aggressor and bad guy, what I said is the film doesn’t portray the men on the ground, on either side as villains. Secondly if I’m not mistaken the land over which this battle is fought is not Zulu land and so the Zulu’s are actually the invaders. Thirdly the British Empire outlawed the slave trade in 1839 and this war happens in the 1870s so no, the Zulus are not enslaved. Real history is way more complicated than ‘good guys vs bad guys’. The Zulus also had an empire and they got that empire via aggressive territorial expansion.

    • @Cayotan
      @Cayotan Před 6 měsíci +4

      That’s why i love this film

  • @gregabidwalapgwilymgoch956
    @gregabidwalapgwilymgoch956 Před rokem +403

    Love it how Chard looks around and sees how his men are knackered and feel all is lost, so he gets them to sing about their ancestors to raise their morale and give them 'hwyl'- fighting spirit. 'Zulu' stands the test of time and is still a great movie 50+ years after it was made.

    • @roberthudson1959
      @roberthudson1959 Před rokem +7

      The singing scenes are fictional.

    • @gregabidwalapgwilymgoch956
      @gregabidwalapgwilymgoch956 Před rokem +17

      @@roberthudson1959 - the singing was added for entertainment value, but i think its a nice touch. It's a movie, not a documentary after all.

    • @salvadorvizcarra769
      @salvadorvizcarra769 Před rokem

      @@gregabidwalapgwilymgoch956 Movie? That was Real. HAPPENED! And what is "Entertainment" about Killing natives who fight with stones and spears to Defend their Homeland? The "Greatness" of the British Empire was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade, to the Assassination of Gov't Leaders and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. Proud? Of WHAT? The English have provoked with total impunity, 9 Genocides and 12 Massacres in India, Burma, China, Malaysia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and America. What's so "Proud" about being a nation of Looters and Criminals?

    • @Yahman1969
      @Yahman1969 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Didn’t happen in the real battle

    • @rioamazoco
      @rioamazoco Před 6 měsíci +3

      Just that his men weren't Welsh and didn't sing. Just another imperialist myth.

  • @Triggerfinger98
    @Triggerfinger98 Před rokem +267

    I love how the Zulu's singing becomes much more agressive, when they hear the British sing back and know they've not broken

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 Před rokem +14

      Invented for this film, but yes, very dramatic. Almost like Welsh propaganda. ;-)

    • @markkoetsier6475
      @markkoetsier6475 Před rokem +11

      I'm not sure if the 'haka' bit is actually in reaction to the British singing, or just part of the same ritual.

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN Před rokem +5

      @@markkoetsier6475 that’s New Zealand natives not zulus

    • @arratikli7497
      @arratikli7497 Před 4 měsíci

      @@markkoetsier6475 Also, it could just be because, y'know, they're about to charge. It might not be a reaction to anything.

    • @johnholmesinchesahead342
      @johnholmesinchesahead342 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yes - Welsh fiction of course.

  • @bobsnow6242
    @bobsnow6242 Před rokem +921

    This scene is truly brilliant and so, SO far ahead of its time in that it didn't portray the Zulu as savages or barbarians and didn't try to push a narrative in one direction or the other. On the contrary, the filmmakers took great pains to cast genuine indigenous people and sing real Zulu chants and portray them as honorable and capable warriors fighting for their homeland while their equally brave (mostly Welsh) enemies ironically sing a song about resisting Anglo-Saxon imperialism. Truly just a great glimpse into a monumental historical clash between two armies made of brave men.

    • @stephenevans9864
      @stephenevans9864 Před rokem +50

      Thanks for pointing out the irony! I hadn't noticed it in 40 years of watching the film

    • @matthewdietzen6708
      @matthewdietzen6708 Před rokem +19

      I just learned about that Welsh song recently. Ironic that they used it to raise their spirits, given its theme.

    • @johncampbell2979
      @johncampbell2979 Před rokem +58

      Correction! Most were English,it was sir Stanley Backer who was Welsh that created the myth,also the Zulu's using spear's only, they had rifles which they had captured from the British,and also bought from the Boer's by trade.

    • @daddybob6096
      @daddybob6096 Před rokem +3

      @ Bob Snow. But they were savages Bob, with nothing in their brain but, 'KILL", what else? Bob. New Zealand Army Infantry Veteran Combat Soldier. 82.

    • @TheSm1thers
      @TheSm1thers Před rokem

      @John Campbell I heard the Zulus there didn't capture weapons from the British, it was another force, tho they did have rifles

  • @didgerb72
    @didgerb72 Před 10 dny +4

    The respect of fellow braves gets my tears flowing. As a mixed race white and black SAfrican, St Lucian, German and English heritage. I served in the British Army late 80s to early 00s. A proper soldiers film.

    • @inquerion8867
      @inquerion8867 Před 9 dny +2

      Thank you for your service, mate 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧.

  • @paulhughes1697
    @paulhughes1697 Před 3 měsíci +32

    Amazing film. I know that US special forces used to watch this film before going on patrol in Afghanistan.

    • @bobbrown5529
      @bobbrown5529 Před 6 dny

      I watched Zulu when I joined the Australian Army , back in the 70's . Best training film . Leadership , Discipline .

  • @jakub6978
    @jakub6978 Před rokem +2135

    To be honest, the banging on the shields that Zulus used is quite terrifying. It must have been scary as hell seeing and hearing it in real life with hundreds or thousands of Zulus doing it at once.

    • @memewithinameme35
      @memewithinameme35 Před rokem +149

      even if you had a gun, that shit was still terrifying. imagine the horn that the diff tribal confederations used when ambushing the romans in germany/gaul

    • @memewithinameme35
      @memewithinameme35 Před rokem +21

      @@jakub6978 YES that's the Carnyx! imagine hearing that when you have no frame of reference for where it comes from, definitely something terrifying.
      appreciate it!

    • @hartleyhare99
      @hartleyhare99 Před rokem +13

      To instill fear into the enemy. Im off!

    • @pocoloco8586
      @pocoloco8586 Před rokem +1

      Why did you come to their land? Sticks against guns. Shame on England!!!

    • @jakub6978
      @jakub6978 Před rokem

      @@pocoloco8586 How'd you come to that stupid conclusion?

  • @ottovonbearsmark8876
    @ottovonbearsmark8876 Před rokem +349

    The fallback into triple rank firing, is one of the coolest maneuvers in a war movie. And unlike modern movies, they don’t feel the need to spell out that some trick move happened, they just show you.

    • @georgestokes5116
      @georgestokes5116 Před rokem +1

      i loved wathing that is their a name for that.

    • @ViDeOMaStErPaUl
      @ViDeOMaStErPaUl Před rokem +48

      @@georgestokes5116 Fire by Rank. It was a British tactic and this shows you how devastating it was, used right it was no different to machine gun fire, theres a reason Britain conquered the world.

    • @sillypuppy5940
      @sillypuppy5940 Před rokem +4

      @@ViDeOMaStErPaUl A foreshadowing of the BEF at Mons

    • @novadapurwadi
      @novadapurwadi Před rokem +17

      @@ViDeOMaStErPaUl not british tactic, but mainly European tactic. Even some considered it was invented by a Japanese nobleman named Nobunaga Oda in 1575 (precise, in battle of Nagashino) or Prospero Colonna in Europe in 1522 (still doubtful), the English adopted it as early as 1579.

    • @artrandy
      @artrandy Před rokem +12

      @@novadapurwadi
      Your comment is full of apparent contradictions, which make it untrustworthy. If the Japanese invented this tactic in 1575, how come the English were using it in 1579, that's very quick for anything to catch on internationally in the C16th, and I don't believe it. Further, you claim that its not a English tactic, but a European one, so, the tactic was invented in Japan in 1575, spread immediately to Europe, and from there to England, all inside 4 years. I definitely don't believe that either. There was no Concorde around then, anymore than there is now......

  • @Astrogamezz
    @Astrogamezz Před 4 měsíci +47

    I love how well coordinated the British were. Firing in ranks so someone was firing at all times while the others reloaded, very efficient.

    • @ExcitingBob
      @ExcitingBob Před 16 dny

      I'm surprised this is a thing. I would have thought fire at will would be the best method to get bullets off quickly.
      Would be easily simulate on a computer model.

  • @Anglo-mapping
    @Anglo-mapping Před 2 měsíci +64

    Imagine being the British and being in a small group of 100 men or so and seeing thousands of Zulus chanting and banging their shields together, terrifying

    • @PabloLFCX
      @PabloLFCX Před měsícem +5

      In the hospital and the store, lads were put in rooms to fire from windows... some of these rooms only had doors that opened onto the outside - the direction from the Zulu attack. Terrifying.

    • @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh
      @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh Před měsícem

      Yes! But, you got Henry-Martini rifle and they got just a numbers and cold weapons.

    • @bill-wd8er
      @bill-wd8er Před měsícem

      you will load aim fire aim fire aim fire

    • @MarkRainton
      @MarkRainton Před 19 dny +1

      Yust move to London

    • @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh
      @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh Před 19 dny

      @@MarkRainton Why?! Do you got problems there with Zulu too?

  • @ljdasilva3139
    @ljdasilva3139 Před rokem +2450

    What makes the scene so poignant, is that instead of the whooping and cheering you might get in an American movie, the British soldiers seem almost traumatised by what they had just done - just silent acceptance that they had survived - movie direction at its finest. It's a cruel world.

    • @Rolley189
      @Rolley189 Před rokem +215

      You get that after the first battle. They then realize after the second what they are up against. Then you get this. It really is masterful directing and acting.

    • @TeddyOG
      @TeddyOG Před rokem +62

      @@Rolley189 yeah it's one of the movies, even if it would be cool to have some modern effects, everything else is pretty much perfect and I wouldn't want it any other way tbh. Another movie about the topic would be cool though

    • @Rolley189
      @Rolley189 Před rokem

      @@TeddyOG I agree. But, Hollywood being Hollywood, they would add some bs love story otherwise it will be perceived as a bunch of white dudes slaughtering minorities despite this taking place literally in Africa.

    • @simonthomas5367
      @simonthomas5367 Před rokem +119

      Discipline in the ranks and respect for your adversaries. Unfortunately lacking in many modern US military endeavours.

    • @michaeladams9629
      @michaeladams9629 Před rokem +60

      No, in fact, they were in disbelief that they had just survived that attack not noting what was next. Fortunately, it was to be the final attack by the Zulu.

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 Před rokem +55

    Thannks for that.
    Like most others here, I saw Zulu when I was 15 I think.
    Now I'm 72.
    That was one of the best battle scenes ever made.
    Front rank Fire
    Sceond rank Fire

    • @MichaelKingsfordGray
      @MichaelKingsfordGray Před 3 měsíci +1

      I first saw it when on Australian Amy training, in the remote outback, as a lad.

    • @loomian8961
      @loomian8961 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@MichaelKingsfordGrayAre u still alive

    • @eddiebest1951
      @eddiebest1951 Před měsícem

      Same age as me when it came out. I just love this movie never tire of watching it

    • @ctid107
      @ctid107 Před měsícem

      Saw it as a matinee late 1960's. One of the best "war" films of them all.

    • @RichardDoughty
      @RichardDoughty Před 16 dny +1

      @@eddiebest1951 My birth year 1951, seen Zulu many times, very poignant! The "volley firing scenes" ......dont they just get to you!

  • @wilko871
    @wilko871 Před rokem +66

    Very clearly one of the greatest soundtracks and film ever made! As a child this film captivated me, and nearly 40 years later it still gives me chills.

  • @alkers372
    @alkers372 Před rokem +215

    The portion of this clip when both sides are singing...prior to the ensuing carnage....is one of the best scenes in movie making history.

    • @flagmichael
      @flagmichael Před rokem +11

      One of the truly remarkable characteristics of the movie is the humanizing of all the combatants. Zulus fighting off invaders, Brits doing their duty, right or wrong.

    • @roberttreborable
      @roberttreborable Před rokem +4

      @@flagmichael However we learn that the Zulus only had that land because they had conquered and wiped out all the other tribes living there before them.

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Před rokem +1

      @@flagmichael The lands the Zulus were fighting in here, had never been Zulu land and was foreign land to them. I believe it is called Natal.
      They were colonisers and invaders. Why else do you think they invented the weapons they had?

    • @adamdorey4208
      @adamdorey4208 Před rokem +2

      Except it didn't happen. Still, brilliantly done and certainly adds to a great film.

    • @alkers372
      @alkers372 Před rokem +1

      @@adamdorey4208 I think everybody realizes that.

  • @PowerfulTruth
    @PowerfulTruth Před rokem +473

    These remastered scenes in 4K and 60 FPS are a magnificent contribution to preserving this and other masterpieces of cinematic and historical importance. What a great piece of loving restoration, for all of us to savor, yet again…and again.

    • @johnlocke9383
      @johnlocke9383 Před rokem +6

      60 fps is not needed for film. In a way it unnecessarily alters it, and the highest resolution you'll ever see is from a original chemical print. It's much higher than blueray

    • @Official-Zulu
      @Official-Zulu  Před rokem +37

      @@johnlocke9383 When an older movie is up-scaled to a much higher resolution the more frames (60fps) helps smooth the final product. (we understand it has mixed reviews) We will be uploading original 24fps 1080p film from the 2014 Blu-ray release of 'Zulu (1964)' so people have the best of both! Due to our authorization from Studiocanal Grupa BB media film & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures this is how the footage must be processed. :)

    • @spuwho
      @spuwho Před rokem +9

      The movie is worth saving for the historical aspect of excellence in film making. As for its importance in modern history, one must remember this is a dramatic presentation based on historical events. The roles and importance of some real life people were modified to make the movie more entertaining. If you read the history books you will see that certain roles were recharacterized or not even mentioned in the movie.

    • @spuwho
      @spuwho Před rokem +1

      @@johnlocke9383 For those who might be interested in the upscale quality, the scene where Chard is with Owen and he casually looks toward the escarpment. (But before the binoculars) In lower resolutions you can see a dark horse vaguely moving across the green hill. Start bumping up the resolutions and replay the scene and watch that horse become clearer and clearer as the resolutions get more defined. In the old VHS or even 480p prints people had to be wondering what he was looking at until the binocs showed it enlarged. FWIW: I have gone horse riding in a valley next door to where this was filmed but still under the Cathedral. The horse trail was exactly like what Bromhead (Caine) was riding on when he arrived at the mission.

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 Před rokem +1

      FUCK 60FPS, makes it look like TV. This clip isn't 60fps btw. Good thing 60fps isn't catching on.

  • @thecouncil6722
    @thecouncil6722 Před rokem +178

    Incredible film. You can feel the fear portrayed by the British actors' faces, and the terror evoked by the war chant.

    • @avirtum
      @avirtum Před rokem

      Fear on British faces with firearms who have invaded foreign lands and are wreaking death and terror. Don't make me laugh.

    • @chucky2316
      @chucky2316 Před rokem +1

      Must be actors

    • @WeAreTheArsenal-WATA
      @WeAreTheArsenal-WATA Před 7 měsíci

      They are welsh

    • @williamjohnson5229
      @williamjohnson5229 Před 4 měsíci

      @@WeAreTheArsenal-WATA Welsh are British and there were kore English soldiers in this battle than Welsh. It's a myth that is was a Welsh regiment.

  • @tomarnold7284
    @tomarnold7284 Před rokem +51

    Watched it when I was 12. Still gives me the chill seeing the entire tribe chanting and ready for battle. Hard to imagine what those soldiers feel on site, cut off from resources, and ready to be face death.

  • @colinrashleigh6488
    @colinrashleigh6488 Před rokem +356

    If this was made today it would be full of computerised images this is a real film to be cherished with a all time great cast.❤

    • @chrissydidit811
      @chrissydidit811 Před rokem +29

      if made today they would ask about diversity no blacks in welsh no whites in Zulus and where are the pronouns !

    • @karljensen
      @karljensen Před rokem +40

      @@chrissydidit811 Not only that, they would even distort the history behind the Battle of Rorke’s Drift the same way they did with the entire history of the Dahomey Tribe in “The Woman King”, where the Dahomey were portrayed as “anti-colonist”, where the ironic part is that they themselves are a nation that traded slaves with the Europeans.
      If Zulu was made in 2022, then the entirety of the British will be defeated, and only one side will be biased, with the other being Demonized. Not only that, but the entire history of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift will be distorted to fit a woke narrative.

    • @chrissydidit811
      @chrissydidit811 Před rokem +2

      @@karljensen agree !

    • @JohnMasterCheif
      @JohnMasterCheif Před rokem

      it wouldn't be made today. it'd be blasted as racism as white men killed black natives for no reason

    • @Evilfish82
      @Evilfish82 Před rokem +3

      They wouldn't dare to make the movie in today's setting. At this point they know how well received the woke-ification of history (or anything really) is and know they'd end up losing money cause they have been doing it for several years now and it's starting to hurt. They'd still do it out of spite.

  • @PaulKettlebones
    @PaulKettlebones Před rokem +385

    That Zulu chant gives me chills. It’s as beautiful as it is powerful!

    • @vahrheit9996
      @vahrheit9996 Před rokem +1

      But at the end, the British annihilated them. It shows how to win takes more than singing songs. Wake up

    • @Serby665
      @Serby665 Před rokem +9

      Yup, the Brits have modern weapons, but those Zulu are still scary af

    • @koalabrownie
      @koalabrownie Před rokem +11

      I believe that's the intent of the filmmaker. Show the Zulus as beautiful and cultured, and then minutes later show them butchered on the battlefield. That's why the film obscures the enemy casualties until the cease fire is given, because the director wanted to mask the horror until the final reveal of the bodies carpeting the space. It's also why the Brits aren't cheering when they've won.

    • @darkhighwayman1757
      @darkhighwayman1757 Před rokem

      When they yell Usul...it means death supposedly

    • @kirktravis5780
      @kirktravis5780 Před rokem +2

      @@darkhighwayman1757 they are yelling usuthu! It is the name of king Cetewayos original faction.

  • @Ozziemick
    @Ozziemick Před rokem +23

    WOW!!!!! The volley fire was lethal. I salute the brave Zulu warriors too. Because it takes tremendous courage to charge against powerful volleys.

  • @terryjames6700
    @terryjames6700 Před 3 měsíci +13

    My favourite movie. Period. This movie was shown to all intakes of National Service (including mine) in Australia to show what discipline can do in the face of overwhelming odds

  • @royw-g3120
    @royw-g3120 Před 2 měsíci +7

    The zulus at this battle were mostly seasoned veterans in their 30s and 40s. Kind of the reservists. Their discipline was brilliant. The young guys were at the other battle where the British were wiped out.

    • @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh
      @DaliborPerkovic-sw8mh Před měsícem +1

      In that timeline, British army was small, but one of the best armies in the world. Well equipped and trained. The Zulus were dangerous warriors, but the British soldiers were professionals and very dedicated about own military task. Well done, Brits! Be saluted!

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy906 Před rokem +64

    The picture quality on a HD screen is jaw-dropping. A fabulous film. Arguably one of the best ever made. Thanks for posting.

  • @sjames304
    @sjames304 Před rokem +442

    One of the most rousing battle scenes ever put to film. An absolutely iconic eight minutes of war film history.

    • @stevenwolfe7101
      @stevenwolfe7101 Před rokem +8

      I have read that some of the Zulu actors in the film were actually descendants of me who fought (on the Zulu side obviously) in the original battle.

    • @pauladams7341
      @pauladams7341 Před rokem +2

      The irony is most of the soldiers there were not welsh, dioch

    • @davidmg1925
      @davidmg1925 Před rokem

      what on earth is "iconic" s james

    • @sjames304
      @sjames304 Před rokem

      @@davidmg1925 That's right. Don't forget it.

    • @inregionecaecorum
      @inregionecaecorum Před rokem +2

      @@pauladams7341 They were Warwickshire lads.

  • @johnzajac9849
    @johnzajac9849 Před rokem +116

    This battle scene at Rorke's Drift and the scenes at Omaha Beach, during the opening of the film, 'Saving Private Ryan', are two of the most terrifying battle scenes in movie history.

    • @just-for-funtriviaquizzes
      @just-for-funtriviaquizzes Před rokem +5

      I'd also add the lengthy trench warfare sequence in the 1930 version of All Quiet on the Western Front.

    • @kevincomery1634
      @kevincomery1634 Před rokem +4

      Not many things get to me Rorkes Drift did soldier blue did n I would agree saving private Ryan is savage there's many more brilliant films but these are my three

    • @timbayliss4153
      @timbayliss4153 Před 3 měsíci

      Also the battle of Little Big Horn, where Sitting Bull defeated General Custer.

  • @Stingkevlar
    @Stingkevlar Před rokem +27

    I am 57 now and always looked forward to this film airing on TV as a youngster..... we can argue all day long about the accuracy of the film, but without doubt, it shows how well trained soldiers can defend themselves against impossible odds..... The VC's were in double figures for this action, I do believe. let us not forget that the incredible Zulu warriors inflicted one of the worst defeats on the British Empire just days before at Isandhlwana.

    • @CoffeeFiend1
      @CoffeeFiend1 Před 9 měsíci

      I do hope when it gets remade (we know it'll happen some day) that it's kept gritty and realistic. I'd also like to see a bit of it from the Zulu side too but not 50/50 split... Just part of the story concurrent, have Zulu characters if you will. I do worry in the current wokepocalypse though it would go the other way. The Zulus were brave no doubt but Rourkes Drift is very much about the men behind the sand bags.

    • @TomasFunes-rt8rd
      @TomasFunes-rt8rd Před 6 měsíci

      Not "just days before," but THE SAME DAY !!

  • @Rafe960
    @Rafe960 Před rokem +228

    That's what trained soldiers with sensible commanders and discipline are!

    • @jaredfrazier2216
      @jaredfrazier2216 Před rokem +77

      @edwardsoto3337 cry more

    • @JamesR1234
      @JamesR1234 Před rokem +80

      @Edward Soto If you don't know the story of Rorke's Drift or the historical time period it's okay to study up a bit before doing your virtue signaling.

    • @chrisbingley
      @chrisbingley Před rokem +71

      @Edward Soto The Brits weren't stealing anything. They were there at the behest of the local tribes, who were tired of being massacred so that a new bunch of Zulu males could get married. Which was why fifty of the combatants at Rorke's Drift were native troops. Hastily trained by the British Army. They fought as well as the Welshmen, with many of them being awarded medals.

    • @eddiewhite7309
      @eddiewhite7309 Před rokem +60

      @Edward Soto you do realise that the Zulus enslaved all their neighbouring tribes & were harsh overlords, nah, thought not !

    • @sharkastic2633
      @sharkastic2633 Před rokem +11

      @Edward Soto Well they lost. Conquest.

  • @user-jy8mo5fi5q
    @user-jy8mo5fi5q Před 3 měsíci +9

    When this film first came out I sat mesmerised throught the performance, never had I seen such close quarter realistic battles in a film

  • @imperialguardsman5726
    @imperialguardsman5726 Před rokem +11

    The most interesting part of this is how ALL the zulu warriors in this movie are, in fact, ACTUAL Zulu warriors that the director convinced to help him do the movie

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN Před 6 měsíci +1

      Didn’t need convincing they were ecstatic to be involved in their history

    • @user-uu3xk5jj6m
      @user-uu3xk5jj6m Před 12 dny

      And except for the main featured actors, the 'British' soldiers were portrayed by an infantry company of South African national servicemen, seconded into the role of the 24th Regiment of Foot contingent!

  • @franciscomoreno7530
    @franciscomoreno7530 Před rokem +134

    I have watched this movie a 100 times. And I never get tired of it.

    • @The_duck_thief
      @The_duck_thief Před rokem +1

      Imagine you were at war in this time period and you had to reload that stuff with all those zulus there,I wouldn’t last long if it were me there

    • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
      @golden.lights.twinkle2329 Před rokem

      Watch it 10 million times and you'll be sick of it.

    • @user-vr1ty8um1v
      @user-vr1ty8um1v Před rokem

      It's bad, very bad

  • @h.u.2462
    @h.u.2462 Před rokem +102

    Zulu version by John Barry Prendergast (1964)
    Men of Harlech, stop your dreaming,
    Can't you see their spearpoints gleaming?
    See their warrior pennants streaming,
    To this battle field!
    Men of Harlech stand ye steady,
    It can not be ever said ye
    For the battle were not ready,
    Welshmen never yield!
    From the hills rebounding,
    Let this war cry sounding,
    Summon all at Cambria's call,
    The mighty force surrounding!
    Men of Harlech on to glory,
    This will ever be your story,
    Keep these burning words before ye,
    Welshmen will not yield!

    • @jeffthomas3707
      @jeffthomas3707 Před rokem +13

      Ironically, the song was never sung at the battle. At the time, only about 10% of the Regiment were Welsh. At the time of the real battle, the Regiment were known as the 2nd/24th South Warwickshire (not in Wales). The Warwicshires become the South Wales Borders 2 years after the battle.

    • @h.u.2462
      @h.u.2462 Před rokem +4

      @@jeffthomas3707 yep. But that is the version used in movie. I wonder what Zulu guys telling in their War chants.

    • @edwardrussellduff3076
      @edwardrussellduff3076 Před rokem

      L

    • @edwardrussellduff3076
      @edwardrussellduff3076 Před rokem

      @@h.u.2462 1

    • @trigger399
      @trigger399 Před rokem

      @@jeffthomas3707 The Lyrics were only written in 1964, so none of them would have sung it in 1879.

  • @mr.not.so.perfect.666
    @mr.not.so.perfect.666 Před rokem +25

    Always brings a smile to my face when they sing "Men of Harlech" since I grew up living a mile from there.

  • @markdavids2511
    @markdavids2511 Před 2 měsíci +15

    The Zulus charged into a wall of hot flying lead, Brave warriors fought on both sides that day.

  • @rhydbarratt8839
    @rhydbarratt8839 Před rokem +61

    A family member of mine served and died at this battle my great uncle is the actor who starts singing they inspired me to sign up I she'd a tear every time I watch this

  • @theobessiris9681
    @theobessiris9681 Před rokem +16

    Like many people I'm certainly glad to have grown up in an era which made cinematic gems like this. Even though I have them on DVD I would go to the cinemas in my youth and watch these films multiple times because they looked so awesome on the huge screens they had back then. Films like Dr Zhivago, The Longest Day, The Ten Commandments, El Cid, 55 Days in Peking, Jason and The Argonauts, Fall of The Roman Empire to name but a few. The film making of today has sunk to it's lowest depths. The last film I saw at the cinemas was Stan and Ollie being a huge fan of theirs. I hope these films will not be locked up one day in a film archive and forgotten. I hope new generations will enjoy them just as much as we did.

    • @gary8306
      @gary8306 Před rokem +1

      They put on Casablanca in our local cinema a few years ago. That was a real treat.

  • @1977ajax
    @1977ajax Před rokem +6

    The UK could do with a company or two of these redcoats at Dover currently.

  • @AJM01
    @AJM01 Před rokem +151

    Classic film with some great performances. I love the end when Richard Burton is narrating and lists the men that won a Victoria Cross!

    • @frankgesuele6298
      @frankgesuele6298 Před rokem +13

      11 VCs the most for any battle in British military history🧐

    • @makisv9995
      @makisv9995 Před rokem +1

      ...and first class tickets to hell

    • @legacymakersteam
      @legacymakersteam Před rokem +11

      @@youtubecensorship5544 you forgot too that the Zulu's themselves were in a rampant campaign before this encounter destroying other tribes villages, they were a super power in their own way.

    • @legacymakersteam
      @legacymakersteam Před rokem +4

      @@youtubecensorship5544 Were the Zulus conquers too or not? answer that, I think to different empires got face to face here.

    • @legacymakersteam
      @legacymakersteam Před rokem +5

      @@youtubecensorship5544 Why are so afraid of knowing the truth? The Zulu Kingdom was also known as the Zulu Empire, not a big as big as the British empire, but they were an empire . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom

  • @alexandersoledad9706
    @alexandersoledad9706 Před rokem +56

    4:22 Employees of Walmart Preparing for Black Friday Sale:

  • @coolhand1964
    @coolhand1964 Před 28 dny +1

    No gimmicks, cgi or unrealistic special effects. Just brilliant scenery and exceptional acting. I've been in awe of this movie, ever since it was first released. 👍

  • @sanchez16
    @sanchez16 Před rokem +5

    I only watched zulu yesterday but still love these clips , the zulus singing really gets me

  • @garystone3476
    @garystone3476 Před rokem +97

    One of the greatest action movies ever.

  • @jinnbuster4753
    @jinnbuster4753 Před 3 měsíci +9

    One of the best films ever made. Rule Brittania!

  • @garylancaster8612
    @garylancaster8612 Před měsícem +2

    "A thin red streak topped with a line of steel". The original quote from correspondent William Russell about the 94th Regiment at Balaclava in 1854 but applying equally here. My favourite line from the film is
    "Why us Sergeant, why us"?
    "Because we're 'ere lad. Just us".
    True Soldiers of the Queen.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott Před rokem +54

    Awesome movie, I've been watching it since the 60s, must have seen it at least 20 times. I love the resolution in this copy!

    • @johnhorse5551
      @johnhorse5551 Před rokem +3

      I love ❤️ the battle of Britain,watched 7 times in one day,getting strange 🤔 looks from my dog 🐕 Sadly he's passed now but what a day,I pointed 👉 out to him about the door bell 🔔 on the house and that it wouldn't have been around then I got such a mad look of confusion 🤣🤣

  • @Nestor123057
    @Nestor123057 Před rokem +116

    I actually remember seeing this movie in the theater as a child. I just remember the relentless attack. They seemed to never stop coming. There is also supposedly a scene where one of the warriors is wearing a wrist watch, and a jet plane can be seen streaking across the sky.

    • @user-ee9uk3ve6c
      @user-ee9uk3ve6c Před rokem +2

      these are crimes. your crimes. which will remain on your conscience for centuries. And today you are trying to do the same thing, only in a cunning way, with the Russian people. God's punishment for your crimes cannot be avoided

    • @0GreatMerlin
      @0GreatMerlin Před rokem +8

      There are also guns that are 34 years too modern. The #1 Mk 3 did not come out until 1913, this battle was in 1879. Look at the 7:30 ish point in the clip to see them, the guns with bolt handles and stocks split at the rear of the action are way way too modern.

    • @froglover4203
      @froglover4203 Před rokem

      @@user-ee9uk3ve6c A war that happened in 1871 is the crime of an individual born at least 80 years after it happened, and a war all the way in Eastern Europe is somehow his fault too? Of all the delusional bullshit...

    • @kubli365
      @kubli365 Před rokem +2

      @@user-ee9uk3ve6c I'd call it flavor

    • @pete3397
      @pete3397 Před rokem

      @@user-ee9uk3ve6c Sort of like the entire Russian expansion into East, right? Russia by historical rights should have zero territories beyond the Urals. All the territory east of the Urals was stolen and horrific crimes which still tarnish the Russian soul were committed and continue to be committed by the Russians - you use the people you illegitimately conquered as your cannon fodder in Ukraine so incompetent, weak, sissy Russian boys won't have to take the bullets.

  • @jeffovery9054
    @jeffovery9054 Před rokem +15

    Maybe it's just showing the bravery of men (on both sides)putting their lives on the line for meglamaniacs, some things never change🥺😳

  • @aemiliadelroba4022
    @aemiliadelroba4022 Před rokem +21

    That was quite a battle.
    British soldiers held their ground , well disciplined and good with rifles against Zulu tribes .
    Amazing 🤩!

  • @dazf6823
    @dazf6823 Před rokem +47

    I got into this film by my late mum. It’s so moving I watch it in tears 😢

    • @mikeshirleyforever
      @mikeshirleyforever Před 7 měsíci

      It was my late Father's favourite film ever made and the film moves me to tears each time I see it. I remember so vividly my Father being so captivated by the scenery, craftsmanship of the props, everything. He was so complimentary to this film and I can see why it was his favourite film. So beautifully made to this day and this restoration is incredible.

    • @glenmorgan4597
      @glenmorgan4597 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@mikeshirleyforevermy old mum saw it at the cinema, she said the zulu chanting scared her

  • @justinthebeau2590
    @justinthebeau2590 Před rokem +109

    Chard was a smart commander and he knew his military history

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Před rokem +6

      Unlike Chelmsford.

    • @dimy4928
      @dimy4928 Před rokem +17

      The real hero of Rorkes Drift was Dalton, who persuaded Chard and Bromhead to stay and fight instead of making a run for it.

    • @BipoIarbear
      @BipoIarbear Před rokem

      He was a royal engineer , bit later they made all officers engineer trained still today , they are all blue hats

    • @berserkerpride
      @berserkerpride Před rokem

      @CZcams Censorship You're welcome to go back to living in mud huts if you like.

    • @berserkerpride
      @berserkerpride Před rokem +4

      @CZcams Censorship Your point about the romans goes completely against the point about the british.
      Empires conquer, people suffer. But at the end of it, the formerly conquered tend to have become greatly advanced in technology. No use crying over events from hundreds of years ago.

  • @watchoutpdm
    @watchoutpdm Před měsícem +3

    The best Dover defence force we ever had

  • @Jonesyb90
    @Jonesyb90 Před 5 měsíci +3

    These were Welsh soldiers, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded after the battle, 7 to a single unit, to this day the most ever.

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN Před 4 měsíci

      No there not stop spreading that myth

    • @Jonesyb90
      @Jonesyb90 Před 4 měsíci

      @@TH3CAPN which part?

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN Před 4 měsíci

      @@Jonesyb90 that they were all welsg

    • @Jonesyb90
      @Jonesyb90 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@TH3CAPN I’m aware of this, to be perfectly honest I was hammered when I commented and was feeling very patriotic, despite knowing I was somewhat incorrect.

    • @TH3CAPN
      @TH3CAPN Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Jonesyb90 fair play lad 😂

  • @markhamer7220
    @markhamer7220 Před rokem +19

    You can say what you like about the British but the discipline of the average fighting man was magnificent.

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Před rokem +6

      Napoleon himself commented on the refusal of the British soldier to run away.

    • @gusgus-yp6qh
      @gusgus-yp6qh Před rokem +4

      @@mrfreeman2911 like waterloo
      the british win all the time

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Před rokem +1

      @@gusgus-yp6qh yes

    • @Official-Zulu
      @Official-Zulu  Před rokem +4

      @@mrfreeman2911 As Marshall Jean-de-Dieu Soult once said: "These men do not know when they're beaten." 💯💪

    • @ehilton96
      @ehilton96 Před 2 měsíci

      600 cavalry rode head on into the Russian cannons because of a tactical error. They didn't break rank and suffered terrible casualties. The Russians thought they had been drinking
      The Charge of the Light Brigade
      Balaclava
      October 1854

  • @adammac4960
    @adammac4960 Před rokem +135

    It’s a master piece. How did this not get an Oscar. The best thing about it is it’s not like a cheesy western where the Americans are the hero’s and it’s all about them defending the front and the natives don’t get a look in. In this the British and zulus are on par. The music the zulus sing is just as beautiful as the British song. The attention to detail in the film is what is missing in a lot of films these days. Just the one liners etc makes this film one of the greats.

    • @trigger399
      @trigger399 Před rokem +3

      It was unlikely to get an Oscar as none of this final scene was factual although it made the movie ending exciting. In real life the Zulus appeared briefly at first light and just wandered off.

    • @harryselwind
      @harryselwind Před rokem +18

      @@trigger399 I don't understand what sticking to the facts has to do with getting Oscars. Do you really think the Oscar committeee thought, "Oh, in real life the Zulus..." and so decided the film didn't deserve an Oscar?

    • @adammac4960
      @adammac4960 Před rokem +10

      @@trigger399 it’s a film
      Not a documentary

    • @JK-br1mu
      @JK-br1mu Před rokem

      Cheesy? Come on, there's no need to bring Peter O'Toole into this.

    • @robertswitzer990
      @robertswitzer990 Před rokem +7

      I’m sorry, but the result of this battle, both in the texts of history and the screens of cinema, prove the English were far superior to the Zulus. At least in terms of warfare. You want to say there was a mutual respect, fine. But sugarcoating the reality is a bit ridiculous

  • @richardcwiakala
    @richardcwiakala Před rokem +15

    I agree with a previous comment. The British do look shocked at what they have done. Especially Bromhead (caine). He actually looks disgusted and ashamed as he later stated to Chard. In Hollywood it would be cheers and high five in a movie like this after the battle. This is a real classic !

    • @mrfreeman2911
      @mrfreeman2911 Před rokem +5

      Most of the real life soldiers were traumatised after.
      They are human and Hollywood has forgotten what it means to be human.

    • @richardcwiakala
      @richardcwiakala Před rokem +3

      Absolutely

  • @davidgray2653
    @davidgray2653 Před měsícem +5

    Zulus conquering Britain still with knives and spears nothing has changed!!!!

  • @nigel900
    @nigel900 Před rokem +19

    Looks like the streets of Chicago on summer night…

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob1699 Před rokem +200

    This shows how important reloading drills are.

    • @OldMovieFan1973
      @OldMovieFan1973 Před rokem +16

      General Herbert Kitchener during the Khartoum Campaign in Sudan Saud same thing.

    • @trevormiles5852
      @trevormiles5852 Před rokem +6

      Remember, this is a movie and we can not look at it as historical documentation anymore than Remember the Alamo or sink the Bismarck. Poetic lic. and time constraints to charge. Although it is a great introduction to history that we individual should follow up on.

    • @ollyx2
      @ollyx2 Před rokem +18

      @CZcams Censorship and? The weak get beaten by the strong stop crying about it and accept the truth of the world.

    • @trevormiles5852
      @trevormiles5852 Před rokem

      @@youtubecensorship5544 It is the nature of man and gods. Poor job he lost family and health just because god and devil had a bet. You can see how we can make anything simplistic. If you want to run arround in a loin cloth go ahead. For me, give me car and club sandwiches. When was last time you slept outside in the elements. Grew up in Sonora desert, NOOO thank you. had to pull bed away from wall each nit because centipedes would crawl down walls and scorpions. cookie sheet with embers to keep us all warm at night. Its sounds fun my friend but it is not. I am grateful for all that we have. I can go on.. The time spent in libraries and floor full of paper from type writers haha. College was tougher not to long ago. There is a progression to civilization, not saying it is perfect by a long shot. but we can fight together to make it better. Small things like, do not throw your trash out of your car into parking lot when you think nobody is watching. Stores, don't sell watermelon when you know it is bad and gamble its not worth it to the buy to bring it back. The small stuff makes a diffrence . Don[t get all up tight about what somebodies ancesters did 500 years ago unless they are still doing it today. yeah.. slavery in middle east and same sex slaves in usa and other western countries.

    • @troy4298
      @troy4298 Před rokem +13

      @CZcams Censorship So they are not strong but they are smart, is that what you are implying?

  • @markferrett700
    @markferrett700 Před měsícem +2

    The greatest film ever made....total respect and correct representation of both sides.....they really don't make them like this anymore!!!

  • @11hoosier11
    @11hoosier11 Před rokem +5

    One favorite line of many: "Well, they've got a very fine bass section mind, but no top tenors,
    that's for sure."

  • @therageknight8546
    @therageknight8546 Před rokem +369

    How is it that we Brits went from feats like this to arresting people over “offensive” messages on the internet?

    • @burgerboi0689
      @burgerboi0689 Před rokem

      two world wars, the first of which claimed the very best of a generation, the second of which claimed the sons of the rest, now here we are with feckless cowards and self haters in our midst. it's a disgusting state of affairs

    • @therageknight8546
      @therageknight8546 Před rokem +27

      @@burgerboi0689 not all of us mate. I’ll buy you a round if we ever meet.

    • @rule3036
      @rule3036 Před rokem

      Because the politicians let the Zulus in.

    • @duo7809
      @duo7809 Před rokem +29

      This movie is probably considered grossly offensive to many in our media. We should never let them speak for us.

    • @irafinkelstein423
      @irafinkelstein423 Před rokem

      It's called cultural Marxism. Look it up

  • @paulfool8728
    @paulfool8728 Před rokem +15

    I have seen this movie several times and still seeing it again and not bored of repeating it !

  • @robrob9250
    @robrob9250 Před měsícem +3

    I have seen this so many times but it it still the greatest war film ever made. That scene with the Zulus singing was always my main memory of watching the film as a kid, but as an adult I have a whole new understanding and appreciation of it, and realise why my grandad, a former staff sergeant in the Paras, loved it so much. I'd have been absolutely fucking terrified, the banging on the shields alone would have made me soil myself, it must have sounded like thunder 😂 Incredibke how well this still stands up, today, though. That was more of an exhilarating experience than I get from many movies these days, a true masterpiece.

  • @fredluu9812
    @fredluu9812 Před 15 dny +2

    I am probably the 1st Taiwanese to visit Zulu land 40 years ago. I hired a white guide to take me to see the homeland of Zulu from a Durban hotel. It is a very beautiful and different land compared with my hometown in Formosa Island. The Guide is a very humorous person, he told me that ,in the past, if a family want to marry their daughter to a man, then they have to lock their daughter into a small bush hut for a month and feed their daughter by milk everyday in order to let their daughter to grow a fatter waist in order to get more cattles from the son of law in return. It is a very interesting Custom of Zulu in the past. The white Government of South Africa was suported by Nationalist Government of ROC in Taiwan then by huge of US dollars every year untill Nelson Mandela overthrown the Apartheit and built up a Black regime. And not long after this year, Taiwanese have also swiftly overthrown the Nationalist KMT's dictatorship by President Lee and has started to implement a Democratic Government System by electing all the Government Officials including the President and all the Mayors and Legislatives.

  • @fvingerhoed
    @fvingerhoed Před rokem +26

    what an impressive movie this must have been in the days... because it still is

  • @dv4662
    @dv4662 Před rokem +40

    One of the greatest films ever.....still my favourite. Oh for a 'gatling' gun eh? Zulus Sir, farsands of 'em!! Brilliant.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 Před rokem +2

      Lord Chelmsford had the opportunity to bring Gatling guns along with his expedition but left them behind because he felt they would only slow the column down.

    • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
      @golden.lights.twinkle2329 Před rokem +1

      @@brucetucker4847 Same mistake general Custer made against the Sioux.

    • @roberthudson1959
      @roberthudson1959 Před rokem +1

      Gatling guns were troublesome weapons. They were difficult to transport, and had a very narrow field of fire. They were more like cannons that fired rifle bullets rapidly than modern machine guns.

    • @joshuagrover795
      @joshuagrover795 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Actually, at the final Battle of Ulundi on July 4th, 1879, the British deployed two Gatling guns for the first time against an enemy when their troops formed into a huge square.

  • @HYDREZEN
    @HYDREZEN Před 2 měsíci +5

    My favourite movie of all time,

  • @lawrencemarocco8197
    @lawrencemarocco8197 Před rokem +97

    Shows the devastating effects of disciplined volley fire.

    • @Chris-ty7fw
      @Chris-ty7fw Před rokem +19

      Shows how to deal with a plague of zombies

    • @PGAC22
      @PGAC22 Před rokem +2

      @user-be6zk1sj4y ever since I saw this as a kid, I had that exact Idea.

    • @kungfucow547
      @kungfucow547 Před rokem

      @@Chris-ty7fw But one day you'll run out of bullets... Or food... and you can't eat your bullets...

  • @kraiggreenly5194
    @kraiggreenly5194 Před rokem +25

    Saw this movie when I was a kid and it is still great.

  • @keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117
    @keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117 Před rokem +14

    Lots of Courageous men on both sides....
    THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE...

  • @Saintbow
    @Saintbow Před rokem +10

    Wakanda really hit rock bottom after Black Panther dying and lost all their money in NFTs

    • @jakesoros2376
      @jakesoros2376 Před rokem +1

      😂😂😂

    • @iacoponefurio1915
      @iacoponefurio1915 Před rokem +4

      Black Panther was such a cool character back in the 70s. You know back when black people actually had something to complain about haha

  • @cousinzeke4888
    @cousinzeke4888 Před rokem +10

    One of my favorite things about this movie is that there's basically no plot. It's a very simple story told well and nothing more.

  • @Rswipes83
    @Rswipes83 Před rokem +50

    I’m 39. I have loved this masterpiece for around 35 yrs since I first watched it with my dad. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @Catandthespoon
      @Catandthespoon Před rokem

      You first watched it at the age of 4?

    • @Rswipes83
      @Rswipes83 Před rokem +2

      Yes. It was on tv in the afternoon round about Christmas.

    • @motey99
      @motey99 Před rokem +3

      Same for me I'm 43 and remember watching this several times with my old man as a kid, now he's gone I have a strong emotional connection to this film

    • @steveo.574
      @steveo.574 Před rokem

      I'm 30....saw it as early as 7 haha

    • @JayStout
      @JayStout Před 3 měsíci

      Used to be on every new years eve first seen it when i was about 8 9 or 10

  • @user-se3lc5pg6k
    @user-se3lc5pg6k Před rokem +11

    Я смотрел про зулусов два фильма, " Зулусский рассвет"и "Зулусы". Оба фильма классные! Хоть и сняты, один в 1960- е годы, а другой в 1970-е! РЕСПЕКТ!

  • @brianmorgan7703
    @brianmorgan7703 Před rokem +17

    That echo on the "cease fire", fantastic

  • @Rob-Benny-Hill
    @Rob-Benny-Hill Před 9 dny +2

    The fact it actually happened and that this was the one battle where most VCs were won. Very brave men, wonderful movie.

  • @floridadave53
    @floridadave53 Před rokem +4

    I have to admit all those Warriors standing on that Hill beating their Spears on their Shields would scare the hell out of me

  • @lubeman62
    @lubeman62 Před rokem +11

    The "thin red line" at it's finest...

  • @southcanada6002
    @southcanada6002 Před rokem +31

    This scene can be summarized with one word: Respect. Love thyne enemy

  • @topcat4759
    @topcat4759 Před rokem +1

    No need for CGI here, just traditional quality film making, a great location, sound track to match and superb acting. A British masterpiece. Doubt it will ever be bettered.

  • @keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117
    @keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117 Před rokem +20

    I love watching this movie....I could watch it weekly...

  • @elliothughes9030
    @elliothughes9030 Před rokem +7

    180 men against 10,000 Zulus. 9 Victoria Medals awarded. Unreal.

    • @jimmyohara2601
      @jimmyohara2601 Před rokem +1

      You got it in 0ne X's 9. I learnt about said battle decades ago in primary school history 🤔😁

  • @johnmcculloch1653
    @johnmcculloch1653 Před rokem +2

    One of the greatest British films ever still as fresh. today in. 2023 as when it was released in 1964

  • @FelixianTankie
    @FelixianTankie Před 2 měsíci +4

    The zulu chant sounds magnificent, change my mind

  • @ajreyes9742
    @ajreyes9742 Před rokem +24

    British Military discipline won that day......staying cool and shooting straight.

    • @alexojideagu
      @alexojideagu Před rokem +4

      No, guns won the day.

    • @ajreyes9742
      @ajreyes9742 Před rokem +6

      @@alexojideagu NOPE....DISCIPLINE WON THE DAY AND TRAINING.....BUH BYEEEEE

    • @kungfucow547
      @kungfucow547 Před rokem +4

      @@ajreyes9742 100% discipline and flawless training won't win *anybody* a battle without an edge in weaponry. I have little doubt the French knights had enormous discipline and the best training at Agincourt in 1415. Unfortunately the longbow used by the English archers resulted in a very bad day for the French knights.
      Both the Germans and Japanese had military traditions which centered around discipline and order. Once they ran out of oil and other strategic metals they were doomed - discipline or not.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 Před rokem

      The Zulus had superb military discipline as well.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 Před rokem

      @@kungfucow547 The French at Agincourt were brave, but they had very little military discipline. Once the Hundred Years' War was finally over the French monarchy, specifically Charles VIII, took great pains to replace the feudal army used in that war with a force of professional soldiers who fought as true units rather than as a mass of individuals - the military historian Hans Delbruck regarded this as the moment that _cavalry_ replaced knights in European armies.

  • @thomasgargano8813
    @thomasgargano8813 Před rokem +17

    One off the best movies ever produced.👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻

  • @wulfengel
    @wulfengel Před rokem +4

    Those Zulus singing before the battle, Death's got a beautiful singing voice.

  • @Keith-mm6iy
    @Keith-mm6iy Před 2 měsíci +2

    Each time I see this video it brings tears to my eyes 😢, I served with the Welsh Guards.

  • @robertwaid3579
    @robertwaid3579 Před rokem +16

    What an Absolute Classic Film.
    I won't Comment about it's Realism, Attention too Detail, or about British Military Tactics, Rifle's, or such. And I will be even more Prudent, & quiet 🤐🤫 about The Zulus as I really have No Knowledge of Either One's Forces, at that Time. But Again I really Enjoyed this Film. Thank You for the Reminder 😚🎗️.

  • @kevinbautsch
    @kevinbautsch Před rokem +37

    I remember seeing this movie for the first time as a child. I distinctly remember that it didn't portray one side better than the other.
    Kudos to the creators of this film for it's time. All soldiers have honor. All soldiers deserve honor.

    • @jamesleon4883
      @jamesleon4883 Před rokem +1

      I'm going to disagree with that purely because of the amount of horrific things soldiers have done to enemy populations over time. It proves that not all soldiers have honour or deserve honour.

    • @ihatethatrepairmen4255
      @ihatethatrepairmen4255 Před rokem

      @@jamesleon4883 the moviee......

    • @user-ov5ou1cv2s
      @user-ov5ou1cv2s Před rokem

      Респект неграм , они защищают свою Родину от оккупантов! Захватчикам - убийцам проклятие! Всем Мира !

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell Před rokem

      Warriors deserve honour.

    • @PhilK114
      @PhilK114 Před rokem +1

      Stanley Baker actually took the script and scene drawings to the Zulu King to get his blessing (If I remember right, he was Oxford educated) the King was so impressed he volunteered his own warriors to take part in the film and helped out with more facts about how zulus did this or that

  • @stephenracklyeft9929
    @stephenracklyeft9929 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Brilliant film showing the courage on both sides what a good job merriot chard was in charge bravery at its best if you agree let me know

  • @rubytroy7756
    @rubytroy7756 Před rokem +5

    One of the Greatest in cinematic history…..😮😮😮

  • @gareth0412
    @gareth0412 Před rokem +17

    Rourke's Drift 200 British troops Vs 4000 Zulu warriors.
    350 Zulu Dead and only.17 British dead.
    There were about 500 Zulu wounded and taken out of the battle. With so few British defenders there simply was not enough guns to suppress the entire perimeter of the camp so hand to hand combat was inevitable. Each British trooper had to kill/Injure several Zulu alone with a fixed bayonet.
    I'm no historian but I do remember watching this in history class.

    • @jasondierbeck4392
      @jasondierbeck4392 Před rokem +1

      If I remember my history lessons of this event, of the 17 dead British, one of the 17 that was killed by a fellow Brit. A British soldier had killed a fellow British soldier for trying to run away and talk other soldiers to escape with him

    • @gareth0412
      @gareth0412 Před rokem +1

      @@jasondierbeck4392Don't recall anything about deserters but it doesn't surprise me. They had to basically wait to die. No doubt that the officers had to set examples.

    • @AtomHeartMother68
      @AtomHeartMother68 Před rokem

      If I recall my history, this was part of the main zulu force that just over ran the Brits(Zulu Dawn?). The Zulus depicted here were exhausted and dehydrated from their prior battle and march to the drift. Speculation was that if they'd been up to their full fighting strength this would've been another massacre.

    • @bikes02
      @bikes02 Před rokem +4

      @@AtomHeartMother68 They didn't fight in the battle at Ishandlwana, they was held in reserve and hence saw no action

    • @Manyearsago
      @Manyearsago Před rokem

      But the Zulus are fighting for their land, for their people, and the British came to make money on their land, selling them into slavery and forcing them to work on plantations

  • @judah.online
    @judah.online Před rokem +145

    I really like this film because while *some people*🙂 will try to make this out to be a film meant to glorify a race of people, I think the rest of us understand it’s messaging on how truly cruel and animalistic war is. Rather than cheering and whooping, a grim silence is all that remains after the smoke and gunfire. I really appreciate how the directors showed the regret and pain that comes when a human takes the life of another human, it’s a great anti war film and a great silencer for war enthusiasts. All war does is traumatize people and families, doesn’t matter if you win or lose.

    • @johnhorse5551
      @johnhorse5551 Před rokem +4

      Do you think I could stand this Slaughter house more than once

    • @VLOGERFY
      @VLOGERFY Před rokem +21

      It was truly ahead of its time. Did justice in its portrayal of the Zulu. To the point that it was banned by the apartheid government in South Africa and praised by Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

    • @liabetmiranda9961
      @liabetmiranda9961 Před rokem +6

      It would've mattered if the Nazis and Communists won. And if China does.

    • @shelbyseelbach9568
      @shelbyseelbach9568 Před rokem +1

      That's a load of shit. It ABSOLUTELY matters whether you win or lose. Are you retarded?

    • @MicahNstuff
      @MicahNstuff Před rokem

      @@liabetmiranda9961 communists did win

  • @davidkeefe2655
    @davidkeefe2655 Před rokem +18

    I still cannot listen to, or hear, or play, Men of
    Harlech, without tears forming in my eyes.
    Every single time.

  • @philbedford8979
    @philbedford8979 Před 6 měsíci +3

    David Kernan who played Private Hitch sadly died in December last year,there's not many of the original cast left now ...

  • @tonyhill1264
    @tonyhill1264 Před rokem +101

    One of my favorite movies of all time... Simply incredible a professional army withstood so much against overwhelming force 👍

    • @yesyesyesyes1600
      @yesyesyesyes1600 Před rokem +1

      Have you seen "The 4 feathers"? There the Brits had quite a hard time.

    • @pinegulf
      @pinegulf Před rokem +1

      True. Yet check out what led to the attack. Their comrades didnt fare so well.

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse Před rokem

      Weren't the Zulus effectively professional?

    • @inregionecaecorum
      @inregionecaecorum Před rokem +4

      @@gchecosse They were, but as Hillaire Belloc observed of those times "but we have got the maxim gun and they have not"

    • @manisherande4568
      @manisherande4568 Před rokem

      Yeah give the zulus same guns and give imperials spear..let's see how professional they would be...remember Bismarck sank the hood....

  • @rolandet
    @rolandet Před rokem +17

    7:05 even the echo of the shots fired, obeys the 'cease firing' command 😄