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Although there are points for and against the accuracy of the film Gallipoli, I believe that the film does accurately and effectively represent the Gallipoli experience in 1915. ... Though at the same time, the film did not show many of the low points and hardships of war such as diseases like dysentery. The reason for the charge at The Nek was also changed in the film, since the diversion was actually for New Zealand troops; not the British troops landing in Suvla bay.
The terrain and weather conditions that featured in the film Gallipoli were a very accurate representation of what it was actually like on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. In the film, the soldiers land on a small beach facing steep, rocky hills with little vegetation. ... Great care was taken in making the background look as much like the real thing as possible, with sets looking amazingly like the real locations like Egypt and the Gallipoli peninsula. ...
In the film Gallipoli, the story focuses on the mateship and loyalty of the soldiers, and does not show much about the low points and hardship about war. ... ”1 Dysentery accounted for 29,728 deaths out of the total Gallipoli death toll of 213,980. ... ” 2 Although at the end of the film Gallipoli it does touch on the low points of the war, i.
Approximate Word count = 1052
Approximate Pages = 4.2
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