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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:35 am |
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Zulu Dawn was on BBC 2 yesterday (9th) and while watching it for the umptine time, some scenes had me wondering if they actually occured or if this it was another one of those 'artistic license' scenes.
Scene's in question are
1) Upon hearing about a large party of Zulus in the North, a character refered to as 'Master Boer' recommends a defenseive position for the wagons 'larger' (spelling) but is dismissed out of hand.
2) One of the captured Zulus is taken into Chelmsford tent and asked some questions. The Zulu gives false information. Chelmsford questions the boer who gave the orginal info about the Zulus being in the North.
3) The 3 captured Zulus escape killing one of the guards, supposedly to go and warn the king.
OK, the 3 scenes, did all or any actually occur? Scene 1 the Master Boer's defense suggestion being dismissed out of hand. Is this the arrogance of Chelmsford in that he knows best, more so than a boar who knows the Zulus better than anyone. Scene 2, would both the Zulu and the Boers information been classed as unreliable. We know captured enemy will always give false information to the enemy, but the boer. OK the film portrays hims as a drunk and eggrates the truth but still is he information not more credible? Scene 3, the captured Zulus escape. Knowing the info about the camp would have got back to the Zulu King, would the officer in charge of the camp made changes realising that the status of the camp had been comprimised.
All the above could be of no relevance if none of the scenes actually happened. It just stirred my curiosty.
Rog
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Peter Ewart
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:03 pm |
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Rog
Your last supposition is correct, in that none of the scenes occurred - along with quite a few other scenes and actors' lines in the film which have no foundation at all. On the other hand, the reasons for the inclusion for some of those you mention are fairly clear - the intention to convey a (correct) sense of under-estimating the Zulu and also to reflect certain incidents which had happened. Obviously, for the sake of the film, a number of authentic incidents might be condensed into one.
The first one you've mentioned probably reflects the Dunbar incident of a few days previously and Melvill's warning of the previous day or so, as well as providing a reason for the disaster which the film doesn't have time to dwell on at the end but which obviously became the focus of attention after the 22nd. The second and third probably derive from the treatment of Gamdana's people a few days earlier, after which - in the light of the defeat at Isandlwana - there were suspicions among the British, colonists and NNC that these released captives may have contributed to Zulu intelligence. In the film, the three captive lads in the camp on the 22nd were, of course, fictional. This is not to say, however, that captured (and otherwise) Zulu were not questioned by the British for intelligence reasons in the days before the battle, nor that the collating and assessment of their statements was not poorly done, nor that the Zulu spying effort in the district was not successful.
Zulu Dawn, though, is not really a sound basis from which to begin to understand the battle, to put it mildly.
Peter
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:28 pm |
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The most annoying of all the uniform faults, is how the light blue concept arose for the N.N.H. officers, for when you see the extras who are playing the roles of the N.N.C. officers/NCOs, they wear a combination of brown colours for their uniform, which I think would have been more apt for Raw, Vereker, Harford and Hamilton Browne, instead of the out-of-place cheap look.
Apart from that, I can tolerate everything else, until such time as....
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