Anzac's - Cleary introducing himself

[@gregmichael8473]

Great series following the ANZACs from training to Gallipoli to the Western Front and the homecoming, which inspired me to travel to those battlefields several times. I bought one of the slouch hats used in the production when it wrapped.

[@j.d.peppmeier9041]

The Aussies are among the world's best soldiers - then and now ! -US Army veteran

[@catpainblackudder01]

Are you having a laugh, have you seen the shorts they wear, A British trog ...

[@meinhoffendant]

"among"

[@notgadot]

@@catpainblackudder01 still better than your ancestorzz

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Nope the British army is ! Then and ..... well I was gonna say now but they've turned a bit woke and pink !

[@mattyallen3396]

Not really. Pretty average now

[@slowmo9642]

I remember watching this as a boy with my grandad when we'd been snowed in one winter. Treasured memories.

[@pennydreadfultales]

As a Briton, I have always appreciated and respected the ANZAC troops. My Grandad always regarded them as tough fucks who did the job. Who am I to argue.

[@SiliconBong]

Your grandad was right :)

[@Guoenyi]

u meaN BRETON?

[@rhannay39]

@@Guoenyi No, he means Briton, as in someone from Britain.

[@MBCGRS]

He was right... Thats why the long desert desert group was formed from New Zealand ranks...

[@pauldavidson6321]

@@MBCGRS Australian, South African, Rhodesian and Canadians as well ,hardy motivated self reliant outdoor colonials ,not just Kiwis.

[@dreadapostle]

Love the Magpie warbling in the background. On a dirt track, out in the bush with a maggie warbling. Can't get more aussie if you tried.

[@MaximKretsch]

Flanders 1916, Colonel's address to the new Australian battalion: "So you've all come here to die!" - "No Sir, most of us came here yesterday!"

[@yareyare_dechi]

as good a giggle as this is (who doesnt love a little pun) i feel i need to point out the australian accent doesnt sound that. if youre familiar with the american accent, it sound like 'hey!", so like "t-dey"

[@scottie278]

@@yareyare_dechi American accent?

[@yareyare_dechi]

@@scottie278 yes, everyone.has an.accent. im referring to the stereotypical accent

[@yareyare_dechi]

also if a person. is putting.the accent on thick or is from a rural area, they dont say "to-die, mon-die, tues-die" etc is closer a short hard "i", like pick, nick rick, so "mon-di, tues-di, sat-di" etc

[@PBMS123]

@@yareyare_dechi Except the Australian accent isn't that one size fits all, as much as you'd like to think all Aussies have the same accent, they don't. And there are certainly rural country folk who pronounce day as die/doi

[@Spartan2Orion]

My right ear enjoyed this

[@hoilst]

I just came from watching a video that was left-channel only. This balances things out.

[@darlenewells3309]

Good one😂

[@harryflashman9495]

Mmm…I see what you mean.

[@guntherbgunnerson8989]

Me on my phone: I don't have such weaknesses

[@johnsimpsonkirkpatrickhist1372]

Seeing, the one and only, Paul Hogan brought back some memories.

[@carlevans5760]

I loved this when it came out.

[@hughgrection4205]

Had not blood been thicker than water, then all these men would have chose a different path. Hail our commonwealth brothers

[@kp-legacy-5477]

He blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb

[@BobLouden-r9q]

My grand father 13th Light horse, was like so many other country boys just wanting to get away from the farms and see something outside the very small world a country lad lived in.when it was an over night trip to go 40 klms and back on horse just to get to a town to see a movie. He joined in 1917 and went to Belgium knowing what he was walking into. Awarded the MM.

[@SuperBenblake]

I always get sad watching anything about WW1 especially Australia and UK. Not that I don't get upset about Germany. It happened long before my lifetime, but it definitely made a huge impact. I had a movie of this it must have been from the TV series. Not the most factually perfect movie, but more than good enough. We should continue to honor the memory of those who fought then not forget it all just because it's so much later in time. We are still feeling the aftermath of that disaster.

[@TakedaKenshin]

Lest we Forget.

[@timw5108]

Benjamin Blake Mitchner I agree about still feeling the effects, 100+ years later.

[@stormywindmill]

I know what you mean. Watching those old jerky grainy black and white films of those legions of Doomed men Brings out a sense of indignant rage at the senseless slaughter of youth.

[@DimaEgorovRU]

PVT - “I’m a student” SGT - “They hold ya back a few years?” PVT - “university student Sergeant” 😂

[@thebantabrigade9130]

Ivan Renov it’s PTE in Australia

[@chewie211171]

Anzacs was such a great show; the attention to historical details was amazing.Paul Hogan was perfect in this role.

[@dulls8475]

You are kidding me......

[@boum62]

My Dad fought in Korea. He thought the Aussies were great. The joke that the Brits made about them was "watch out Aussie - we can still see the chain marks round your ankles.

[@aaronpotts5042]

They still make that joke. We call them POMES. That means prisoner of Mother England.

[@crackiechan4432]

X

[@riddlemethat4911]

im not even mad, thats actually pretty funny

[@pshehan1]

My great great grandfather was transported or stealing book worth tuppence at the age of 11. So at least I come from an intellectual line of thieves. He married an aboriginal woman who was probably the daughter of the of a wealthy squatter and had to be sent away as a child because the fiancee was coming out from England. My ancestors and other relatives fought in both world wars. One a Gallipoli veteran who survived but died relatively young having been gassed on the western front, another a bomber pilot KIA. Great grandfather awarded the MM in WWI. One grandfather joined for WWI when he came of age but was in training camp when the war ended. Grand father on the other side was in the air force in WWII.

[@indigocheetah4172]

They sent convicts to the USA too .

[@sir1thomas1]

Crocodile Dundee joins the army

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Nope, this was way before Croc Dundee. More like Seargent Donga joins the army...

[@warwatcher91]

Cleary's speech about sergeants is so true about damn near every army in the world.

[@Nyckname]

I love scenes like this where one guy derails what the sargeant is doing, and he doesn't complete it.

[@josmo1363]

2:57 "Oh you're a handsome man Sarge for sure but I don't swing that way"

[@Rho1963]

I adore this series!!! Ab fab and that's from a brit and it made me laugh and cry and it just brilliant.

[@shogunrommel]

@hartleymartin I recently found out why Sgt MacArthur isn't wearing insignia. It's because there's a shortage of NCOs at the outbreak of war so the platoon lieutenant asked for volunteers for temporary sergeat & corporal. MacArthur volunteered & is on 3 week probationary period in this scene. Barrington was made corporal as well.

[@mr.coffee6242]

Hey i had a Sgt like that. A real sociopath, he got kicked out eventually because he was hitting Privates on boot camp. It got out in the media.

[@davidcrawford1616]

Fantastic anzacs

[@PimlicoSteve]

I'd love to see this series again. Is it available on DVD? I remember watching this when I was about 15. It was shown on the BBC back in 1987. I was stunned when I found out that Megan Williams died.

[@InfernosReaper]

I managed to find it over 10 years ago as a DVD box set. It's hard to to find it some DVD regions, so you'd need the right DVD playing app on your computer to watch it if you can't find it in your region.

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

ets e long wauy ta mukkamburrah!

[@Brecconable]

Its a long way to jowl 🎵

[@davidharrison6615]

you need someone to fight alongside you could not choose better than the anzacs . gos bless them all .

[@shogunrommel]

@australianforlife It actually from an 80s Australian miniseries titled ANZACS.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

This British Colonel was walking through trenches a couple hours before the big push hoping to gee up the soldiers and give a bit of a morale boost with bits of chit chat here and there , he comes around the corner and sees a Digger ANZAC Aussie soldier squat down digging corned beef out of a tin with a knife and eating it . He looks up at Colonel and says " G'Day mate " . The Colonel looks down at the Digger in Disgust through his monocle and says " Young man did you come here to DIE ?" The Aussie replied " Nah mate I come 'ere YesterDIE !"

[@peterkirgan6850]

Where is the puckerees on the slouch hats????

[@SantomPh]

He forgot to ask the back row!

[@Oblio1942]

"they should have made you captain, sergent" "...yeah.." based

[@captainhollaway]

Makes me wanna go throw on the "ANZACS" miniseries and watch it.. awesome.. It's an awesome piece of Australian film making, with the likes of " The Light Horsemen" That's what I'm gonna do right now, throw on me DVD of the ANZACS....

[@InfernosReaper]

I really need to find my copy of it and rip it onto the computer so I don't have to deal with that pesky region lock nonsense.

[@patricklamshear6662]

Since when do nco's not show rank.

[@maccadundee510]

What movie is this ??

[@SayjinLord]

@AussieSpirit0 It's an ANZAC mini series call ANZAC if memory serves me.

[@GibboAus]

it is on DVD, i got it last year from EZY DVD, for about 60 bucks i think

[@oceanvibesphotography8395]

Movie name

[@VVeltanschauung187]

Cleary saved this miniseries

[@meinhoffendant]

Saved? It never needed saving Hoges was just icing on the cake

[@matelot95]

The sergeant turned out a lot different when he got to the trenches IIRC

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Meet him behind the tent?!?!? Is that with or without lube Sarg?

[@andrewskinner8560]

Paul Hogan is a fucking legend.

[@Willysmb44]

I wish they'd release the final version of this series on DVD.

[@Mav_F]

They did in Australia

[@gettimabodybag6213]

They have, i own it.

[@RasEli03]

why can i only heir from the left

[@Realsovietholyman]

Thats Dundee , he cant fool me.

[@shogunrommel]

@MrAquafan I've found it on DVD but only for Region 4 players instead of Region 1. If you have a player or laptop that play it, then no problem.

[@simokoistinen7470]

Saving Private Dundee

[@davidmurray5399]

I find it unusual the Sergeant didn't twig Cleary for unbuttoning his blouse while on parade. NCOs of that era would have made an example of that.

[@olliephelan]

No sound

[@trje246]

what happens behind the tents at night?? :o*

[@Alex462047]

You get dusted up, shown which side is up. Usually means a stern talking-to, often ends up with a few punches landed. Very seldom ever happens.

[@Alex462047]

You get dusted up, shown which side is up. Usually means a stern talking-to, often ends up with a few punches landed. Very seldom ever happens.

[@bryanbird1266]

Alex462047 Correct both times.

[@OZforever1234]

Yeah they go to the army so that people like YOU can stay at home and ENJOY your lives, show some bloody respect for the ones who protect that for you

[@Tiger74147]

Wish I had some duds like that!

[@patricklamshear6662]

Where are his strips?

[@InfernosReaper]

ANZACs couldn't afford to have'em, mate

[@bjprice2274]

The Sgt 'cow kicked' on the right turn @ 3.20 lol. Sloppy drill 'Sarge'.

[@mr.coffee6242]

Yes.. but hes not a real Sarge. He was appointed as a temp Sgt because they were short in NCOs at the outbreak of war. Barrington was appointed Corporal also (in the show) hes kinda no better than the guys hes leading. That show is awesome. You see him change attitude once hes in the trenches.

[@angloaust1575]

There was a story of a vicar's son Being called up and confronting The rsm for the first time says My father said look for the good in man The rsm replied well you wont find Anything good in me!

[@rapiddominace]

crocodile dundee is in there

[@lunafringe10]

yes i understand, Judging from the wars in the last 4 decades, i dont think australia, new zealand an britain are so peaceful either, they are in almost every confrontation, needlessly

[@dunruden9720]

@das wright How do you throw an island?

[@meinhoffendant]

Yeeee boi

[@vcab6875]

USMC Drill Instructor can never be eyed balled nor any back talk allowed. Back in the 1970s examples would be set sometimes resulting in death. From day 1 in boot camp, USMC is a surreal experience even for the most physically and psychologically prepared.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

I remember some "big & tough" USMC that were out here for Talisman Sabre were completely shocked when they found out that physical beatings were still a thing in basic in Australia (not officially anymore though). Apparently at boot camp in the US instructors can't lay a finger on a recruit! I remember when it got "banned" the Corporals' solution was to hold an outstretched fist and without a word the offending digger hand to go up to them and smack their head against this fist as hard as they could for as long as the Corporal liked.

[@johnturnbull8306]

Bloody Hodges made that series!

[@shogunrommel]

@Avatar230594 Well, one of those blokes in 2nd squad aka the 2nd rank looks slightly shorter than Cleary (Hogan).

[@willmcdonald934]

well this series was made in 70 something and aussie uniforms were made of dag so... maybe they got it right?

[@spagoz2136]

I don't know whether Hoges deliberately put the rain catcher bash in his slouch hat as a joke or not. Some of the others had odd styles as well but maybe it was meant that way to show they were all raw recruits who didn't know how the bash should look .At least they got the plain ribbon pugarees right & didn't use the pleated type which didn't appear until after WWII.

[@dunruden9720]

Anzacs, as distinct from Anzac's.

[@jockmcscottish7569]

That sergeants drill is worse than a Rupert's (officer). I'm an ex-Guardsman, so I know a thing or two about fucking boring arsed drill. And dumb Rupert's (the Guards regiments attract the poshest of the posh, some dumb as shit, a few really effective ones, and, worse of all, the ones fresh out of Sandhurst who totally ignore advice from senior NCO's who have seen it all).

[@hartleymartin]

Has anyone else noticed how the "sergeant" isn't wearing any insignia?

[@sugarnads]

Acting sargeant

[@63hezemans]

Bugger me, my left ear copped it, I must arse about

[@davidmclaughlin217]

That's not a knife

[@Hhdhiosando]

Wish to Christ the directors of these movies would get someone to teach drill to the actors ( and how to call it) Particularly the ones that are supposed to know it like our good sergeant there.

[@RobARug]

He should have said: Dundee, Crocodile Hunter.

[@MBCGRS]

Fuck me... I read these comments and you think there was no NZ in ANZAC...

[@SuperGravey]

Both sides were there because of the politicans not of there own choice, and people like Attaturk summed up how both sides felt for each other at that time. Go to Gallipoli and see for your selves both sides suffered for something neither understood. ANZACS and the Turks are friends rather than enemies, read the stories of Christmas and how they swapped food and sang together. They had respect for each other, so why cant we today? As one man said it was 'The last gentlemens war'.

[@meinhoffendant]

Every Australian was a volunteer. It was very much their choice lol

[@jdlc903]

Flight of the conchords

[@OZforever1234]

you know you got owned mate, you got nothing

[@Xzyel.]

Australia was built on stitch ups

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

You mean convicts.

[@shogunrommel]

@hartleymartin No strips, that I noticed right off the bat. No clue why.

[@paspax]

UK/Commonwealth privates don't wear stripes.

[@deepposeidon289]

Ooooh that sounds a bit kinky. He would love a big mouth behind the tents at night. ;)

[@Var1ety]

@AlienFirefox What are you going on about? The Ottoman Empire became a republic (i.e: Turkey) in 1923..a technicality and a pointless comment Im sure but I was just pointing that out to you bra

[@5.7moy]

Man I miss Barrington and Sergeant McArthur

[@Briselance]

I don't get why the sarge antagonized the university dude. Ah well. I guess sarges have to be seen universally as mean bastards, so they can bring some union against them. Figures.

[@lunafringe10]

as far as its written in the books, both sides lost around 250 thausand men, best regards by her majesty and clown churchill

[@restlessbeing1398]

Cwrykey mwyte the enemy's eat a blwoody crocodoyle

[@Var1ety]

@AlienFirefox How ironic you telling people to grow a brain, it was the Ottoman Empire that was allied with the central powers. Turkey didn't exist until 1923.

[@grl8862]

WTF? Meeting me behind the tents??? Oool la la !!!

[@graemesydney38]

a.k.a. car park counseling - it seems you might be in need of a dose of counseling to be put STRAIGHT.

[@PeacHIS-u1y]

❤🎉😂✝️😋🎁♥️

[@stevewiles7132]

Don't cow kick sargeant

[@roddyteague6246]

Odd. I never realised Paul Hogan was such a short arse....

[@hiorka]

sigh, well at least it's good to know that Americans aren't the only ones who have to put up with native idiots... I feel sorry for you guys, you haven't been through as much and you've already got just as many annoying idiots as we do. This comment was directed at the Aussie's if no one could tell.

[@Eightleggedmoth]

wow... that's some shit marching. but what can you expect from lids, eh?

[@williamanderson6019]

@alan wilson Live In Digger. Usually applied to new or inexperienced soldiers who are most likely still living in on base accommodations.

[@patricklamshear6662]

What? a troop sergeant displaying no rank.

[@chuckselvage3157]

Those blokes would all be uni students today.

[@James-ee1wn]

How lucky we are to live in a country where you can pursue higher education if you want

[@hommersimp5023]

why do u need army for?

[@thefuck7175]

hommer simp defense and to protect australian interest no one is invincible

[@Damo2690]

hommer simp why do you need a front door?

[@formerparatrooper]

Well Hommer, it is like this. An army is needed to protect the nation you are living in from godless nations who want to control the world. They also protect fools like you so you might spend time learning to write and think actually.

[@emrullahnurmuhammedatuga7502]

Hahahaha..

[@flashforensics]

Meeting me behind the tents at night......... Personally i would not be putting that about....

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

It means a punch on where rank doesn't matter. Still happens these days if NCOs and diggers (soldiers) have issues. Officers will turn a blind eye to it.

[@efstratiosmoralis1565]

No f.....g sound

[@lunafringe10]

well i meant anyone stupid to go to fight for any corrupt politician or some loonies ideology, is that straight enough to the point for u? But its also true, that Anzac triggered the comment, you lost a lot going there, meddling and interfereing, what were u doing there anyway i d like to know?

[@dermie52]

These actors...they just have no idea. I've never seen an NCO behave like that. And those slouch hats aren't even right. It's cringe worthy.

[@3lectric15]

you must be autistic

[@dermie52]

They look like crap! Having a high standard isn't autism.

[@Pabeloz]

Sunray Major you're obviously some sort of cadet

[@dermie52]

Well, I guess I was a Staff Cadet.

[@shackerslade3215]

are you an army cadet, air force cadet or, navy cadet... i don't care tbh but im an air force cadet in a squadron that just recently won the drill comp in Victoria, and unless you are in the army, or was fighting in ww1 with these guys then shut up. this was when the army (all military's) were developing i could name 20 squadrons in the cadets that are doing better then them, but they could be the best in there time, i have seen an NCO act like that, and the slouch hats aren't to far off half the army cadets ive seen even at remembrance day...

[@VonTurtle8282]

wtf is that drill

[@antioneberry5278]

the united states of america is the greatest first world super power nation on planet earth today🤠🇺🇸!

[@wc8689]

stupid fucking yank,full of shit mate

[@The2010CGGSBoarders]

How can you be so disrespectful

[@seandoherty1239]

This paints the Austraian National Army in a real bad light as undisciplined and stupid. Not good.

[@michaelscott8567]

They did have a reputation as "undisciplined". but in reality is was just a more relaxed attitude to things. And the army just decided to go with the flow, since they were known as the best soldiers of ww1, i guess they thought "why mess with something that works?"

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

No such thing as the "Australian National Army" these were recruits of the Australian Imperial Force- different to the regular Army as it was an all volunteer force raised for the war though the regulars were absorbed into the AIF.

[@dulls8475]

@@michaelscott8567 Read the ANZAC illusion before you make that statement.

[@michaelscott8567]

@@dulls8475 Yeah. A book by disgruntled brit who was mad at his own countries failures. I wish i could remember the the pother brit historians name who branded a young 17 yr old sailor a coward becaue. He was caught leaving the battle field for the docks at Singapore in ww2. Pity he left out that the only reason he as heading back was because everyone he was with was killed and he didn't know what else to do. And that he wasn't "Caught". He ran into other Australians and he returned back to the battle field with them. Englands performance during ww1 was marked by failure and incompetence. And was often outperformed by its commonwealth forces. Something which has never sat well with the Brits. Especially. Especially when it came to Australia,. A country they looked down on,. A country whose officers and men regularly outshone their English counterparts. So. I'll stick to the facts of historical facts and first hand accounts instead of relying on a buthurt brits book, that is only praised by a shamed and butthurt Brit military

[@dulls8475]

@@michaelscott8567 You talk a lot of crap. Are you comparing conscripts with volunteers? How did they outshine the (I note you used the term English) Are you comparing them with the British regulars at the beginning of the war? Were you able to take advantage of the lessons learned before the Australians entered the Western Front? The list goes on and often comes down to recruiting propaganda. I remember the other myth of how the Aussies did better in the Japanese prisoner of war camps compared to the Brits because of mateship. The Brits tended to go along the regimental system. The Brits survived in higher numbers on a per capita basis. Look it up in the Canberra archives.. Did you know more British soldiers died in WW1 per capita than Australians did? Did you even know the French were at Gallipoli as well? The British like the Australians had both good and bad Generals. On the whole the British leadership was good. You see after 100 years we now have all the documents and it paints an entirely different picture to the propaganda both you and I grew up on. PS I am an Australian.

[@nukerzerothefirst3417]

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