Zulu (1964) Cy Endfield, Director Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine
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@rchman1005 жыл бұрын
Back then, they literally had a "cast of thousands". Today, they would put 25 people on the field and computerize them to look like thousands. Made some hellacious movies back in the day. huh ?
@vincentlamb34365 жыл бұрын
Another British war film "The Charge of The Light Brigade" cast hundreds of extras, and horses to accommodate a realistic cavalry charge. Many Horses and extras were injured during the filming of the charge due to using tripwires to stimulate horses and their riders falling from cannon ball explosions.
@victorymorningstar5 жыл бұрын
Attenborough's Gandhi had 300,000 extras..the funeral scene at the beginning.
@denverbritto56064 жыл бұрын
watching the scale of production for ben hur almost brings me to tears, vast sets and multitudinous crowds
@toxicongaming28704 жыл бұрын
Same with Waterloo, war movies back in the day really did it right
@crazyzombiebos77784 жыл бұрын
Jim Rich Waterloo casted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers as extras
@monkaykong7 жыл бұрын
I think the end of this scene is brilliant. No cheering, no music, no painting the battle as some glory filled victory, just utter silence, panning across the field of the fallen zulu casualties before finally falling on exhausted, frightened british soldiers still coming to grips with the fact they even survived. Brilliant.
@Rolley1892 жыл бұрын
That's my favorite part. They didn't win, they survived.
@aussiejed12 жыл бұрын
Topped with a great conversation between the two officers later. Lt Bromhead thinks Lt Chard is combat experienced. Chard: "Do you think I could stand this butcher's yard more than once?"
@OuinstonIchkleau2 жыл бұрын
if only movies had endings like this more often.
@Ukraineaissance20142 жыл бұрын
Its sort of meant to be the point. The scene with all the dead zulus was an anti racism statement.
@martybennett1861 Жыл бұрын
I don’t think any of them felt like celebrating here , it is almost reminiscent of a butchers shop ! Brilliant movie about the courage of both sides in a terrible situation.
@annabodot9629 ай бұрын
The beauty of this movie is how it simultaneously condemns war outright and humanizes the dreadfulness of battle. Anyone hating on this great film claiming it glorifies the British Empire is missing the entire point.
@Thorr-kl6jl2 ай бұрын
I saw this movie in the theater, as a kid, and was quite impressed! I have seen it several times since. However, this "final attack" never happened. The last of the surviving Zulu attackers left the area around midnight, the night before. A useful book: "Roake's Drift 1879", by Ian Knight
@jamesjukebox238627 күн бұрын
HERE,HERE!
@Hockey-gn2tj24 күн бұрын
@@Thorr-kl6jlI would love to see it in theatres. Unfortunately I can’t time travel 😢
@simonchurch.3 күн бұрын
I find that a lot of people these days miss the point, unless the media tells them it’s the right thing to say or do.
@steadyjumper35472 жыл бұрын
The banging on the shields is actually unnerving
@gavins34924 ай бұрын
Why?
@geraldcollins82733 ай бұрын
No it ain't
@equine20203 ай бұрын
That was why the Native Americans yelled, it unsettled your enemy. Psychological war fare. As with the Rebel yell. Scared the Yankees. The Scots used their bagpipes to unnerved their foe. Read military history, it's fascinating.
@JoaoSoares-rs6ec2 ай бұрын
That's the point
@JoaoSoares-rs6ec2 ай бұрын
That's the point
@zolafuckass86063 жыл бұрын
What a genuinely terrifying experience that must have been, for both sides.
@zolafuckass86063 жыл бұрын
@@WorldofTanksVideo 😆😆😆👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥
@jacobryan45693 жыл бұрын
@@WorldofTanksVideo at least they could defend themselves without getting charged
@aceedwards33293 жыл бұрын
@@WorldofTanksVideo lmao
@oot0073 жыл бұрын
@@WorldofTanksVideo My vote for funniest youtube post of the year.
@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire3 жыл бұрын
The bravery of the men on both sides demands admiration
@MrJoebrooklyn19693 жыл бұрын
I love the part where they are admiring the Zulu warrior's singing and then the other guy says yes, they have a good base but are missing a tenor.
@redrock31093 жыл бұрын
Sounds British, and I liked the way the Lieutenant looked back at that guy.
@yamanmustafa75742 жыл бұрын
*bass
@fuzztsimmers34152 жыл бұрын
they have a good bass section but no top tenors
@howardsmith93422 жыл бұрын
The Welsh are famous for their singing. Unfortunately this never happened, as the regiment wasn't a Welsh one at the time.
@MrJoebrooklyn19692 жыл бұрын
@@howardsmith9342 are the actors portraying a Welsh unit?
@carolinagirl78863 жыл бұрын
Zulu : “ we have thousands of warriors we will win” British: G U N
@lyndoncmp57513 жыл бұрын
The Zulus had more guns than the British.
@lyndoncmp57513 жыл бұрын
@Josh D Yes they had more. Yes they were old and outdated but they could and did still kill and over half of 32 British casualties at Rorkes Drift were via Zulu gunfire including 6 fatalities and 6 seriously wounded. Around 1 in 5 Zulus were armed with a gun. At Isandlwana the commander Henry Pulleine was shot dead by Zulu gunfire and the rocket battery was taken out by Zulu gunmen.
@jacksons10103 жыл бұрын
This event took place immediately after the Zulus had wiped out a much larger British force at Isandlwana. That battle is depicted in the movie _Zulu Dawn_ (not nearly as good a film as this, though). Guns alone didn’t make the difference.
@plartoota45843 жыл бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751 the Zulu are sometimes portrayed as nothing more than a horde of tribesmen but in reality they were a vast and expansive empire with a working government and massive and regimented military of full time soldiers. Shaka Zulu was a genius battlefield tactician and their horns of the Buffalo maneuver is still considered one of the greatest attack formations in history. They also had lots of guns bought from western traders, and practically annihilated half the British forces in south Africa at islandhwana using them. I wish Hollywood would make movies about Shaka Zulu and other great African kings more instead of regurgitating the same stories about European kings and queens
@cubix64953 жыл бұрын
The zulu also had guns
@NapoleonGelignite3 жыл бұрын
The recoil of the Martini-Henry is fierce, and some of the soldiers carried on firing with dislocated shoulders.
@benc6403 жыл бұрын
Dislocated shoulders? Was it really that severe?
@BrotherMonkey3 жыл бұрын
Dude wut? 🤦🏻♂️
@NapoleonGelignite3 жыл бұрын
@@BrotherMonkey - eh up?
@bobmalack4812 жыл бұрын
Ya, like firing the large mini ball round in civil war rifles, ouch..
@sheldon-cooper2 жыл бұрын
I suppose in a battle like that a dislocated shoulder would be the least of your concerns
@wedgeantilles47124 жыл бұрын
I love that this movie doesn't attempt to demonize either side. There's no racist chants or glorious victory yells afterwards. Massive props for that.
@gamingsaint62383 жыл бұрын
Wedge Antilles yup zulu fighting to maintain control of their homeland. And young men in the British army who just want to survive the next time day. People fail to realize not every soldier is a genocidal conspirator that wants to colonize everything they see. Most just need a living like the rest of us.
@Timurlane1003 жыл бұрын
In fact, the movie goes out of its way (and props to them for that) to portray both party's better sides. For example, when Bromhead makes a disparaging remark about native levies, Adendorff reprimands him saying. " What the hell do you mean, "cowardly blacks"? They died on your side, didn't they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little command? The Grenadier Guards?" (Of course, Bromhead does a good job of redeeming himself by film's end.) And then there's that brilliant ending with both the Zulus singing their praise of the bravery of the British. Now, to be sure, the popularization of the battle of Rorke's Drift was a bit of British propaganda to distract from the humiliating slaughter at Isandlwana, but the film director Cy Enfield and Stanley Baker both did a fantastic job of showing both sides as being noble combatants.
@legatusmaximus74323 жыл бұрын
Unlike the patriot and other films, that demonises the British
@notorioussteve2953 жыл бұрын
5kings_saint the Zulu migrated to South Africa
@gamingsaint62383 жыл бұрын
Notorious Steve so did white europeans to america, is it not their homeland? If so when does it become their homeland? Is it never their homeland? Are they just always the “migratory” folk of America? See where what you’re saying doesn’t really make sense?
@roncreswell68436 жыл бұрын
Love the echo when Stanley Baker yells "cease firing", it's haunting
@bobmalack4814 жыл бұрын
...and he's half frozen with his pistol pointing forward. It doesn't get any better.
@pobbinista4 жыл бұрын
@@bobmalack481 Stanley Baker is supreme x
@mattziegler29693 жыл бұрын
It matches the echo of each firing line
@AzureMoonX3 жыл бұрын
Joe Ah you mean raiding African countries with no guns and ending their people? Of course
@shingerz Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@janesgems710 ай бұрын
Historically accurate or not...this scene is amazing. The differences between the soldiers and the Zulus was stripped away as both armies sang to bolster their courage. No good or bad guys...just brave men fighting for what they believed in, men who should have been friends not enemies. Powerful stuff.
@thomaszaleski889Ай бұрын
Read Washing of the Spears. Battle is exact
@stevej71393Ай бұрын
"They've got a very good bass section, but no top tenors, that's for sure." I love British humor.
@johnwilletts39846 жыл бұрын
Although British in the early eighties I worked in the steel works now close to the battle site. The zulus loved to recreate this battle. We the white men would line up in ranks, whilst the zulus would sing, chant, stamp and then charge holding brush handles. Absolutely terrifying! The challenge was to hold your ground without taking a step back. None of us able to do it. After scaring us half to death they would laugh and hug us. Yet This was during the apartheid period with all the political troubles. Zulus have a very British sense of humour and I grew to love them.
@shingerz5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic story
@mosesmarlboro54015 жыл бұрын
Well that's just absurdly wholesome
@BigAL00745 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that, put a smile on my face.
@augustuszogu80465 жыл бұрын
“Zulus have a very BRITISH sense of humor” colonization achieved
@John-ob7dh5 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha great .
@mariacornwallis16023 жыл бұрын
Colour Sgt. Major Bourne lived till the age of 91 . He fought in the trenches of the first world war in the rank of colonel and died in his house on VE Day, 1945 at 16 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, Kent.. On google earth street view you can see the blue disc on the front wall above the front door
@mariacornwallis16023 жыл бұрын
If he had lived another 18 years he could have seen the film
@mariacornwallis16023 жыл бұрын
@The Canadian Crusader It boggles your mind doesn't it
@davidw.robertson4483 жыл бұрын
I 'll never forget that scene with the young private soldier responding to the missionary's cry "You're all going to die" . He asks, "Why us Colour Sergeant, why us?" To which the Colour Sergeant replies, "Because we're 'ere lad, there's nobody else".
@philipandreicuk53563 жыл бұрын
He was awarded the rank of LT Colonel on his retirement, he obtained the rank of company sergeant major as a serving solder !!
@jasonhartley13053 жыл бұрын
What a hero , I would loved to have met him .
@pyromagic71133 жыл бұрын
Man it's refreshing to see this in 2020 with all the shit going on they will never make a film like this ever again.
@raymondweaver85263 жыл бұрын
Why not?
@andrewroberts74283 жыл бұрын
you're being very melodramatic
@connr86913 жыл бұрын
@Roy B no no- they would first show how the zulu was a perfect communist nation that landed on the moon and created the first flying cars.
@andrewsucksatvideos44822 жыл бұрын
@BifeWeater then lived on Mars achieved world peace and everyone got what they wanted
@the4thtomato1382 жыл бұрын
@@vivaan7653 the zulus never made the steam engine. The OP is making a joke about how modern society favours black people
@trippibethea75993 жыл бұрын
Such a good movie. Could have done the Zulu so wrong, but instead they come across as brave, noble, and proud. And the English were humanized well. You really didn't hate either side.
@6timesbabyyy9963 жыл бұрын
Same goes for zulu dawn. Both sides showed courage. Brilliant set of films
@ericsandrade2 жыл бұрын
Well ...English were the ones colonising and knowing what they did to the places they colonised I did want them to die. Although I know it was a historical movie I was still rooting for the Zulu. But I get what you mean.
@TommyGlint2 жыл бұрын
@Asderei I’m not defending British colonialism here, but you do get that the Zulu Kingdom also was an Empire? As in; defeating, displacing and conquering other tribes like the Soshangane, Zwangendaba and the Ndebele. Taking their land, cattle and women etc. War, Empire and colonisation is not only a British thing. it’s not even only a white man thing, sorry to break it.
@ericsandrade2 жыл бұрын
@@TommyGlint never said such a thing. I’m Portuguese, we basically restarted colonialism after the vikings. And i’m not one of those delusional or uneducated people that think natives african tribes and kingdoms and native north and south americans were peaceful. We are all humans, and humans wage war unfortunately. I get that. But you have to admit that there is a difference between 1- England fighting Scotland, the Zulu fighting another african tribe and 2- England colonialism, imperialism and the trans atlantic slave trade. I don’t doubt that if Native Americans were the ones with the technology that europeans had that they probably would have done the same thing. And I know it’s not a white thing. White is just a colour of skin. But in this case it was the white people and it was the English, and for simply that reason i wish they got pushed back and out of Africa.
@bengreen69802 жыл бұрын
@@ericsandrade BRITISH!
@wayne501roberts5 жыл бұрын
One of the best battle scenes ever presented in a film.
@philipandreicuk53563 жыл бұрын
I agree but historically it NEVER happened !!
@DarkLight7533 жыл бұрын
@@philipandreicuk5356 There was a battle. There were British and Zulus killed. The film might not be 100% accurate, but it's a film. Not a documentary. But the Battle of Rorke's Drift definitely did happen.
@WarHawk-3 жыл бұрын
@@philipandreicuk5356 - If I wanted an historical evening I would read accounts about battles. If I want to watch a good movie, I'll watch this one.
@dungeonmaster79743 жыл бұрын
@@DarkLight753 they alter historical accuracy to make it more enjoyable for viewers
@unamedmag10053 жыл бұрын
To what viewers white viewers
@teddyvincent48334 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this as a kid. Brilliant movie. The Zulus final charge, combined with their singing, probably one of the most powerful scenes in cinema.
@ms.annthrope4152 жыл бұрын
Shaka Zulu was great warrior leader who welded his tribe together in a fierce fighting force. He was also a brutally sadistic dictator who dealt with insubordination and challengers to his rule with an iron hand and cruel punishments. But he formed thr most fearsome resistance to British Colonial rule over that part of Africa.
@symontemplar14182 жыл бұрын
@@ms.annthrope415 And Shaka was a master of strategy as well.
@edwardmoore53252 жыл бұрын
Just the warriors charging into gunfire with no protection was a great show of bravery cause they were fighting intruders in their land who wanted to enslave them .writing this in February 2022 during the covid.stay safe people.
@moodyb22 жыл бұрын
@@ms.annthrope415 Indeed, he used to massacre thousands of captives, taken in battle, in public celebrations lasting days, for the amusement of his people. But that generally gets overlooked, if not excused.
@moodyb22 жыл бұрын
@@edwardmoore5325 They were doped to the eyeballs on the equivalent of crystal meth. But sure, even in European armies, a liberal distribution of alcohol was often conducive to victory.
@jam4355 Жыл бұрын
One thing I like about this scene is that at 4:20 the officer gives the correct command “cease firing” instead of common “cease fire”. Cinema rarely gets details like this correct.
@susanlockyer11927 ай бұрын
It was 1879 - may be the British Army had different commands then
@mr.flibblessumeriantransla54172 жыл бұрын
For those who might not know: while there is no account of singing by the defenders at Rorkes Drift, there is an account of an equally incredible last stand in which the defenders are reported to have sung: the Shangani Patrol, also known as the Last Stand of Wilson’s Patrol. It occurred during the Ndebele War and was a last stand by roughly 30 men against several thousand Ndebele warriors. I would be willing to bet this scene was inspired by that occurrence.
@gr0ke2 жыл бұрын
i though both sides were blessing their weapons
@reynaldoflores4522 Жыл бұрын
Michael Caine: " Nothing to worry about, lads. We've got guns. They don't. "
@howardsmith93428 ай бұрын
@@reynaldoflores4522 Except they captured a bunch at Isandlwana. Fortunately, they didn't have much time to practice their marksmanship.
@rebinred4956 ай бұрын
Isn’t that the one where they had Maxim guns and annihilated the other side?
@mr.flibblessumeriantransla54176 ай бұрын
@rebinred495 Not that one no. The last stand of the Shangani Patrol (or Wilson’s Patrol) involved 34 mounted British troopers who became surrounded by several thousand Ndebele (also referred to as Matabele) warriors and refused to surrender (likely because the Ndebele viewed surrender as cowardice and would have butchered them). They continued fighting for hours, using their dead horses for cover, until all their bullets were used up. They then stood up, shook hands with one another and began to sing. The final charge by the Ndebele resulted in vicious hand to hand fighting until only Wilson remained leaning against a rock with multiple wounds. A young warrior then ran forward and killed him with his spear. The Ndebele apparently left all the bodies intact (their typical practice was to mutilate the corpses of their enemies), and the inDuna who had been present there commented on it saying that “ The white men died so bravely we would not treat them as we do the cowardly Mashonas and others.” It was a truly remarkable last stand on a similar level as Rorkes Drift.
@NeilPower7 жыл бұрын
The British had 20,000 rounds of ammo on hand at the start of the battle. At the end, they had only 900 rounds left before help arrived.
@sacredband70894 жыл бұрын
And they caused less than 1000 fatalities with those 19000 rounds fired
@WI19874 жыл бұрын
@@sacredband7089 More than that, most wounded Zulus later died ... herbal remedies from witch doctors can't fix a wound from a .577 bullet.
@theraven59354 жыл бұрын
And the Zulu had none.British sense of fairness!
@mickywanderer82764 жыл бұрын
@@theraven5935 They did have a sense of honor. Story at Isandlwana that a unit of British soldiers had been holding off the Zulus but ran out of ammunition. There was a slight pause before the final rush. The Zulu's said that the officer or NCO in charge went to all his men still alive to shake their hands one last time. After it was over, the Zulus arranged all the dead into the formation that had use during the fighting. They also left shields & spears as tokens of respect for brave fighters.
@zacharydickerson12554 жыл бұрын
The Raven All’s fair in love and war. Or haven’t you heard?
@diegonapoles24696 жыл бұрын
This video is so British that it colonized my pc
@Trebor746 жыл бұрын
Colonised
@martinxy12915 жыл бұрын
now it's singing "God save the queen" while making tea
@atomox32915 жыл бұрын
Gran verdad...from argentina...good bye
@martinxy12915 жыл бұрын
no te hagas, nosotros empezamos la guerra y con la pero estrategia
@paulhayward72325 жыл бұрын
It's thoroughly british at it's best when we ruled most of the world
@petercresswell18393 жыл бұрын
That moment at 4:14 when he give the order to 'cease firing' and the silence is so sudden that you hear it echoing in the hills is haunting! Amazing courage on both side of the battle, this is how a war film should be!
@oscarrees-thompson64842 жыл бұрын
My father served in this regiment in the 1960's. I couldn't be more proud as a Welshman. God, Queen and country💂👍
@TommyGlint2 жыл бұрын
It didn’t become The South Wales Borderers until 1881, or so. Can’t remember exactly. It had by 1879 indeed begun to recruit in Wales, where its home depot had been moved to some years before. But at best it was 50/50 welsh and not-welsh. I’m from Scandinavia, so it doesn’t matter to me, and if you want to be proud, by all means be so :-)
@Wolfboy20127 жыл бұрын
Both sides fought with great courage and bravery, I salute both the British and the Zulu, face to face in combat, both had balls of steel.
@ilovemakingcatgirlscry75745 жыл бұрын
The zulu must have been so brave attacking a force they outnumbered by 3900 men
@redhedkev15 жыл бұрын
I've been to Rourke's Drift, Natal Province, where this battle took place.......STILL (as of 1982, anyway) in the middle of NOWHERE!
@esta1ful5 жыл бұрын
Or either no choice
@johnlilliott14445 жыл бұрын
@Savannah Rey/ & The Ball Bags lost ..... LMFAO !
@andrewmarshall46045 жыл бұрын
yeah but the British were firing those steel balls out of guns
@stevenmoore46124 жыл бұрын
Teacher: Class we’re going on a trip to South Africa! Girls: Omg I can’t wait to see the Elephants! Boys:
@pedroarthur9194 жыл бұрын
Zulus: oh no
@1subwithoutvideos7684 жыл бұрын
Damn with these comments! i see it in every place, it's so pointless.
@LLT84 жыл бұрын
Josh Goldsmith that’s what the British said about slavery in 1836
@1subwithoutvideos7684 жыл бұрын
@@LLT8 lol
@stevenmoore46124 жыл бұрын
Yeah America didn’t get the hint though
@johnmclean10462 жыл бұрын
Makes me proud to be British. Forget my history? Never.
@ffjsb2 жыл бұрын
Not everything the British did was great, but they've done a lot of really good things. The history of countries is what it is, and Britain's can generally be proud to be British.
@stevenclarke56062 жыл бұрын
Certain people these days want to rewrite and delete British history, history cannot be deleted it reports actual events!
@saeedvazirian2 жыл бұрын
Proud of wholesale murder?
@johnmclean10462 жыл бұрын
@@saeedvazirian yes of course as its part of my history and heritage, are the zulu's proud of their wholesale murder ? I would hazard a guess and say yes, and you what heritage are you? Are you proud of the wholesale murder carried out by your ancestors? What can we do about history ? Ignore it? Erase it? Neither works if we erase it we will repeat the same dreadful mistakes and if we ignore it we do the vanquished and Victor's a disservice. You choose and I'll change my view if you can convince me. How is South Africa copeing at the moment?
@johnmclean10462 жыл бұрын
@@saeedvazirian in fact I've got to say this people like yourself will never ever take away my feelings of pride in being British just because you see yourself as some left wing saviour. The Austro-Hungarian empire all good? A certain Mr Hitler another Austrian, all good? If your so much in love with selflessness why are you trying to stamp on my pride in my country ? Is that not rather selfish of you? Just like your country is it? Think my way or its the end for us? Finally how did the zulus become the leading military, economic and political force in that part of Africa? Democracy? Postal voting? Drawing straws? No they raped, pillaged, enslaved and butchered all others before them.
@lifelongpatriot36957 ай бұрын
Looked like a saturday night in chicago.
@downunderrob7 ай бұрын
Because you Americans can't get enough of the British Army fighting your Battles for you.
@MrJackal43Ай бұрын
@@downunderrobyou can’t be fn serious…. I had multiple family members die on German and French soil bailing you Euro scuzz out because of your penchant for Nazism. Do STFU…
@jamesaltan4 жыл бұрын
when they say they dont make films like this any more , they certainly don't what a classic.
@markscouler25343 жыл бұрын
Another one is Waterloo 15 thousand extras from the Russian army great film
@HisHolyMajesty9 жыл бұрын
I'd be bloody shitting myself if I saw 4000 Zulu's hurtling towards me. God, redcoats had such gigantic balls.
@JimbobHarrigan19849 жыл бұрын
They were trained to be disciplined under stressful situations and historically very few Zulus actually reached the barricades, most of the Zulu casualties were from rifle fire
@JuanLopez-ym1ml9 жыл бұрын
No they were cowards who took advantage of Africa and enslaved millions of African-American's and forced them to be Christians please reach this a friend as people should be informed on this topic this conflict by the way is called scramble for Africa.
@austerlitz9569 жыл бұрын
Juan Lopez They attempted to shift the cultures of barbaric tribes to a more civilized and sophisticated culture, reflecting European ideals. Oh yes, how cowardly and oppressive indeed.
@ImperialistRunningDo9 жыл бұрын
Juan Lopez The British were one of the First European nations to ABOLISH slavery, and did more to destroy the slave trade in East Africa than any other country. As to "forcing them to be Christian" that was sort of a Spanish thing, wasn't it?
@JuanLopez-ym1ml9 жыл бұрын
***** yes quite sorry about that went back to do some research and realize my uninformed I am
@Michiganders2 жыл бұрын
Cinematic perfection. A film of great importance and significance. Far ahead of it's time and tragically underrated.
@georgeburns84479 ай бұрын
In your opinion.
@dougamundson6836Ай бұрын
@@georgeburns8447 And my opinion.
@Wafaloo3 ай бұрын
The sound of the volley fire at the end is amazing
@JohnDoe-wy1yd6 жыл бұрын
When a singing competition goes bad.
@Alucard-lp3zk4 жыл бұрын
lol
@marcbalaram3834 жыл бұрын
Pitch Perfect in a nutshell
@Argentus20093 жыл бұрын
Zulues won.
@petec51356 жыл бұрын
Considering it was 1963, it was a very well balanced movie. Yes, ultimately it is a film and liked all films ever made, they take liberties with reality, however now in my 40s, I also enjoy the early emphasis on Zulu culture and hospitality and Cy Enfield didn't have to add on the fake ending compliment that the Zulus let the British live, rather than just left to 're-supply and regroup. It's a brilliant piece if cinema and now in HD stands the test of cinematic time. Be sure to read the many accounts on the internet of this very complex engagement. It was actually worse than depicted. Whilst the depleted cavalry from Ishandlwana did initially engage the Zulus, a whole Company also bailed on Chard resulting in the remaining command shooting at those who fled. Random Survivors from Ishandlwana did reach Rorkes Drift and kept running. Can you even imagine the horror of being left knowing the entire column had been massacred and you were next? They went through 20,000 rounds and only had 900 left the next morning. So yes, had even a fraction of the Zulu force returned they would have been wiped out. However the joint decision by Bromhead, Chard and Reynolds to stand and fight rather than flee and be caught in open country was remarkable. Different breed. Different times. RIP all involved.
@Goatboysminion6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a polite, honest comment instead of a racist diatribe.
@MrNoongar695 жыл бұрын
Great response and thanks for your insight.
@olivercuenca41095 жыл бұрын
I think that the ending, although inaccurate, is actually the best thing they could have done. Both the Zulu army and the British army are very proud warrior cultures, and there's probably no better way to have ended it than to have them marching off saluting each other. Also, I find it absolutely terrific that they managed to get the great grandson of the actual Zulu king Cetawayo to play him in the film. That must have been such an uncanny and amazing experience.
@pikppa4 жыл бұрын
This movie actually helped the liberation of South Africa. It even stars future anti-apartheid fighters.
@Allan-et5ig4 жыл бұрын
64.'
@KS-hj6xn18 күн бұрын
Zulu is one of the best! Another movie to see.. Play Dirty.
@thomashughes73363 жыл бұрын
With this scene, when Chard says cease firing, its truly deafening, one of the few times I've ever felt that
@timothyguay8 жыл бұрын
These guys had serious balls
@Goatboysminion8 жыл бұрын
The Zulus, yes they did.
@somedumbass97628 жыл бұрын
+goatboyful Both sides
@Goatboysminion8 жыл бұрын
Dom Somethin Indeed.
@bluewardog8 жыл бұрын
150 British red coats vs around 5000 Zulus. I think you can see who have the bigger balls just there
@NotKewl8 жыл бұрын
+bluewardog Wasnt it closer to 100?
@billucf963 жыл бұрын
The original "bring a knife to a gunfight" event.
@philk18533 жыл бұрын
The Zulus actually had British rifles at Rorkes Drift due to the catastrophe at Isandlwana
@mr.numbers59683 жыл бұрын
If you bring enough knives, such as they did at Isandlwana, the outcome will be much different.
3 жыл бұрын
Assegais were deady weapons!
@lif3andthings7633 жыл бұрын
The guns were brought to them
@anthonyparillo78323 жыл бұрын
It worked for the zulu before, their brilliant tactics made it more effective than one would think
@noveltybobel3 жыл бұрын
The devastating effect of the Volley Fire System. I don't know If it was actually used in the Battle of Rorkes Drift, but it was used to great effect many times by the British during the age of Musket and Rifle, most notably at Waterloo
@Subutai_Khan3 жыл бұрын
I assume not but could be wrong certainly not all of them if they did because many soldiers shot through small slits they created in the buildings and such. They also weirdly only start shooting in the film at close range.
@tavish46992 жыл бұрын
@@Subutai_Khan for Maximum devastation
@Subutai_Khan2 жыл бұрын
@@tavish4699 Obviously it has the greatest effect up close but these rifles could shoot you from surprisingly far away so against a large group of Zulus it makes more sense to begin harassing the Zulus with shot at a longer range. Not their maximum range, but well within it. Then you can deliver volleys at close range once they make it because these rifles reload quickly.
@justinthebeau2590 Жыл бұрын
A .577 could go through 3 people at once
@vman73883 жыл бұрын
I just have to say this last scene is terrific. The whole time you're impressed at the tactics (falling back and volley fire), excited that the red coats have finally turned the tables and are winning, and at the end utterly horrified at the mass death that has just taken place. It's great because it doesn't tell you how to feel, it lets you feel it for yourself, truly great cinema.
@harryzhang46606 жыл бұрын
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.-Robert E Lee.
@blazednlovinit6 жыл бұрын
Never heard that quote but it's kind of circular logic.
@usafvet1005 жыл бұрын
Harry Zhang From the battle of Fredericksburg,VA. Lee and his men were entrenched on the heights overlooking the town, Porter Alexander had every inch of the field presighted with artillery, yet Gen Burnside still insisted on sending wave after wave of bluecoats up that hill to be slaughtered.
@AbrahamLincoln43 жыл бұрын
@@usafvet100 the same happened at Picketts Charge. And after the Rebels retreated, the Union soldiers started shouting "FREDERICKSBURG! FREDERICKSBURG! FREDERICKSBURG!" at the Rebels as a final insult of the battle.
@HyperInsomnia_3 жыл бұрын
from civ5
@g4joe3 жыл бұрын
Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melencholy as a battle won. Wellington after Waterloo. There is more to the quote.
@DeFactoLeader9 жыл бұрын
I fear a film like this wouldn't be made today under cries of racism, even though it's just war. A entire history people'd be unwilling to touch.
@iindiar9 жыл бұрын
DeFactoLeader They would do so; however, the British would clearly be demonized by the producer.
@kcchapman80679 жыл бұрын
DeFactoLeader No one would get it right anyway. It would favor one side or the other. But these days no one wants to see a bunch of imperialists killing natives in their own country. Clearly it was cool back in 1964.
@bennyisrael29679 жыл бұрын
DeFactoLeader It can and would be made, there would just be more history to it & it would be less patriotic. Just look at the 5 part film 'Rhodes' about Cessil Rhodes.
@BitchChocker7 жыл бұрын
DeFactoLeader how many king kongs they still making
@copferthat3 жыл бұрын
Look at the front row of Brits, that's how we took the knee in the past
@stuartinglis83343 жыл бұрын
love that comment cop, fuck taking the knee for anything else
@cassandratroy15523 жыл бұрын
@@stuartinglis8334 ?
@cassandratroy15523 жыл бұрын
.. yeah back in the time we used these tactics....
@ViktoriousDead3 жыл бұрын
@@stuartinglis8334 the national anthem can fuck itself. We sing Dixie
@sketchman1o163 жыл бұрын
@@ViktoriousDead 😂
@startreksamАй бұрын
I saw this movie with my best friend George in 1966 at the Prince of Wales theatre in Toronto on a Saturday matinee. We are just 10 years old at the time. We saw over and over on that day. It is still a great movie even after all these years.l am now 68 years old when l which this particular l am 10 years again for a moment. How time flys.
@wesleyp9893 жыл бұрын
3:55 an amazing detail you can only get with real actors instead of cgi. The soldiers flinch when the shot goes off directly above their head. The actors would be firing blanks of course but a blank still fires something out of the gun so you get that effect where the actors flinch from that. It’s amazing.
@hawsrulebegin77683 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s a good observation. Even though most of these actors would have done some national service and been around guns, it still makes them flinch. Natural reaction.
@randomlyentertaining82873 жыл бұрын
It might just be unburnt powder but it's still one hell of a boom. I was at an reenactment one of the Americans had a 12 gauge and even from over 100 yards away it sounded like it was right next to my head.
@wesleyp9893 жыл бұрын
Randomly Entertaining why in the hell was he discharging a 12 gauge at a reenactment? Better question, why did he have a real gun at a reenactment?
@mr.numbers59683 жыл бұрын
Real guns are used at re-enactments all the time, although they mostly use blank rounds.
@wesleyp9893 жыл бұрын
Mr. Numbers I cannot even begin to tell you how much of a god damn safety hazard that is. You have a group of renactors and someone wants someone dead they load a live round and theyve killed someone. I find what you said very difficult to believe
@micko56644 жыл бұрын
True story. Friend of mine watching this at home when the wife walks in. After a couple of minutes she asks, who are the ones in the red uniforms? Welsh regiment replies my friend. And who are the others? She asks. Zulus. What are all those Zulus doing in Wales!
@simonkenny34974 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@jedder4 жыл бұрын
At least she didn't walk in on you watching the Zulu marriage scene. ;D
@me-ib1zo4 жыл бұрын
Big brain time
@nautifella3 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing this conversation didn't take place in university housing.
@simonkenny34973 жыл бұрын
@@nautifella do you know what mate, with some of the programmes on the television and the people you see on the street, I wouldn't be so sure!!
@dodger12144 ай бұрын
I watched this film in high school 20 years ago, and I remember shedding a tear during this scene. 20 years later, it still brings tears to my eyes. One of the great battle scenes in the history of film.
@tim70522 жыл бұрын
IMHO this is probably the best close in movie battle scene ever filmed. From the height of battle to sudden absolute silence is one of the most powerful moments ever filmed. Respect to the Zulus and defending garrison alike. 👍
@hugbugDS9 жыл бұрын
one does not simply "attack" the British red coats
@marcusaureliusantoninusaug73809 жыл бұрын
Your right - the Zulu's _charged_ the British Red Coats.
@xXDonTdODRugZXx9 жыл бұрын
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus THATS EVEN WORSETHEY LITERALLY RAN INTO THEIR BAYONETTES
@MarkoParabucki9 жыл бұрын
Classy Gamer Why not... seemed to work at Isandlwana, Intombe, and Hlobane :)
@emperorcaligula44969 жыл бұрын
You can't often find a film clip on KZbin featuring the British without running into at least one obnoxious nationalist with some variant of a Union Jack as his profile picture.
@emperorcaligula44969 жыл бұрын
Boondock Saint That's exactly the kind of attitude I'm talking about. Is it possible for you to fathom that I perfectly well understand the fact that the British Army was disciplined, professional, and the bravery of her personnel usually (but not always) allowed Britain to punch above its military weight? I'm not understating or denying the fact that the British Empire had extremely effective, well-organized and technologically advanced armed forces. What I take issue with is the compulsion with which some of you English feel the need to pompously and pretentiously throw your history around everywhere you can and show everybody else how nationalistic you are. It's obnoxious to the extreme. There's also the tendency of these kinds of people to downplay or insult the bravery and military capability of various indigenous groups, as well as their culture and entire societal structures; ethnocentrism. There's nothing wrong with the Union Jack inherently. The reason I mentioned it was to point out that these obnoxious nationalist types regularly use some variant of it as their profile picture - you can always tell one because of it.
@hoovy94613 жыл бұрын
Zulus:guys this is the final attack The British Commander:FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
@parapoliticos522 жыл бұрын
If Only Zulus had something they could have used as projectiles
@gavins34924 ай бұрын
@@parapoliticos52 they had muskets soo...
@josephturner40473 жыл бұрын
I was a train driver at Reading. One day, a Welsh driver and his Zulu Conductor, based at Redhill, walked into our mess. I said , "If you two start singing, I'm gonna complain to Michael Caine".
@generaladvance58123 жыл бұрын
I read the British troops bayonetted the survivors at the end. They knew what the Zulus had done to the wounded in the hospital. Brutal stuff.
@youareveryannoying91793 жыл бұрын
Didn't the wounded escape or at least some of them
@generaladvance58123 жыл бұрын
@@youareveryannoying9179 Some may have done. Most found themselves on the wrong end of a bayonet.
@philldavies79403 жыл бұрын
@ASCALON "mercy killings" & "if happened at all". Well know it, its well recorded. But they just didn't take prisoners even if they had the means to treat them especially non-Europeans. Neither side did. Lets not romanticise this, both sides were brutal, no quarter was given nor taken. You weren't going to see your mates stuck with an assegai or bayonet, then treat the man that did it afterwards for his wounds.
@cubix64953 жыл бұрын
@@philldavies7940 very true
@philk95013 жыл бұрын
@@philldavies7940 I think you and DM are mixing sides up. Very common on youtube especially as regards British. At Isandlwana the Zulus used their assagais to kill wounded British troops. And hunt down survivors. "IF it happened at all" is far more accurate than assuming anything negative is fact - bayonetting badly injured has been around for THOUSANDS of years in war. To allow for quicker death for dying or even a religious thing to let their soul out as apparently was the reason for the zulus actions
@geraldmiller89735 жыл бұрын
guts, discipline,good leadership.
@martinknox3033 жыл бұрын
And a bayonet sir, with some guts behind it
@chinmayam1563 жыл бұрын
Something that lacks in present UK
@JH-ot5mn3 ай бұрын
I LOVE it happy black history month!
@redsquirrel10866 ай бұрын
One of the great scenes in movie history.
@alwaysthelight6 жыл бұрын
Professionalism and Discipline in the face of death. Wow!
@kchishol19706 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Zulu were impressed at how the British soldiers were so disciplined to stand their ground like stones against such odds. The other African nations the Zulu fought were prone to break and flee long before that point.
@vineshperera26685 жыл бұрын
That was until they came to Ceylon or now Sri Lanka,for the first time an entire British platoon of 10,000 was completely annihilated and they broke entirely at the Battle of the Kandyan pass. Every conventional miltary is weak against Guerilla warfare which the ancient Kandyan army where superb in, also note the Kandyan pass had only one entry and that was a dense jungle mountainous path with a bottleneck entry point which proved a fatal ambush point
@xxfrosty609xx34 жыл бұрын
Vinesh Perera That was the Portuguese, not the British
@adammigas49977 жыл бұрын
doesn't matter what your opinion is skin colour religion or beliefs 100 vs 4000 takes absolute balls of major proportion and if ya can't respect them for putting up such a fight knowin they had just beat an army of over a thousands red coats and didn't run they deserve respect and when they sing it's touching
@wcstevens75 жыл бұрын
Adam Migas ..The British do not frighten easily.
@richardmcguinness63595 жыл бұрын
True...Bravery is always to be respected. My father was a Marine in WW2, was wounded several times, the last time he was shot on Iwo Jima. He never expressed any,anti Japanese or anti Asian prejudice, just said he respected his enemy because the were courageous and willing to fight to the death.
@Moneyg735 жыл бұрын
Gtfoh
@oilersridersbluejays5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I am Canadian but my grandfather fought in the German army in World War II. He never badmouthed anyone, not the Poles, French, Brits, or Russians he fought against. He was thrust into a horrible war that he wanted no part of. He did his duty as a soldier for his country. He respected his enemy as much as his fellow soldiers or his countrymen. Most of the men on all sides were just teenagers and young men pulled away from their families, girlfriends,farms, schools, jobs because of the lunatics that ran their perspective countries. Much honour and respect to all soldiers of all wars.
@georgiareb555 жыл бұрын
Gives me chill bumps
@user-kc4rx8nt4u3 ай бұрын
It's a cliche to say 'best film scene ever', but, at the age of 39, I can't think of another scene I have watched literally hundreds of times over the decades and never get tired of. It's just perfect, spine-tingling stuff.
@johnwilson41583 жыл бұрын
"some days your a bug ;and somedays your a windshield."
@12thpanzer9 жыл бұрын
The British army had no equal in those times.
@MartinIDavies9 жыл бұрын
British Army had “no equal in those times” that is not correct. The facts are that the British Army was not that effective in late 19th C… The Imperial British Army was essentially an amateur affair and a middle weight in terms of size and power.. The armies of France and Germany were much larger than any army that Imperial Britain could muster. A German General in the 1890s when asked how the German Army would respond in the event a British Army invaded Saxony replied “arrest them”. The role of the 19th C British Army was essentially that of a police force tasked with keeping Pax Britannica facing mostly weak native armies like we see here. If there is any doubt about this just look at what happened immediately after the Anglo-Zulu War when Britain faced the Transvaal Boers in 1888-81 in the 1st Anglo-Boer… Britain was not only humiliated but seen to be without the will to fight when confronted with an enemy that had access to similar weapons. It also set in motion events that lead to the 2nd Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902 and WW1. In the 2nd ABW we see stunning ineptitude with humiliating one defeat after another at the hands of the Boers. it took Imperial Britain (at the height of its power) 3 years and over a half a million troops from all across the Empire to defeat a rag-tag army of admittedly well armed and mobile Boers who’s numbers rarely exceeded 10,000… Arguably it was this public incompetence that emboldened Imperial German in its calculation as to how powerful an enemy Britain would be in the event of war.. we know the answer to that … World War One.
@12thpanzer9 жыл бұрын
MartinIDavies They had the best military record of their era. They often defeated 10 times their even when their opponent had gun too.
@MartinIDavies9 жыл бұрын
12thpanzer "best military record of their era" really I've just provided an argument that was not the case.. Maybe you can provide us with 2 or 3 specific examples of Britain engaging in modern warfare with serious competitors... by which I mean Great Powers say from 1815 thru 1914…
@12thpanzer9 жыл бұрын
MartinIDavies 2 or 3 specific examples you want? How about 28... Gurkha War 1813-1816 Third Anglo-Maratha War 1817-1818 First Ashanti War 1823-1831 First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826 First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842 First Opium War 1839-1842 First Anglo Marri War 1840 First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-1846 Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852-1853 Crimean War 1853-1856 Anglo-Persian War 1856-1857 Second Opium War 1856-1860 Indian Rebellion 1857 New Zealand land wars 1845-1872 Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848-1849 Second Ashanti War 1863-1864 Bhutan War 1864-1865 Third Ashanti War 1873-1874 Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880 Anglo-Zulu War 1879 Second Anglo Marri War 1880 First Boer War 1880-1881 Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885 Mahdist War 1891-1899 Fourth Ashanti War 1894 Anglo-Zanzibar War 1896 Shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901 Second Boer War 1899-1902 Then notice how many of them were fought at the same time.
@12thpanzer9 жыл бұрын
MartinIDavies BUT - during the American Civil War, both the US Army or General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia could have beat any army on earth - this belief was held by the Prussians and the English. In 1862 the was a treaty signed by the CSA and the USA stating that should the areas of the USA or the CSA be invaded by a foreign power, the US and CS governments would set side their differences and deal with a common threat. After the treaty was signed and British general made the comment "All the armies of the world could not by force, drink from the waters of the Ohio"
@deadtree5988 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in Civ, Shaka could take out people in the atomic era while still being in the medieval era
@pwnzus8 жыл бұрын
10/10 Would lose 5 cities in 20 turns again
@clarkliberty11108 жыл бұрын
I played against the Zulus once in Civ II. They lasted as long as I allowed them to. Spear throwers don't fare well against armor,just like the Zulus didn't last long after the British army got Maxims.
@deadtree5988 жыл бұрын
Clark Liberty I'm taking about Civ V, I swear Impi could take on tanks.
@clarkliberty11108 жыл бұрын
Man With A Shoe I highly doubt it.
@edhaje8 жыл бұрын
More like a stone age, if Zulu's are medieval, they have been inventing armor & shield from iron, or at least, chain mails. Seeing the huge gap of technology it is pathetic how British seem proud about this battle, it is like 1 man defeating 1000 babies. Not proud.
@Huggybear1012 жыл бұрын
Simply put, this was an incredible movie.
@ogopogo13522 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing camera work. Loved this for almost 50 years when I first watched it. Big film cameras not a digital camera.
@Q-ey2jk4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest films they ever done
@ThatBigFail10 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine anything more scary in the world than waiting for the zulus to charge. Just hearing them yell and bash their shields. The british soldiers had alot of courage in this war.
@ImperialistRunningDo10 жыл бұрын
The soldiers at this battle were all steady men. The officers at the battle of Intombe were useless.
@nevyntanis266510 жыл бұрын
470 Voortrekkers (Boere) held off and routed between 10000-20000 Zulu warriors, The Battle Of Blood River, they just make a lot of noise the noble zulu warriors, that's about all. Not to take anything away from the British you understand. But it's how they rolled the zulu's, fear and intimidation got them a long way, hell it still is to this very day, aka the anc.
@ThatBigFail10 жыл бұрын
Nevyn Tanis When saying that i cant imagine anything more scary than to wait for the zulus to charge i didnt mean specifically this battle or this anglo-zulu war. I meant in general just to stand and wait for an almost certain death. But the thing that is scary about this battle is that they are standing in a ridge with zulus standing on all sides and just watching them doing their war cries.
@augustusxv71610 жыл бұрын
Sorry but ancient Europeans had much scarrier battle charges than this....
@usafvet10010 жыл бұрын
Augustus XV If you've not picked up on it, the opening scene in "Gladiator" has the Germanic tribe doing the identical chant to the one we hear from the Zulus in this film. The sincerest form of flattery.
@peterbassey96683 жыл бұрын
Ok, so I get it, the Zulus wanted to feature in the Euro Song Contest and the Welsh lads tried to explain nicely that there was the little disqualifying factor of them not being European - which so pissed the Zulus they charged.
@tylerpham65562 жыл бұрын
8 months late but they were also missing a Tenor.
@Thearmisticeltd3 жыл бұрын
Everyone: getting into snowflake rants with each other over historical fact and PC rubbish. Me: this is just a bloody awesome film
@Thearmisticeltd3 жыл бұрын
@The Exemplary Englishman lol you too my friend 👌🏻
@kennethbiebighauser79842 жыл бұрын
Loved your comment your needed in the state of minnesota
@Thearmisticeltd2 жыл бұрын
@@kennethbiebighauser7984 get Biden to allow brits in and I’ll gladly come but the old sod hates us
@fbiagent96662 жыл бұрын
Indeed, the film does it's best to portray both as highly disciplined soldiers
@michaelstratton52232 жыл бұрын
Except literally NOBODY here was "getting into snawflake rants over PC rubbish". The weird psychological battle apparently rages within you alone. But I don't even know which side of your brain I should cheer for. I feel kind of bad for them both.
@SuperThompson637 жыл бұрын
Organization, Bravery, Strategic intelligence..This is how Britain ruled the world. And that's coming from a French. Long live to our neighbours. We must save what our ancestors built
@CaesarsLegion17 жыл бұрын
Indeed ;)
@jamiengo49877 жыл бұрын
thom v GOD SAVE EUROPE!!!!!
@99fxgtjc7 жыл бұрын
at least bravery is viable and definitely organized
@Ween7457 жыл бұрын
That's what started WWI also! Great Britain didn't like the idea of Germany becoming a trade rival, so they and certain "others" blamed Germany for the world's problems and went to war against them. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
@Soundwave35917 жыл бұрын
actually, the war started because RUSSIA, France's Ally, mobilized to fight Austro-Hungary, Germany's ally, over a dispute between Austro-Hungary and Serbia (also a Russian Ally) that culminated in the assassination of the Austrian heir to the throne.
@jakekillify6 жыл бұрын
Let me make something clear. These men were not all welsh! 32 of them were Welsh, 11 of them were Irish, and 49 of them were English. The rest are unknown. This battle does not belong to one people.
@davidtombs73855 жыл бұрын
Actually it was a Warwickshire regiment, it could not have been more English.
@solarsatan90005 жыл бұрын
@Tovarish Ted no they were not
@solarsatan90005 жыл бұрын
interior wall the us govnemt tell eceryine that
@hennagaijin1005 жыл бұрын
@Ryan not anymore
@nunny50705 жыл бұрын
Ryan The kinda Britain I like, nobody but the English, Scots, welsh and northern irish can fight eachother, anyone else will just get destroyed
@robertmuller50392 жыл бұрын
Just love the ending
@geoffprice5357 Жыл бұрын
It's a great movie, love it. but, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
@taylorahern27148 жыл бұрын
British soldiers were the best and most disciplined on the planet back all throughout the full sweep of the 18th and 19th centuries (English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish). I would be greatly honored to stand and fight with such a hard fighting, amazingly proficient and superbly trained regiment of British soldiers, like the ones brilliantly and accurately depicted above. Outstanding!
@princesstinklepanties27208 жыл бұрын
+Taylor Ahern Actually no that would be the Prussian army. Though the british ruled the seas.
@taylorahern27148 жыл бұрын
Yes, true. Though by the time of the Napoleonic Wars the British soldiers began to inch ahead of their Prussian counterparts. Also, despite the spectacular discipline, drill, marching and firing proficiency and steadfast devotion to duty always displayed by those serving in the Prussian ranks (who were better trained), EVEN THEY WERE TERRIFIED OF BRITISH COLD STEEL, scared at the very prospect of facing Irish, Scottish and English Redcoats in face to face, hand to hand combat (most especially the Irish and Scottish Highlanders), granted that never happened. For British Redcoats were generally and universally regarded as the deadliest and most savage men on the planet back then when it came to stabbing and killing up close and personal with their bayonets, something that was 2nd nature for them, GRANTED THE PRUSSIANS WERE SLIGHTLY MORE proficient and skilled when maneuvering around and out flanking their adversaries while en-masse, while the Prussians were the best in terms of standing in line and firing-- (for I believe that Prussian troops were trained to fire their muskets every 15 seconds, as opposed to the British Army's standard of firing their muskets every 20 seconds) Yes, the Prussians were superb, thoroughly well disciplined and highly trained, outstanding soldiers of the highest order. Though when driving home the charge and killing up close and personal with bayonets, no soldiers on the planet back then were better, deadlier or more vicious than the British Redcoats in that respect (the Irish and Scottish Highlanders being especially bloodthirsty and fearsome!). ROCK ON MY MAN!!
@princesstinklepanties27208 жыл бұрын
Taylor Ahern I do remember reading a quote from a Prussian general that in the event the English invaded Saxony the German army would "arrest them"
@taylorahern27148 жыл бұрын
LOL! And interesting! Very interesting. Though let's reverse that scenario, and try and picture this entirely fictitious set of circumstances where the Germans actually are invading Great Britain (granted the British Navy would pulverize and batter any invading force at that time). For any invading German soldier that dared step foot on British soil (with hostile intentions) would have been FUCKING SLAUGHTERED! THEIR WHOLE FORCE WOULD BE FUCKING ANNIHILATED! The English, Irish and Scottish troops would eat them! You know that. Yes, the Germans are tough and tenacious, yet the British (basically all ethnic groups dwelling within, the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English) are even tougher, and more tenacious, as history clearly bears that out. For additional reference, back during the middle of the 17th century there was not one modern, conventional Western European Army THAT WASN'T TERRIFIED of the Irish/Highland charge, as that Gaelic offensive tactic was deemed to be the most effective and devastating on the planet! Yes, it was the best and most fearsome missile force on the planet, time and time again, when properly unleashed, the Irish/Highland charge smashed and overwhelmed dozens of numerically superior, cohesive, pike equipped and well trained armies (mainly Scottish Lowland and English, though several German and Western European ones as well!), leaving nothing save this trail of broken, butchered and cleaved bodies in its awesome and unstoppable wake (read up on it)! Though that's really neither here or there, and I apologize for getting slightly off track. My bad (and there can be no doubt that the famed fighting ferocity and battle fervor of those old school Irish and Scottish clansmen had diminished quite a bit by the 1770's, the latter half of the 18th century. Though you see my point?)!
@Goatboysminion8 жыл бұрын
+Taylor Ahern Mate, seriously. You need to stop typing like you're a commentator on the History Channel. So over the top. And I think you are wrong. It would have cost them a lot of men in a full on amphibious and airborne invasion. But I believe the Germans could have taken the British Isles.
@gestapo437 жыл бұрын
"It's a miracle, Sir." "If it's a miracle Colour Sergeant, it's a Short-Chamber, point four five oh, Boxer primed miracle."
@rednir19515 жыл бұрын
...and a bayonet, sir. With some guts behind it...
@robbiethepict27832 жыл бұрын
Stanley Baker wonderful performance as Lieutenant John Chard. He always keeps a vigilant watch on his men's morale like the candle's flame, day and night as the Zulu's attack.
@Trades463 ай бұрын
The ending where the redcoats could only stare where you can hear a pindrop is so powerful. There was no cheering, just silence in response to the deaths and the fact they survived.
@Fr0st19899 жыл бұрын
film like this would never be allowed to see the light of day if it was made in modern times, fuck political correctness
@superblue29839 жыл бұрын
True! Hollywood fears themes like Nat Turner or the Jamaican Maroons who destroyed the British army of enslavement
@fluffydanny8 жыл бұрын
+Fr0st1989 best film ever made. fuck pc.
@Fr0st19898 жыл бұрын
Lukas Re it's whites winning a fight against blacks; the film would be crucified for "promoting colonialism" and "racism" despite being a historical piece
@MichaelBrown-rg8oi8 жыл бұрын
+Fr0st1989 especially since white people are killing black people.... Dam hypocritical black culture...
@AquaRegiaDesigns8 жыл бұрын
+Fr0st1989 Clearly you've never seen Django (2012) N-word used 110 times...
@Sam-ch9mn3 жыл бұрын
Saw this film on its release as an 11 year old boy. It made such an impression on me I’ve watched it at about thirty times since. Inspiring action made with respect and empathy for both sides, and the better for it. No “kick-ass” stupidity, just great acting of a heroic event.
@bobmalack481 Жыл бұрын
Same here, I was 9 at the time.
@zanac18682 жыл бұрын
I must have seen it on the television when I was ten or so. I do remember not moving one inch or talk during the whole movie. It left a permanent impression. Brilliant movie all around.
@carlkelly37104 ай бұрын
Great movie. Brave lads on both sides
@TheFacefinder8 жыл бұрын
I love the British. Father's of our country whether they accept the moniker or not. No one can deny what a formidable fighting force they have begot. Long live the Queen!
@pix0468 жыл бұрын
Massive respect for the Zulus in this movie.
@gork8307 жыл бұрын
In later battles during the Zulu Wars the British had Gatling guns. Zulu courage resulted in a frightful slaughter even worse than what we see here.
@Butchrdgreat7 жыл бұрын
+Richard Odgers it's like the battle of Waterloo the British are out numbered
@ziizee667 жыл бұрын
pix046 "OH Yeah" to you comment :-)
@kimj63697 жыл бұрын
Respect? No. I have no respect for the Zulus in this attack. The Zulu forces were ordered to only defend their lands, not raid across the border into enemy territory. Unfortunately the commander of the Undi corps, the Zulu reserve force at Isandlwana, was wounded and command passed to an impetuous young prince who disregarded that order and took his regiments raiding. It was an unplanned and unnecessary battle.
@jduff597 жыл бұрын
The Zulu Warrior tradition is alive and well. There was a TV show (I believe it was called something like "Warriors") that did a show about the Zulus. The traditions are kept alive by dance,fighting techniques including period-correct weapons, and of course, by song and story. Special guys these Zulus still are today.
@russellcrawford62742 жыл бұрын
Saw this at the drive-in in Texas in 1965
@timrobinson5133 жыл бұрын
That silence at the end was defining
@davidmurphy83644 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this film as a child and this scene always amazed me, 25 years later and it still does.
@rachelhenderson2688 Жыл бұрын
I still never get tired of watching it!
@garycheyne1876 Жыл бұрын
Still watching a great film55 years later
@88blitzwing5 жыл бұрын
I love how at the beginning of Gladiator the movie sound team uses the Zulu chants for the Germanic tribes before the big battle.
@johnradford79994 жыл бұрын
the british soldiers and the zulu warriors got a mention in the movie dog soldiers but the numbers were inacurate .
@rl561112 жыл бұрын
Multi row volley fire is devastating
@phillipmacarthy3082 жыл бұрын
This film beats any American war films old and new
@jumsonline22576 жыл бұрын
True Britishness, In the face of many we hold firm.
@dwarvenmoray5 жыл бұрын
AmeriKa1050 When you're low on supplies, & you know all your troops will be defeated, its kinda hard to do that.
@paulmccarthy20244 жыл бұрын
True british COWARDICE hiding behind weapons.
@bobmalack4814 жыл бұрын
Paul McCarthy-a politically correct bleeding responce. Cowardice is not ONE shot rifles and a bayonet which takes time to reload while spears are being thrown about at you within a massive frontal attack. This is not 500 round per minute machine guns or field cannon against an opponent. 140 against 4,000?...An absolutely stunning victory for the Brits and Welshmen. The DIFFERENCE was Lieutenant Chard's command- superior defensive tactics, regiment disipline, and improvised logistics of the moment that saved the day, not rifles..THINK!! New Zealand Bob
@eric__ralte4 жыл бұрын
@@bobmalack481 hey we're British too,proud Welsh here
@mustardmanmax57334 жыл бұрын
@@eric__ralte You have the british, the Welsh and the Northern Potato Farmers. Everyone knows that.
@mwnciboo5 жыл бұрын
Discipline - Tactics - Equipment - Leadership - Sacrifice - Will to fight....Warrior code.
@francescospisani35333 жыл бұрын
Martini Henry guns, rifled and breech loading...
@serverlan763 Жыл бұрын
No cell phones, no selfies just everyone living the moment. The youth of today have missed out....
@bernielongshanks2039 Жыл бұрын
Most beautiful Zulu chant at the beginning, wish there was a clear recording of this.
@mattmale71838 жыл бұрын
Military discipline over numbers, wins every time.
@zippymagee39068 жыл бұрын
Except at Isandlwahna the day before.
@101airbornechuck8 жыл бұрын
+Matt Male not all the time. weapons play a big part in that.
@sircalculus14488 жыл бұрын
The Battle Of Trafalgar in a nutshell.
@theo42698 жыл бұрын
+Matt Male What about Russia vs Germany?
@The4x4truckerman8 жыл бұрын
+Theo Fullerton The Germans would have won had the US not intervened. A German victory was imminent before the tide turned.
@bobmalack4815 жыл бұрын
Stanley Baker (Lieutenant Chard) did it for me, Color Sergeant and Michael Caine roles were great, but as Michael Caine said after the battle ended..."You did it." A masterful defense of the outpost saved the day. 140 against 4,000 Zulu's with ONE shot rifles and a bayonet, not 600 round machine guns or field cannon, a STUNING Brit victory. With a loss of only 17 men and no field cannon makes this even more incredible. Superior defensive tactics, regiment dicipline, and improvised logistics of the moment made the difference and prevented another Islandwanda slaughter. Robert at 67.
@geraldmiller5232 Жыл бұрын
disciline.
@wrestlingbear11882 жыл бұрын
Brave Men. Magnificent Valor.
@TheBongReyes2 жыл бұрын
TBH, the Zulus win this sing off. Their battle chants are bone chilling.
@iandavidson23938 жыл бұрын
Please do consider that this movie was made before the huge anti - racist movements began, so they could have shown the Zulus as dishonourable barbarians. They didn´t though, and showed both perspectives. That makes this movie great.
@Scoffslaphead726 жыл бұрын
The First Reich of Rome despite what most people would assume. The zulus were good warriors, and had organised armies and military strategy. What they lacked was technology.
@buddyollie74006 жыл бұрын
John BDD Truth be told, the British were too...
@budders99586 жыл бұрын
Agreed and I'm not condoning the British. Very Few Conquering nations have never been benevolent to the people conquered. The point is that the British were doing no different than any other conquering nation through the history of the world. And to hold them to a higher standard than other nations because they were a predominantly white race engaged in Imperialism is not fair.
@dezalan4376 жыл бұрын
Back in the times of choice you mean? Only white people can be made fun out of or depicted negatively.... They will never be happy, the anti racist movements weren't about equality?
@imperialguardsmen85436 жыл бұрын
Dez Alan I don’t understand what you’re going It.
@regginretnuh59837 жыл бұрын
This is what it feels like to own a liquor store in Ferguson.
@toledo1526 жыл бұрын
REGGIN RETNUH epic
@chrishelms19676 жыл бұрын
Damn....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@derekleaberry11996 жыл бұрын
Except the white guys would be Koreans today.
@kilroy17776 жыл бұрын
100% Savage haha
@buckmdn316 жыл бұрын
REGGIN RETNUH hahah have you paid attention to what’s currently happening in South Africa??? Karma is a bitch!!!! And your time is coming soon.. keep playing
@helenloughton24183 жыл бұрын
My favourite altime film Zulu same year I was born to1964.great year all round.
@JBliehall3 ай бұрын
Their war chant was used in the movie Gladiator.
@jordswales96858 жыл бұрын
WELSHMEN WILL NOT YIELD!
@ImperialistRunningDo8 жыл бұрын
Jordan Isaac The defenders were mostly from the B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.
@jordswales96858 жыл бұрын
I'm aware of that.. In case you ain't noticed, that's what they sing...
@ImperialistRunningDo8 жыл бұрын
Jordan Isaac Warwickshire is NOT part of Wales. In case you hadn't noticed....
@jordswales96858 жыл бұрын
The song goes "Welshmen will not yield"...I don't give a toss about what companies made up the regiments..the song I was referring to
@ImperialistRunningDo8 жыл бұрын
Jordan Isaac The song? Oh, you mean the song that was written back in 1964? I'm always glad to meet people interested in history.