Join us for this year’s Illuminate programme featuring a specially created film taken from TVNZ’s new First World War drama series, When We Go to War.
We will also be screening rarely seen photographs of New Zealanders at Gallipoli, from the Museum’s recently published book, The Anzacs.
Then, on Anzac night, join us as we screen the pre-recorded Dawn Service from Gallipoli at 6pm. The scheduled Illuminate programme will follow the screening of this service.
Programme:
When We Go To War...
Join us for this year’s Illuminate programme featuring a specially created film taken from TVNZ’s new First World War drama series, When We Go to War.
We will also be screening rarely seen photographs of New Zealanders at Gallipoli, from the Museum’s recently published book, The Anzacs.
Then, on Anzac night, join us as we screen the pre-recorded Dawn Service from Gallipoli at 6pm. The scheduled Illuminate programme will follow the screening of this service.
Programme:
When We Go To War
2015 marks the 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing and to mark the event TV ONE will screen a special six-part television series, When We Go to War.
A historical saga, it tells the story of six young men and women who, in 1914, are full of plans and dreams for the future. Cutting between life at home, Gallipoli and Egypt, this spectacular drama begins in a time of optimism and hope, on the eve of war.
Over six one-hour episodes, each told through the experiences of a different character, the stories unfold. As the series - and the war - progress, the changing lives of those back home are contrasted with the experiences of New Zealand soldiers in the trenches and of nurses caring for the wounded in Egypt. At home or abroad, nobody will come through the war unchanged.
Illuminate: The Anzacs:
This series of photographs from the Museum’s pictorial collection offers a glimpse into the lives of the soldiers who fought at Gallipoli. From 25th April landings and digging in, to day-to-day survival, these images captured by soldiers offer a unique first hand perspective of the campaign that gave us the Anzacs.
A combination of easily carried portable folding Kodak cameras and relaxed officials turning a blind eye lead to the proliferation of unofficial photography at Gallipoli. Photographs recorded aspects of life across encampments from the firing line to the casualty clearing station. The original photographs shown here are cared for alongside other Documentary Heritage collections and can be accessed for research through the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library.
