Never forget Australia.

Contributor(s): McGirvan, Alan [director,, producer,, narrator.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DAVID3735 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: [Australia] : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment Australia, [2016]Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 54 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscUniform titles: Contained in (work): Never forget Australia (Television program) Subject(s): Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) | Australians -- France -- Villers-Bretonneux | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Villers-Bretonneux | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian | World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia | Villers-Bretonneux (France) -- Relations -- Australia | Villers-Bretonneux (France) -- History, MilitaryGenre/Form: Historical television programs. | Documentary television programs. | Nonfiction television programs. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.DDC classification: 940.4144
Contents:
The story of the french orphan smuggled to Australia -- How two pennies rebuilt a school in France -- The day we stole the tank from the Germans -- Aboriginal diggers on the Western Front -- Monash the master surprise -- Known only to God.
Production credits: Directed and produced by Alan McGirvan.Narrated by Alan McGirvan.Summary: This is the story of a little part of Australia that lies in the middle of France. This small French village is the largest Australian war memorial in Europe, with the names of fifty-eight thousand Anzac soldiers that died in World War I and here, every Anzac Day, is a Public Holiday. This village is Villiers-Bretonneux and its filled with filled with little Australian stories known and unknown powerful and poignant. There's Digger, the little French orphan who was adopted by an airman then smuggled to England in an oat sack, then in a wicker basket to Australia.How a Victorian Aussie boy worked hard to raise two pennies to help rebuild a destroyed school in Villers-Brettoneux, France. The glorious day we stole the only A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank in the world from under the Germans noses and took it home as a trophy. Why Villers-Bretonneux is a strange name for an Aboriginal burial ground. And how the Unknown Soldier, one of those eleven thousand Anzacs known only to God came home to Australia. These six poignant stories from WWI are all intimate parts of an amazing love story between Australia and France that all began 100 years ago. Six reasons why the locals say, Noublions Jamais L'Australie.
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DAVID3735.

"Six poignant stories from WWI that forged a bond between Australia and France"--Cover.

Never forget Australia extra featuring: Memorial service 2016 ; Trumpeter's Corner ; Anecdotes from Digger's family ; Young Digger perspective from author Anthony Hill ; Two Pennies perspective from author Vicki Bennett ; Composer Vin Healy showcases the song "Villers-Bretonneux" ; Searching for Ancestors/Answers vox pops.

Directed and produced by Alan McGirvan.

Exempt from classification.

DVD ; Region all.

In English. English subtitles.

The story of the french orphan smuggled to Australia -- How two pennies rebuilt a school in France -- The day we stole the tank from the Germans -- Aboriginal diggers on the Western Front -- Monash the master surprise -- Known only to God.

This is the story of a little part of Australia that lies in the middle of France. This small French village is the largest Australian war memorial in Europe, with the names of fifty-eight thousand Anzac soldiers that died in World War I and here, every Anzac Day, is a Public Holiday. This village is Villiers-Bretonneux and its filled with filled with little Australian stories known and unknown powerful and poignant. There's Digger, the little French orphan who was adopted by an airman then smuggled to England in an oat sack, then in a wicker basket to Australia.How a Victorian Aussie boy worked hard to raise two pennies to help rebuild a destroyed school in Villers-Brettoneux, France. The glorious day we stole the only A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank in the world from under the Germans noses and took it home as a trophy. Why Villers-Bretonneux is a strange name for an Aboriginal burial ground. And how the Unknown Soldier, one of those eleven thousand Anzacs known only to God came home to Australia. These six poignant stories from WWI are all intimate parts of an amazing love story between Australia and France that all began 100 years ago. Six reasons why the locals say, Noublions Jamais L'Australie.

Narrated by Alan McGirvan.

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