The Hero of the Dardanelles is a 1915 Australia

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n film directed by Alfred Rolfe

Alfred Rolfe

The Reverend Alfred James Rolfe was an Englishman who emigrated to Australia to pursue a career as a clergyman and teacher, rising to become headmaster of Malvern School in Sydney....

, made as a patriotic war recruiting film. Will Brown (Guy Hastings) enlists in the Australian Army after the outbreak of the World War I. After arriving in Egypt, he takes part in the action.

The landing at Gallipoli

Gallipoli

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 was restaged with real troops at Tamarama Beach in Sydney

Sydney

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The original film ran for approximately 4,000 feet (59 minutes at 18 frames per second), but only 858 feet (13 min.) survives from the early part of the film.

Cast

• Guy Hastings as William Brown
• Loma Rossmore as Lily Brunton
• C. Throoby as Mr. Brown
• Ruth Wainwright as Mrs. Brown
• Fred Francis as Gordon Brown

External links

• The Hero of the Dardanelles at the Australian screen
• The Hero of the Dardanelles at the NFSA