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Zulu (1964) - The Defence of Rorke's Drift
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This was my favuorite battle scene of the whole movie..the middle scene of the Volley Fire...!!!! I get goose bumps watching this all the time. Lt Chard (Stanley Baker) was exceptionally superb in leading this disciplined doubled line 24th Foot. I would give this scene an OSCAR personally.
I agree! I love this part.
Have watched this film easily 100x, as well as read all books on that campaign I could get my hands on since the 90s. The bravery of both sides was colossal. I’m a Texan of Welsh & Italian blood, deeply interested in the savage history of my state, but equally fascinated with the study of it in general. Did a college paper on the Anglo-Zulu War. Can’t even sit down while watching this scene along with several others. Always thought John Barry really captured the ominous scope of what the sight of those impis in their thousands bearing down on your position felt like.
@@cvisenti you said it well and good on you for studying and reading on this famous historical battle. And your right John Barry musical scare raised the intense moments of movie. All the battle scenes was well acted (even though we know it was much different in the real battle) but this volley scene is by far my favourite. 😎
I'm Welsh and this film is one of my all time favourites me and my friends have done this battle as a recreation before we didn't have the actual British uniforms but we had red jackets which we worn doing it and we had similar not Identical M1 grands but and we shot blanks at heybails that we gave shields and spears to we seletaped them to it but it was fun and my friend Robert was chard I was in the lines when my dad shot m with a nerf bullet and I was "killed" so that was one of my best memories
This is easily one of my favorite scenes in the whole film. Throughout the battle, the British are definitely on the backfoot, literally backed into a corner and pushed up against the wall. This one scene demonstrates though, why the British War Machine was such a force to be reckoned with, by showing the devistation that Volley Fire could bring.
I don't cheer for the deaths of the Zulu warriors, but man if this scene doesn't make me feel something. These men, who are fighting insurmountable odds, manage to turn the tide for one glorious moment and earn their enemies' respect through their action. Glorious filmmaking.
AMEN.
this is what happens when you DON'T underestimate the enemy.
Or in the case of the Zulus, when you do.
Yup, the British played to their strengths and were able to win this battle by the skin of their teeth
" The enemy" had been the native people of South Africa, the Zulu. Who had been the "real enemy"???? Just think.
@@hartmutwrith3134 the zulus? You’re talking about the zulus that only migrated there 500 years ago? The zulus that conquered the region and were then conquered themselves? Those zulus?
@horriblepancake you get a F in reading comprehension. We, at least anyone passing by, are all dumber for having read that response. May the great shiva have mercy on your soul. Inshallah, good day.
I dont think the HD quality does this film justice. Cause now I can see half their rifles are bolt action. XD
Pistols are the wrong era as well.
They were SA army soldiers loaned to film using bolt action rifles. That is why the drill is so good. What they are doing is called firing by introduction. If they did the same thing going backwards, it would be firing by extraduction.
They hide it well, though.
@@davidrowsell4603 you'd need Italian soldiers for the extraduction
Thank God I know very little about guns. I'd hate to have a good movie ruined by such little details
Seriously one of the best period military movies ever made. Great acting by the British characters, some compelling character drama that doesn't bog down the plot, and what I consider to be its greatest strength, is that it doesn't fall into the trap of trivializing or underestimating the Zulus, and goes to lengths to demonstrate that the Zulus were not just a ragtag, disorganized group of warriors, this is a cohesive military force with tangible objectives and preferred strategies that they were highly effective with. Great movie.
This battle is basically the closest we'll ever come to Roman Legionaries vs Rifle armed soldiers.
@@SergeantPsycho Definitely not
Are you comparing legions to zulú?@@SergeantPsycho
Only two things annoyed me about this movie
The over emphasis and time wasting about the Witts.
And the lame acting when men get stabbed - British and Zulu
@Digmen1 pretty standard 'dying swan' acting but the zulus were extras not professional actors. The same dying antics can be seen in The Longest Day, All Quiet On The Western Front ( both movie versions) and dozens of war and western films. It took Spielberg with SPR to show that the human body when shot simply collapses it doesn't do a pirouette while the soldier grabs his chest.
The ending to this film as the Zulu Warriors disappear over the ridge is incredible.
I could not possibly agree more.
And showing respect to fellow warriors in the same scene. Incredible 🫡
And completely fictional.
@roberthudson1959 Maybe because it's a film. It's called artistic licence
@@richardstokes3625 The problem, particularly acute with this film. is that too many people confuse film with fact.
I loved the working-in tandem commands between LT. Chard and Colour-Sergeant Bourne. That's soldiering.
Sharpe would be proud... and probably give almost anything to have had those rifles going up against Ol' Boney. 😁
Bourne went on to become a LTCoL. He was young, I think around 28, and a small guy. Chard retired as a Major. The snobby Brit establishment judged him as 'too close to the men'.
@@starcorpvncj Bourne had to come out of retirement to become a lieutenant colonel. He retired as a captain after 35 years of service, the last 14 of which were spent in a post generally filled by a lieutenant colonel. He was called out of retirement in 1914 to fill a similar position, but was given the appropriate rank.
@@roberthudson1959 Tks cheers. I have been to Zululand. Right now as a 73 yo retired ex Aussie major of Artillery I'm sitting in a car in the pouring rain in Da Lat in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. I also did 2 tours of duty in the Gaza Strip in I982-83 with the US funded MFO (Goggle it). I was a Liaison Officer attached to the IDF. The Israelis were killing the Palestinians and stealing their land back then. All the best.
Front rank fire reload advance what a pity we cant have these leaders on the south coast
Hell of a movie. Watched a Michael Cain interview, he talked about how fighting in Korea changed his entire world view....
This is a well made film. great actors, script and location. Much better than a lot of films at the moment.
One of my all time favorite movies.
It's a feel good movie.
The picture quality of this clip is amazing. It almost looks like live images.
Yes the 60fps makes all these old films look really strange
Thanks, glad you like it! Some do and some don't, we will also be uploading normal versions so it has the best of both worlds.
@@Official-Zulu It objectively sucks. 60FPS is uncinematic in the extreme. Why do it? To make it look like a cheap tv production instead of a great film?
It doesn't look "amazing." It looks cheap and fake. 60FPS isn't meant for film. Here's a penny. Go buy yourself some culture and work on your standards.
@@seppukusushi2848 When older movies are up-scaled incorporating 60fps can smooth the software and help the images merge. Its a popular technique used on lots of old up-scaled film. It is not for everyone and we understand that. We have original clips to go with them.
The first time I watched this was with a buddy who had served in the USMC and was at Khe Sanh. Andy said Colour Sergeant Bourne reminded him of Corps NCOs - many had served in the WW2 Pacific, in Korea and now in Viet Nam - they were professional soldiers - they didn't panic and they were always telling you what to - which Andy said was reassuring when under fire.
Thanks for sharing. Interesting 👍
This was a fabulous movie. The portrayal of the soldiers and the majestic Zulus was amazing. The respect they had for each other as warriors was a really great thing to see.
I love the end, where the Zulus line the hills and pay tribute to their foes with singing. Their retreat was not a defeat, just an end.
Never actually happened but a great way to show respect for both sides at the end.
Zulus did appear in the morning, but there is a theory that they were not the warriors who had been fighting at Rorke's Drift, but others who had been raiding farms in Natal. The ones that had done the fighting had already left and were seen by Lord Chelmsford's troops who were returning from Isandlwana. Soldiers' accounts mention seeing a large mass of Zulus going the other way, the two forces ignored each other and carried on.
Nigel Green shouting "Advance" always stuck with me.
I've lost count the number of times I've watched this film, I've come realise the guts of the Zulus, is just as courageous as the British soldiers. Bottom line, pointless death, unites both sides.
One faced down vastly superior numbers, the other faced down vastly superior technology. All things considered Rorke's Drift was a fair fight.
@@hagamapama
The Zulus had more guns than the British though. Granted they were older guns and the Zulus weren't great shots but 18 of the 32 British casualties at Rorkes Drift (just over half) were actually caused by Zulu gunfire including 6 of the 17 fatalities.
So I loved this movie ever since I was a kid. I also love the fact that unlike hollywood movies where they never reload all the soldiers here actually reach into their ammo kit to get a round.
It takes real military discipline to form a platoon, bring them to attention in preparation for volley fire,all of this in the face of those see fearful charging Zulu warriors.
That's what training is for.
It also takes real military discipline to organize an assault on a fortified position guarded by superior weapons when all you have is stone age spears.
@@hagamapama or just that level of fanaticism. Keep in mind, that up until the Battle of Rhorks Drift, the Zulu people had never known defeat. They'd won every single battle, and even won against a British contingent just days before this. When they attacked RD, they thought they had a reasonable chance of winning just on pure numbers. They had several thousand, the 'fortified facility' you see here was actually a Mission and Hospital, with a contingent made up of medical staff, a unit for security, and some survivors from the previous battle.
Ultimately, this attack, which failed, was used as justification by the British Empire to push into Zulu lands, and defeat them.
One of the best films ever made !
Since I first saw this film in the 1990s, this scene has been perhaps my favorite moment of any war movie.
Me, too.
Can anyone begin to imagine the discipline of those men?
working as a team and working to orders is what made the british army of the victorian period. when they were more scared of their NCO's than the enemy. But I also know you fire a martini henry at that range on people advancing on you those bullets unless they hit a bone are not going through one person but more than likely two to three people a shot unless it hits the bone.
This is typical of a mob fighting trained soldiers. Discipline and training is a great advantage.
@@leithafae Some of the stories from surviving British soldiers at the Drift noted that Zulu warriors would be thrown back several feet when hit.
Redcoats discipline as Perseverance, Courage, Loyalty and Honour were Victorian age virtues !
Platoon, 'Shun. Platoon, on guard!' Such discipline in the face of charging Zulu Warriors.
An iconic British film with a great cast.
enaltecer la dizque colonizacion es tener una mente retrograda y basada en el servilismo, son hechos vergonzosos para todo ser humano
“Fire at Will”….poor old Will….😅😂
No. " Will " is not a person. The command " Fire at will " means each soldier would fire , reload and fire again as fast as he can at targets of his own discretion. Without waiting for a command to reload and fire in volleys.
I'm with you on this. Everytime I hear fire at Will I have to ask myself which one of them is Will, poor bastard.
@@reynaldoflores4522We know. It's a joke. Watch Carry On Up The Khyber.
@@reynaldoflores4522 Have you ever considered getting a sense of humour?
@@reynaldoflores4522 Buddy... it was a pun.
You can see this daily at any chicken shop in Brixton 😂
Ha 😅
Try Johnstown pa
From the happy days when real movies were made
I don't think we will ever see films like this again. It's all computer graphics or woke or a combination of the two.
Great movie. One of the greatest of all time. Rorke's drift is a fascinating moment in British and South African history, and it's depicted extremely well in Zulu.
Edit: Typo.
It is unfortunate that Zulu was a bust, in the US. No Americans in the movie meant no Americans in the theatre, back then.
@@gwine9087 Historically, Britain's appetite for colonization took it's toll on their troops a few times....it got breathtaking in afghanistan in the mid 1800's....
I highly doubt they would have just been standing there going OOGA BOOGA though taking volley fire.........so....................................................... uhhhhhhhhhhh............................
@@jam2723 What?
@@gwine9087 idk it seems like they could have done better 🤷🏽♂️
And that is how Empires are won.
And how they are lost as well, don't get me wrong. The Zulu fought bravely just as the men at Rorkes Drift did. For the Zulu they were a little over confident and for The British it was a do or die.
@@raymondhamill6702 funny how that goes isn't it? The same thing happened in WW2 off Samar Island. Tiny force of 'tin can' Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts and 'Jeep' Carriers waking up to see an entire Japanese fleet led by the Yamato (which by herself weighed more than all of Taffy 3 __combined__)... Taffy 3 would actually win that engagement by making the much larger Center Force retreat.
One of the best war dramas ever made. A masterpiece respectful of the great Zulu warriors who showed the ultimate respect by departing the field rather than slaughter an exhausted, depleted yet noble opponent.
in reality they left because reinforcements were on the way, not out of respect
yes, like many others this is my favorite movie of all time.
The filming of the zulus charging is amazing.
Except in reality there would have been ten times as many.
Fire and advance; very effective technique.
A just tribute not only to the Brave British Soldiers, but to the Brave Zulu Warriors too.
You honestly can’t help but to cheer for both sides watching the film it’s a classic. Both the British and the Zulu had such honor and it’s a rare moment in history absolutely incredible story
"It was a viciously sharp slice of mango, wasn't it sir?"
I've seen muskets and bolt actions but never this kind of single-shoot toploader thingy. Really shows how people can adapt tactics to the technology of their time
The Martini action. Also used by BSA for a range of sporting rifles. Up to the 1960s all British Army cadet units had Martini BSAs as .22LR target rifles.
@@terrier7832 We still had two Martini-action .22s, along with three bolt-action Lee-Enfields, at my ATC squadron in 1975.
This was a really great action movie. I have watched this attack scene and similar scenes many times.
no one who watches this movie or does the most basic reading of the history of this battle can ever say that the bravery on both sides wasn't remarkable.
Indeed. If all I have is a spear and a shield, I'd take a lot of convincing to charge a fortified position held by riflemen.
Make no mistake this was a war of empires. The Zulu were just as ruthless and just as expansionistic as the British, they were trying to compete for power in the region and after Isandlwana it looked like they might have a chance. If they had succeeded though, life would not have been better for legitimately native South African tribes (the Zulus were not indigenous but were imperialists too!).
The most Victoria Crosses ever issued in a single battle, before or since. The bravery and dedication displayed by the British troops is unmatched in the annals of military history.
One of the best movies ever made.
"Colour Sergeant, sir, I want half your men now, even number sir?, form two lines on the double, sir "
That should, of course, have been "AT the double". "'On the double' is an American order.
Remember, even if you can't shoot anyone else, you can always fire at Will.
Excellent battle tactics on the part of British forces.
"Poor old Will. Why do they always fire at him" Peter Butterworth - 'Carry On Up The Khyber '
"what are you doing there, Widdle?"
"Im painting the thin red line Sir"
😂
Ah the devils in skirts!😂😂
Stanley Baker does an outstanding job!
He would have made a great James Bond.
One thing the British had was the whole amo supply dump for the campaign. They didn’t run I out of bullets.
The training it took to get effective volley fire in those ranks !
WHY US SARGE ? BECAUSE WE ' RE HERE LAD !
This tactic is devastating. I am intrigued because in the book Now We Are Enemies by Thomas Fleming he describes how, during the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Americans used this technique to stop a British flanking move on the bank of the Mystic River and almost totally wiped out the attacking force of picked troops.
I guess they did not have enough Martini-Henrys so some of the prop rifles looked like bolt action Mausers. And the Officer's pistols looked like Webley Mk VI which did not exist at that time. Irregardless , this is one of my favorite movies. Right up there with Spartacus.
I just noticed that, too. I suspect they have Long Lee Metfords or Lee Enfields with the magazines removed. The stock profile is similar to the Martini-Henry, with a step at the lower barrel band. At 1:13 you can clearly see the bolt handle and the hump of the semi-pistol grip.
Robert Y. A. W. N.
@@carlinglin7289 I doubt the extras could do the volley drill fast enough with breach loaders, so they used Lee Metford bolt actions.
They are Charger Loading Lee Enfields, a conversion of the original Lee Enfield, usually called the Long Lee Enfield.
I suppose people make mistakes. For example, "irregardless" is not a word.
Everybody gangsta till I bring my Blu-ray of zulu to the function
Gunpowder trumps “ooh ooh” every time
Love this film, one of my absolute favourites.
That red is incredibly bright.
What a fantastic movie
Finally completed reading Frontiers, a 1300-page historical novel about South Africa from 1400s to late 1800s.
Best Armed forces in the world
The volley fire was especially effective considering those bullets at that range could go through 2 if not 3 men
Possibly the deadliest tactic of its day.
The Germans realized that the 8mm Mauser would go thru 2 or 3 men during WW1.
@@robertrobert7924 So did the British with the .303" at Mons and elsewhere.
Just noticed 2 of the British were firing Lee Enfields turns out in the making of the movie there wasn't enough Martini Henrys to go around all of the lads playing the British.
This is what it means to be a soldier with superior weapons and training against an overwhelming enemy..
Whatever happens, we have got the Maxim gun and they, do not.
Zulu:ZULU also Zulu:wuwuwuwuwuwu
It is 2023, and I don't give a monkeys who gets offended: VOLLEY FIRE!!!!!
"Colour Sergeant, report!".
"Internet Rappers, Sir. Thousands of them!".
And that’s why the British owned like half the world
with a gun/rifle, you should be able to conquer anyone, if you're the only one with a gun/rifle, (but probably because of British arrogance) at the the Battle of Isandlwana, Despite the British having superior military resources, they faced a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Zulus, so say the internet, and they (Zulus), won a few other battles too🤨 Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
The overwhelming vast majority of the British Empire was not conquered like this but rather through trade and cooperation, by and large, with the natives. It largely wasn't through waging war.
@@willie417The Zulus had more guns than the British. Around 1 in 5 Zulus were armed with a gun of some sort at both Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift. Granted they were older guns but they could and did still kill. A significant number of British casualties at Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift was via Zulu gunfire.
Also it's not as if the Zulus didn't go around invading and conquering others in southern Africa. Read up on the Mfecane.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah😏
@@lyndoncmp5751 Totally true.
Man how nice it would have been to have a MG 42… 900 rounds a minute.
An Apache helicopter would've been nice.
900 rounds is massively under selling that gun its actually 1550 rounds per minute
Loving the sheer guts showed from both sides. Sharp discipline from the British and those Zulus do not give a fuck
Ah yes the Snyder Enfield, breech loader, firing a .577 caliber bullet. It had serious stopping power. Was a much better rifle then the American Trap Door of the same time period.
Martini Henry with a .450 calibre firing a Boxer cartridge. Deadly.
The cinematography was excellent.
Time and time again I've watched this movie and this scene is always fun to watch. A superb movie.
If only all videos uploaded were of a similar quality to this!
It sucks, and your standards suck.
The movie action rings of the heroism of both sides.
What also captures me, is absolute stunning volcanic geography of the area.That huge broken maw.
The Zulus of this period were an interesting people. They dressed as primitively as many Stone Age cultures and used crude shields and weapons, comparatively, yet at the same time they had a proper military with rank structure, discipline and training to match any European army of the period. Despite their appearance, they fought as a group, not as a rabble of individual warriors. It is one reason why they saw success against the British, despite only have assegai stabbing spears while the British had rifles.
Not exactly - about 25% of the Zulus had firearms and in reality, a very substantial proportion of B2/24 casualties were caused by gunshot. The problem is that the real mission station was nothing like the one in the film, and in reality the Zulus attacked from cover, very close in. So there was no volley fire, and no charges across the open.
@@michaeljones-qm4wqYep. 18 out of the 32 British casualties at Rorkes Drift were via Zulu gunfire. 👍
Those fellas didn't seem real determined to get into that fort. They just kind of slowly danced outside.
Volley fire by rank was absolutely lethal in the age of the single shot rifle
It was taught up to the first world war. The SMLE was equipped with volley sights and a magazine cut off to enable hand loading of single shots.
Indian regiments when first issued the magazine rifle, were not issued the magazines. The idea being that if they mutinied, the British and Gurkha battalions in each brigade who did have magazines could overwhelm them.
Great movie
Although I never really followed British military that much, this movie still is one of my favorites.
1:36 Poor old Will. Cops it every time.
cheeky fellow gets what he deserves
My brother his name was Will after watching this movie he changed it to Bill
always wondered what Will did wrong to have everyone firing at him
I downloaded and watched both films the other day after watching this clip...
Alternative history, if Lt. Chard is the one commanding the camp defense at Isandlwana most likely they would repulsed the attack. That's the "what if"
It was actually Commissary Dalton along with Colour Sergeant Bourne who was chiefly responsible for the defence, despite what is shown in this film. He wasn’t originally included among the VC recipients (wouldn’t have looked as good in the papers, despite the fact that he was a veteran soldier), but (according to what I have read) the other recipients objected to his omission, so he was added..
@@captainbeaky between the NCIs and the officers they did well though, a 150 man force against a few thousand and winning is rare in military history
@@captainbeaky Dalton came up with the basic design of the defenses and convinced Bromhead and Chard that the mission could be held. Bourne did his duty in keeping the men in line. Chard and Bromhead provided the leadership and shifting reserves where they were needed. It was a team effort, and helped immensely by the fact that Rorke's Drift was just large enough to be fortified and small enough to be defended by the men the British had. The problem with the Alamo was that it was too large for the Texans to cover every approach with any sort of numbers, allowing the Mexicans to spread out the defenders and find a weak spot.
I don't think it would've made much difference if Chard commanded at Isandhlwana. It was an open spot with no good places to defend. It was like Custer at Little Bighorn.
Durnford would have still been his senior at Isandlwana to screw it up. Both were Royal Engineers.
PolarizedMechs,
Had they defended right in front of the tents at Isandlwana (as Pulleine did during the early morning false alarm before Durnford arrived and interfered) they could well have held out. They had nearly 1,000 rifles. The Zulus had no answer to concentrated British firepower. With 1,000 rifles more concentrated I doubt the Zulus would have got through it. 800 rifles defending the front by the tents and 200 at the rear gap by the Saddle?
At Isandlwana they were too far forward and extended due to Durnford.
Loving all the bolt action Lee Enfield rifles here 😂 only a small blooper but still!
The inspiration for the 40k Imperial Guard combat order 'Front rank. Fire! Second rank. Fire!'
Great movie, even with rubber bayonets and a great view of Michael Caine's fillings.
Me and the boys defending our homes and businesses back in 2020
See. B L M. Ain't so tuff
Just watched this, great movie
The good old days.
0:17 looks like one of the Zulu extras couldn't get out of frame in time :P
Don’t you throw those bloody spears at me.
The problem with thrown weapons is that an individual weapon can only be used once.
Sounds like Detroit on any given Saturday.
2:23 that actor who plays ALFRED in the DARK KNIGHT trilogy
SIR Michael Caine to you sunshine...😂
A lot of people know that....
They had quick breach load and fire 0.45 calibre Martini-Henry rifles; the rifles that won the British Empire'. They could and would have fired all at once and reloaded in a couple of seconds and had 3 times the firepower. Hollywood! There is no mention of this event in the eye witness accounts. That said, it anything, the movie underestimated the bravery and achievements of the defenders.
The damage done to the zulu warriors by huge bullets must have been horrendous, this is a good film but never shows the absolute horror of the battle.
Blood and guts depictions in films first came along in the 1980's. In 1964 no way would explicit wounds and deaths get past the censors.
Historical inaccuracies, but cannot let truth get in the way of a good action film!
It's junk as history but if you accept it as "based on historical events" it's pretty good. Most of the battle was fought at night as I recall, and that's just one aspect they could not depict in the early 60s.
It's not a documentary
I need a Maxim gun right about now
The extras were south african infantry soldiers.hence the clean shaven appearance!
Imagine Jesse Ventura character with "old painless" out of the bag.
Sounds like M I N D C O N T R O L to me
The troops fired enough ammo to shoot each Zulu 5 times they sure missed alot
Welcome to warfare in general, if it's only 5 times thats actually fairly low,
The Martini Henry was notorious for shooting wide if the sights were not set at the correct range. In the prequel movie Zulu Dawn, Colour Sgt Williams is heard telling his section "Watch your markers, watch your markers, adjust your sights!" And in one of Rudyard Kipling's poems he mentions the Martini with "And 'arf of your bullets go wide in the ditch" Properly set up though the Martini Henry could be extremely accurate as one of the defenders at the Drift took down several Zulu snipers up on the ridge several hundred yards away.
I reckon that if you wanted to make a film about battles, you would have to move me as much as this does.
This is one of my favorite movie. What would have happened if the Zulu's won the battle?
They should have just called the film: 'the Martini-Henry Rifle vs. the Zulu's'.
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There's a book on the making of Zulu, interesting facts