Title of film : FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN
Director Name : Charles Chauvel
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Producer : Charles Chauvel
Editor : William Shepherd
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Synopsis : Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part in the attack during the Battle of Beersheba, which was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare
Director Bio : Charles Edward Chauvel (1897-1959), film director, was born on 7 October 1897 at Warwick, Queensland, second son of native-born parents James Allan Chauvel, grazier, and his wife Susan Isabella, daughter of Henry Barnes. His father, aged 53, joined the Australian Remount Unit in 1916 as a lieutenant and served with the Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine; he ended the war as a temporary major and was appointed O.B.E. in 1919. Educated at Ipswich Grammar School, Charles worked on several southern Queensland stations then studied commercial art in Sydney. He also attended drama classes and from 1920 worked as a production assistant, primarily responsible for the horses, with R. L. ('Snowy') Baker and other film-makers.
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