The Hero of the Dardanelles Filming Locations
Where was The Hero of the Dardanelles filmed? The Hero of the Dardanelles was filmed in 2 locations across Australia in the following places:
The Hero of the Dardanelles Filming Locations
Tamarama is a beachside suburb, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tamarama is 6 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915)
William Brown casts aside his sports and answers the call. He goes into camp at Liverpool and is the pride of his sweetheart. The various stages of the soldier's training arc shown until Brown bids good-bye to his people and sweetheart. Egypt is next the scent of the play and much joy is shown by the soldiers when marching orders are received. They are shown arriving at the Dardanelles, when comes the tit-bit of the play. 'Big Lizzie' is busy bombarding the Turkish positions, and the troops are taken to the shore in small boats, under cover of her fire. A surprise awaits them on landing, however, when they find the Turks well entrenched, and a hail of bullets and shrapnel erects the invaders, causing terrible losses. Our boys keep on bravely and capture the first line of trenches, driving the Turks to rout. One Turkish sniper has been overlooked, and is firing on the Red Cross, when Pte. William Brown heroically attacks him. After a tremendous struggle both fall over a cliff into the sea, and the Australian manages to drown his adversary and escapes to the shore. Brown is removed to the hospital at Cairo, and thence to Australia. He marries his sweetheart.