Journey to Arras

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Title

Journey to Arras

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NZ On Screen

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NZ On Screen

Description

This documentary unearths the story of the soldiers in the New Zealand Tunneling Company, whose daring World War I raids involved digging tunnels through chalk rock, laying explosives underneath enemy lines, and countermining German tunneling efforts. The story is told through the eyes of a New Zealand woman who retraces her grandfather’s war story to Arras, France, and sees the Kiwi-tagged cavern 'city' nearly 80 years later. The company played a key role on the Western Front, and was especi...

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Format

Video

Date created

1997

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/journey-to-arras-1997

Related subjects

labour / 1st expeditionary force / french / german / explosives / mines / mining / miners / france / arras / tunneling / tunnels / first world war / second world war / world war one / wwi / world war i / cook islander / rarotongan / western front / pioneer battalion / maori battalion / pacific island soldiers / bushman / avondale / de gouvieux / clare mashiter / robert ronayne / ww1 / rarotonga / captain robert ronayne / nz on air / new zealand on air

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