The Spirit of Gallipoli is a 1928 silent Australian film. Originally running at 5,000 feet length only 1,554 feet survive.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 181.
Plot A rebellious young man, Billy Austin, is conscripted into the Australian Army. Initially an unwilling soldier, he eventually becomes a good one, and dreams of serving with the ANZACs at Gallipoli. He eventually leaves the army, gets married and settles down on a farm.
Cast Keith Gategood as Billy Austin William Green as Jack Thomas Samuel Harris as William Austin Gwen Sherwood as Mrs Austin Marie Miller as Gladys Merton
Production The film was made by two young army trainees of the 55th Battalion with a cast of amateurs in early 1928. It was a propaganda piece to promote the role of the army in peacetime. Army co-operation meant enabled several scenes to be shot at Liverpool camp.
The footage of the Gallipoli dream sequence is taken from the silent movie The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915).Paul Byrne, 'The Hero of the Dardanelles' at Australian Screen Online
Release Commercial reception appears to have been limited.
References
External links
The Spirit of Gallipoli at National Film and Sound Archive