DVD: Forty Thousand Horsemen: Chips Rafferty; Betty Bryant

When Germany stretched greedy hands towards the Middle East in the war or 1914–1918, a great cavalry force came into being. They were the men from Australia and New Zealand – The ANZACS – the "Mad Bushmen" – the men from "Down Under". In 1916 Jerusalem, German troops led by Captain Von Schiller arrest and hang French wine seller Paul Rouget for spying. His daughter Juliet goes into hiding dressed as a boy and starts spying on the Germans. Three members of the Australian Lighthorse, Red, Larry and Jim, are enjoying themselves (including a game of two-up) on leave in Cairo when they are called to fight the Turks. Red is separated from the others after one battle and his life is saved by Juliet, who he thinks is an Arab boy. He is reunited with his friends in time for the Battle of Gaza and there is yet more adventure before the deciding battle - the Battle of Beersheba. Also stars Grant Taylor and Pat Twohill. Fun Fact - the battle scenes were filmed on Cronulla Beach.