In Their Footsteps | show | 2011 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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Transcript

00:00My grandfather and my great-grandfather were both in Gallipoli at the same time.

00:08This is Anzac Cove, dawn of the 25th of April 1915.

00:13The invasion fleet moved in under cover of darkness.

00:16Every now and then.

00:17In the pre-dawn, the first troops prepared for the landing on Turkish soil.

00:21Comes a rare piece of television.

00:23Your dad and your granddad.

00:26This is their very first experience of being under fire.

00:30They are right in the field.

00:38Channel 9 proudly presents...

00:43An event for all Australians.

00:51Uncle Tommy, he just looks so handsome and happy and full of life.

00:56What happened to him?

01:00We're all over Australia.

01:02Young men are travelling to join the crew at the HMAS Center.

01:05In a major new series.

01:07Come with us as we follow their journey.

01:12I just feel it's important to know exactly what he went through.

01:19He married her during the war.

01:22The first man to fire an artillery shell on Anzac was your granddad.

01:34That's just amazing.

01:35It's hell down there and blokes are going overboard and they end up floating around for days.

01:41I have the utmost respect for your great, great uncle.

01:45I'm going to take you across the Kokoda track.

01:47Love to.

01:48Albert would have crossed this many, many times.

01:51Come on.

01:52A journey so powerful.

01:53Hard work.

01:54Poor food.

01:55These men are starting to starve.

01:58It will touch the hearts of us all.

02:00An incredibly fierce battle took place.

02:06353 Australians lost their lives.

02:10And some of them were very young.

02:12Very young.

02:13It's a hell of a story.

02:28The amazing lives.

02:30And courageous stories about nation's heroes.

02:36This would definitely be the greatest thing I have ever done in my life.

02:41In their footsteps.