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In Their Footsteps is a ten-part documentary depicting Australian families and war.

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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.
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