World Affairs Board - View Single Post

RustyBattleship · 11-26-2007, 13:32 PM

"The Light Horsemen" was perhaps the best and most accurate of the 3 movies made dedicated to the charge on Beersheba.

The first movie was "One Thousand Horses" (I think but can't find it in Google). It was well done but being in black and white no longer appreciated by the younger color-coded generation. I first saw it on an Emerson tube TV many years ago so my memory of the title may be off. But I still recall the scenes of that very impressive cavalry charge.

A cavalry charge like no other cavalry charge before or since.

Then there was "The Light Horsemen" starring Anthony Andrews as the British Intelligence officer following up his astounding TV series "Danger UXB".

The third film rendition was a 2 hourTV episode of "Young Indiana Jones". I watched it the other night on satellite TV. The TV version fairly well followed the earlier movie and I'm pretty sure some of the distance shots were taken from the movie. Otherwise they used a whole new cast. Sets were either new but I suspect many of the scenes were out-takes from the movie. Still an exciting rendition commemorating perhaps the greatest Cavalry charge of all time.

11-26-2007, 13:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
RustyBattleship *Defense Professional* Join Date: 01-12-06 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 2,865	"The Light Horsemen" was perhaps the best and most accurate of the 3 movies made dedicated to the charge on Beersheba. The first movie was "One Thousand Horses" (I think but can't find it in Google). It was well done but being in black and white no longer appreciated by the younger color-coded generation. I first saw it on an Emerson tube TV many years ago so my memory of the title may be off. But I still recall the scenes of that very impressive cavalry charge. A cavalry charge like no other cavalry charge before or since. Then there was "The Light Horsemen" starring Anthony Andrews as the British Intelligence officer following up his astounding TV series "Danger UXB". The third film rendition was a 2 hourTV episode of "Young Indiana Jones". I watched it the other night on satellite TV. The TV version fairly well followed the earlier movie and I'm pretty sure some of the distance shots were taken from the movie. Otherwise they used a whole new cast. Sets were either new but I suspect many of the scenes were out-takes from the movie. Still an exciting rendition commemorating perhaps the greatest Cavalry charge of all time. __________________ Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.