Customer Reviews

Forty Thousand Horsemen

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

A must for WW1 buff's, shows the australian "she'll be right mate" attitude that accompanied so many australian diggers through the war.

the footage is recorded from original film and is a little "jittery" in the VERY begining but settles down ok, it even has the original "intermission" in the middle of DVD.

realistic audio in battle scenes, none of this studio mixed sound effects but actual "on feild audio". so much noise its hard to distinguish what and where its comming from, just as it would have REALLY been like on the battle field.

if you like the Australian LIGHT HORSE history then this should be in your movie collection,
just remember this DVD is a direct copy of the original 1941 film, and the audio and visual quality is only as good as it was in 1941.
having said that, i'd recomend it to any one who is interested in the Australian war effort.

I would like to see this movie. In an effort to draw more attention to it, I gave it 5 stars. If this were a DVD, I would buy it tonight, despite the price tag and the long wait for delivery. If you have seen this movie, please write down your thoughts here.

It sounds very exciting. Should this be a "Classic" WWI movie? Unless it receives more attention, it will remain a secret pearl of Australia.

"They were the men of Australia and New Zealand-the ANZACS-the mad bushmen-the men from Down Under." My husband, who is a gifted historian, knows of these legendary soldiers, but he had never heard of this movie either. We would both like to see it!

I would like to thank firehouse444 for bringing it to my attention in his/her list 'So you'd like to... Find the true gems of Australian cinema !!'. Thanks.

This is one of the worst dvds I have seen.It looks like a very poor direct transfer from tape.And to cap it off the whole movie is one chapter.

1938 film. Picture quality poor, sound poor. Story good. The first two points could more or less be expected. Film itself would appear to have been copied onto a computer.

I searched the UK amazon for this dvd for my father in law with no luck. But hey the oz amazon had, reasonably priced, postage to UK was reasonable too! it arrived as described within the month specified. overall score 10/10 xx

I found this service excellent as I have been unable to obtain this Movie Title here in Austrlalia and it was wonderful to be able to order it through Amazon.

movie itself is excellant. problem with this particular dvd is that you can't remove the subtitles, and they don't always match what is being said. very distracting from an other wise excellant movie.
dennis

Forty Thousand Horsemen (1941-Australia)

Excellent - made in Australia but can only purchase through Amazon.

The quality of the dvd is quite good considering how old it is but I am not happy that it was not advertised that it didn't come with a cover for the money you pay. I didn't get any feedback when I queried this either so my review about the seller is not crash hot.

As an historical record of this very important film from 1941, it is worth having, but I think it should be mentioned that this is not re-mastered at all, but a straight copy of an old print of the film, scratchy sound & all. I was disappointed to find that it was a burned disc, not a commercially produced one.
Still, I am glad I have it.