EVERYBODY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 564, 17 January 1929, Page 14

EVERYBODY’S

THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN Another of those interesting and instructive lilms of a section of the great conflict of war of a few years ago, was shown at Everybody’s Theatre last evening. This picture is, in a sense, a companion to “Ypres,” “Mens” and “Zeebrugge,” and reconstructs in the same vivid fashion the war waged in the East. It is entitled “Armageddon,” because the battles described were fought over historic and Biblical ground. The campaign in Palestine was of particular interest to New Zealanders because of the part by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles. In many scenes New Zealand troops are shown. War, with its aftermath of ruin, both for victors and for vanquished, resembles disease in that it is often the result of ignorance, for which Hie spreading of knowledge is the best cure. The film is the most powerful medium that exists for this purpose. This film of General Allenby’s campaign has been produced in the belief that interest in the great world cataclysm is not dead; that the story has only to be told dramatically, with historical accuracy, to attract universal attention to the horrors of warfare, the tremendous crises, and the deeds of heroic bravery performed by young men of our own blood. “Armageddon,” then, reconstructs the campaign faithfully and in proportion, with frequent explanations by means of models and diagram's, but mainly by photographs actually taken at the time. Occasionally the human note is introduced by a re-enactment of some special deed of bravery. The film is technically and historically correct and retains one’s interest right to the last. An exceptionally interesting supporting programme is screened, and enjoyable music provided by the Everybody’s Orchestra.