British and Zulus mark battles

[Brian G Turner]

I'm not sure how popular the film was outside of Britain - but here "Zulu" is a classic.

I recommend you read the whole article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3425599.stm

excerpt:

British and Zulu officials have gathered in South Africa to mark the 125th anniversary of one of Britain's heaviest military defeats.


Some 1,500 British soldiers were killed as they were defeated in the 1879 battle of Isandhlwana.

On the same day, 145 South Wales Borderers held off an army of Zulu warriors in the battle of Rorke's Drift - immortalised by the 1963 film, Zulu. Re-enactments of the battles featured at the start of a weekend of events.