Rorke's Drift in Toy Land!

**Woodsheal** · 28th February 13, 02:01 PM

Many of us are fans of the movie "Zulu" about the 1879 battle of Rorke's Drift. Here's a stop-action animated version of the battle using toy soldiers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotat...&v=Ws_6BEcA5y4

Towards the bottom of the page is a 'missing scene' showing more of the hospital fighting....

**TheOfficialBren** · 28th February 13, 02:50 PM

I'd love to watch this but it says that YouTube cannot load the video. Thanks for sharing, anyhow.

**sydnie7** · 28th February 13, 03:18 PM

Worked for me although I didn't watch it all the way through -- just established the link to send along to a bro-in-law who is gaga over such stuff.

Thanks for posting this!

**tulloch** · 28th February 13, 03:19 PM

Fascinating. I love animations. My son and I made some several years ago.

**McClef** · 28th February 13, 04:00 PM

You cannot make Stanley Baker out of Lego.

**opositive** · 1st March 13, 04:09 PM

that is great. and i always like to see that i am not the biggest nerd in the world.

**James Hood** · 22nd March 13, 01:52 PM

Amazing to this lifelong history-obsessed writer, how "short" the time period was of many immortal world events, like Rorke's Drift.

Recently learned from a US West historian...the Battle of The Little Big Horn only lasted about ten minutes...

...not surprising in thinking thereon, as Sitting Bull had about 2500 braves, Custer had about 250 troopers...and the soldiers armed with single shot Trapdoor Springfield carbines while many, many of their opponents carried Henry and Winchester repeaters.