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FRENCH CONNECTION

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Year
2011
Reference
F219902
Media type
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Year
2011
Reference
F219902
Media type
Moving image
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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:22:53
Production company
ILA Film Productions
Credits
Writer: David Blyth
Producer: David Blyth
Director: David Blyth
Director of Photography: Melanie Bass
Director of Photography: Scott Clotsworthy
Editor: Alexander Behse
Music: Jed Town
Titles: Halena Chapman
Graphics: Halena Chapman
French Translation: Vēronique Guilloteau
Curly Blyth Interview: George Andrews

A second documentary from director David Blythe on his grandfather Lawrence 'Curly' Blyth and his part in the the liberation of the French town of Le Quesnoy by New Zealand soldiers during the last days of WW1. Colonel Blyth was awarded the French Legion d'Honeur and has a square Le Quesnoy named in his honour.

Director Blythe visits Le Quesnoy and its “Place du Colonel Blythe” on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the Liberation in 2008. Interviewees include locals and NZ historian Chris Pugsley. His grandfather also appears in interview footage from Blythe’s earlier, television, documentary, ‘Our Oldest Soldier’ (F53381)

90 NZ soldiers were killed at Le Quesnoy. 50 are buried there and the documentary concludes with their tombstones and their names onscreen.