On 25 April 1915, Australian troops landed before dawn on a beach on the Gallipoli peninsula of Turkey. They were joined later in the day by New Zealanders and some Indian artillerymen. It was part of a set of landings on the peninsula by other Allied troops, mainly from Britain and France.

The landings are generally acknowledged to be a failure, but the landing of the Australians and later New Zealanders led to the creation of the Anzac spirit as a significant part of Australian identity.

This film addresses several popular myths about the Gallipoli landing, and especially the central one: that poor planning helped place the Anzacs on the wrong beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915.

Curriculum relevance: Year 9 History - 'The Making of the Modern World'.

Running time: 10 minutes