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This 1916 [[epic film]] was one of the first [[South Africa]]n dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the [[Boers]]’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus. Commemorating as it did their view of a highly contentious period of history, the film came to be revered by Afrikaners. It enjoyed a long after-life in South African classrooms and was shown annually on the date of the [[Battle of Blood River]].