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Re:Battle Scenes depicted in moving pictures before CGI by anon432986 on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @06:17PM (#42628908)
Missing Gallipoli (Peter Weir - 1981)

I went to Uni with a mature age guy who was one of the extras for the army. If I remember correctly he was ADF reserves at the time.

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Re:Battle Scenes depicted in moving pictures before CGI by cybercity on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @11:11PM (#42630824)
During the cold war countries had vast standing armies. The Netherlands had 1000 tanks!

Without the draft getting 5000 extras for your film would be way too expensive.

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