Australia After War | show | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

From the Great War onwards, combining the stories of veterans and their families, with commentary from leading academics | dHNfSjNSa054MHZjTEk

Transcript

00:00 In just over a century, more than one million Australians have taken part in over 40 conflicts.

00:09 Today the battlefield experiences and sacrifices of these returnees are an indelible part of

00:15 Australian life.

00:17 But there is another side to this story.

00:21 War starts and war finishes.

00:23 The return of soldiers is seen as the end of that narrative, when in fact it's just

00:29 the beginning.

00:32 This is what happens when Australia's wars end.

00:36 When servicemen and women return to civilian life.

00:41 Coming back you realised everyone at home had progressed in a certain way and you were

00:46 still in a war zone.

00:48 I was in desperate danger and now I'm back here.

00:54 But nobody out here gets it.

00:56 How they return from war is welcomed by the country.

01:00 Let's welcome them back into the bosom of the nation because they have proved themselves.

01:08 And how they are cared for.

01:10 It was very important for the soldiers that the society to which they returned would care

01:15 for their physical and medical needs.

01:20 This is the story of what happens when the shooting stops.

01:24 When the uniform comes off and our men and women come home.

01:28 It's a beautiful story.

01:29 It's a beautiful story.

01:30 [Music]