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Five broadcasters from across the globe are uniting to tell the tragic story of Gallipoli - from all sides.

We follow the campaign as it unfolded, from its beginnings at the War Council of London, through to the ensuing naval attack and the landings and to its end, many months later, when Allied troops silently withdrew in the dead of the Turkish winter.

First-hand accounts tell viewers what Gallipoli looked, felt and smelled like, and remarkable 3D archival images bring these scenes to life. Animated maps illustrate the forbidding terrain the soldiers faced, and illuminate the strategies behind the conflict.

Irish, Australian and Turkish historians visit Gallipoli as it is today, giving expert accounts from the very ground on which the battles took place.

The presenters are the Australian War Memorial's principal historian Dr Peter Stanley, Turkish filmmaker Savas Karakas - the grandson of a Gallipoli veteran - and prominent Irish historian Professor Keith Jeffery.

Melbourne-based December Films has spearheaded the project, producing it in association with ABC TV, Turkish Radio and Television, TVNZ (New Zealand), S4C International (Wales) and RTE (Ireland).

The director is award-winning Wain Fimeri, whose credits include the critically-acclaimed television feature, Pozieres, and Love Letters From A War, which screened on ABC TV in 2003 (see below for details)

FINALIST - ATOM AWARDS 2006 - Best Documentary General