Name: Secrets of the Dead
Genre: Documentary

Secrets Of The Dead Episode 2.04 Day of the Zulu

Secrets Of The Dead Episode 2.04 Day of the Zulu

Episode Premiere

July 17, 2001

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Thirteen

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/

Information

Episode Premiere

July 17, 2001

Genre

Documentary

Period

2000 -

Production Co

Thirteen

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/

Cast and Crew

Additional Cast

Ian Knight
Tony Pollard

Synopsis

During the Anglo-Zulu wars in South Africa, the success of small British regiments against huge numbers of native warriors became the stuff of legend. But in one key 1879 battle, Zulu fighting unites known as Impis decimated the British forces at the battle of Isandlwana. Historian Ian Knight and forensic archaeologist Tony Pollard investigate the battle scene, trying to assess the impact of a solar eclipse on the outcome, and discovering the Zulu use of performance enhancing "battle drugs" that included cannabis and a powerful hallucinogenic mushroom. New evidence reveals the changing tide of the battle, the innovative strategy of the Zulu and one Critical, irreversible British mistake. (UK/PBS 55 min)