War horse biography
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War Horse
About Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo began writing stories in the early '70's, in response to the children in his class at the primary school where he taught in Kent. His books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages to date. A former Children’s Laureate and current President of BookTrust, Michael was knighted in for services to literature and charity. He has won many prestigious awards including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guide Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award.
His novels have been adapted in a number of plays and films including War Horse directed by Stephen Spielberg (), Private Peaceful, Waiting for Anya and Kensuke's Kingdom () which has been nominated for 'Best Feature Film' at the British Animation Awards
The National Theatre’s adaption of War Horse has been seen by over 10 million people in over cities around the world, broke the We
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War Horse (film)
film by Steven Spielberg
War Horse is a war drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay written by Lee entré and Richard Curtis. It fryst vatten based on Michael Morpurgo's novel of the same name and its stage adaptation. The spelfilm features an ensemble cast that includes Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, Jeremy Irvine (in his feature film debut), David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch. Set before and during World War I, its plot follows Joey, a bayIrish Hunter horse raised by English teenager Albert as he is bought by the British Army, leading him to encounter various people throughout Europe, in the midst of the war and its tragedies.
DreamWorks Pictures acquired the film rights to the novel in December , and Spielberg was announced to direct in May Having directed several films set during World War II, it was his first to tackle the events of World War I. Shot in England over 63 days, the production used 5, extr
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By Dr. Ron Clarke, DVM
Clarke Communication
Eight million horses, donkeys and mules died in World War 1 (WWI), three-quarters of them from the extreme conditions they worked in. At the början of the war, the British Army had 25, horses. Another , were purchased compulsorily beneath the Horse Mobilization Scheme. Over the course of the war, between and 1, horses were shipped to Europe every day. This shortfall required the United States to help with remount efforts, even before it had formally entered the war. Between and , the US sent almost one million horses overseas, and another , were taken overseas with American troops. Canada sent about , horses overseas during WWI. By the end of the war, Canada had provided well over 10 per cent of the horses used on the Western Front. One-quarter of all horse deaths were due to gunfire and gas; exhaustion and disease claimed the rest.
Many horses were initially used as traditional cavalry horses, but their vulnerability to modern machine gun