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Apr 22, 2014 · In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them.
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- Drama
- Peter Burger
- 2014-04-22
Field Punishment Number One, often abbreviated to "F.P. No. 1", "No. 1 field", or even just "No. 1", consisted of the convicted man being placed in fetters and handcuffs or similar restraints and attached to a fixed object, such as a gun wheel or a fence post, for up to two hours per day.
Field Punishment No. 1. 2014 · 1 hr 34 min. TV-14. War · Drama. The story of New Zealand’s first conscientious objectors, who refused to fight in World War I and suffered greatly for their convictions. Starring: Fraser Brown Byron Coll Michael Whalley Jason Hodzelmans. Directed by: Peter Burger.
- Peter Burger
- January 1, 2014
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Mark Briggs. Michael Whalley. William Little. Colin Moy. Sergeant Bolton. Victoria Abbott. Sophie. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. New Zealander...
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- Peter Burger
- Drama, Biography
- Fraser Brown
They are threatened, bullied, and given that they are considered conscripted soldiers, subjected to the titular army punishment known as Field Punishment No. 1. This punishment involved being tied to an object and left there for two hours a day for 28 days.
Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs and hundreds of other men who refused to be conscripted into the First World War, refused to believe that ordinary working men like themselves were 'the enemy', and refused to renounce their personal beliefs despite the unrelenting efforts of the Allied military machine.
