Zulu (1964 film) in the background. The real location of the battle was 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the northwest, on the Buffalo River near the isolated hill at Isandhlwana. Other scenes were filmed within the national parks of KwaZulu-Natal. Interiors and all the scenes starring James Booth were completed at Twickenham Film Studios in Middlesex, England. The majority of the Zulus were real Zulus. 240 Zulu extras were employed for the battle scenes, bused in from their tribal homes over 100 miles away. Around 1,000 additional tribesmen were filmed by the second unit in Zululand. The film was compared by Baker to
Battle of Rorke's Drift Oceans of Eternity" depicts a battle between the small garrison force defending a Republic of Nantucket supply base and a massed force of Ringapi warriors; not only are the defensive tactics taken almost directly from Lt. Chard's plan for the defense of Rorke's Drift, but the battle itself later becomes known as "The Battle of O'Rourke's Ford". Tanya Huff's first Confederation series book "Valor's Choice", includes a battle based on the battle of Rorke's Drift. The battle of Rorke's Drift was given a chapter in military historian Victor Davis Hanson's book "Carnage and Culture" (2002) as one of several landmark