 The film was directed by Simon Wincer, and several pieces of footage from the climactic scenes were re-used in the episode "Palestine, October 1917" of the television series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles".This episode, which aired in 1993, likewise focuses on the Battle of Beersheeba, and was also directed by Wincer.The film follows four Australian cavalrymen (Frank, Scotty, Chiller, and Tas) in Palestine in 1917, part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade of the British and Commonwealth forces.