Great War Stories 4 - Victor Low

For Kiwi-Chinese soldier Victor Low, World War I was fought mainly underground. Dunedin-born Low was a surveyor attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company, which created a network of caverns and tunnels in France before the Battle of Arras in April 1917. The complex was big enough to accommodate 12,000 soldiers and equipment. This episode of Great War Stories uses archive footage and modern laser scanning to map out the tunnels that still exist under the battlefield. Later, Low helped create the famous Bulford Kiwi which sits above Sling Camp in England.

Before that battle, they burrowed under the German trenches to lay mines that were exploded when the Allies advanced.

– Narrator Mike McRoberts

Key Cast & Crew

Mike McRoberts

Narrator

Anna Cottrell

Producer, Writer, Director

Peter Metcalf

Editor

Matt Henley

Camera Operator

Richard Sutherland

Executive Producer

Amanda Evans

Composer