Peter Jackson's 2007 Short "Crossing the Line"

In April of 2007 Peter Jackson in partnership Fran Walsh and Jim Jannard produced a fifteen minute dramatic short about World War I entitled Crossing the Line. With a cast and crew of only 30, the film features aerial dogfights, bayonet charges, period artillery and a reproduction British Mark IV tank. Filmed during the course of only two days the short was created to demonstrate the potential of Jannard's of new Red One digital camera, which at the time was only in the alpha prototype stage. The full trailer for the short can be found on YouTube and the New Zealand Herald has the story behind the origions and results of the project. The Jannard's Red website also has stiles from production and BitTorrant and HTTP links for shorter version of the tailer.

The British Mark IV reproduction seen in the full length trailer below is the same vehicle seen in the WW1 reenactment battles at the Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow. The vehicle has a plywood and steel frame body on a modified tractor chassis.