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People drive away from an advancing fire in Cokertme village, in Bodrum, Mugla, Turkey, on Monday. Fed by strong winds and scorching temperatures, the fires that began Wednesday have left eight people dead and forced residents and tourists to flee vacation resorts in a flotilla of small boats. Picture: Emre Tazegul/AP

Even though it is hard to imagine that the 1964 film Zulu, a high-testosterone epic, might be made today, one scene offers a pertinent lesson. 

As the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift between the British and the Zulus intensifies, some of the 150 besieged troops ask the garrison quartermaster for ammunition but, as they do not have the necessary paperwork, he refuses them.