▁great ▁race , ▁a ▁le ap ▁for ▁life , ▁horse ▁and ▁man ▁precip itated ▁to ▁ra ging ▁tor r ents ▁below , ▁fight ▁with ▁the ▁waters , ▁the ▁dash ▁for ▁liberty , ▁the ▁struggle ▁on ▁the ▁cl iffs ▁and ▁the ▁black ▁boy ' s ▁reven ge . ▁ ▁The ▁Life ▁of ▁Adam ▁L inds ay ▁Gordon ▁is ▁an ▁Australian ▁feature - length ▁film ▁shot ▁by ▁I ve ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁W . ▁J . ▁Lincoln , ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁Adam ▁L inds ay ▁Gordon ’ s ▁life , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁poet . ▁The ▁story ▁begins ▁with ▁Gordon ▁stud ys ▁at ▁Ch el ten ham ▁College . ▁Then ▁he ▁described ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁soldier ▁in ▁the ▁Australian ▁j ung le ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁esc ort ▁a ▁mad man ▁to ▁a ▁refuge ▁ 2 0 0 ▁miles ▁away . ▁Due ▁to ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁clean ▁up ▁the ▁ser ge ant ' s ▁bo ots , ▁he ▁later ▁res igned ▁the ▁job ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁horse ▁r ider ▁and ▁obst acle ▁rac er . ▁Later , ▁Gordon ▁was ▁in ▁deb t ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁commit ▁suic ide . ▁With ▁only ▁ 3 7 ▁minutes ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁this ▁surv iving ▁episode ▁reve als ▁a ▁subt le ▁movie , ▁and ▁finally ▁scene ▁was ▁Gordon ▁s its ▁at ▁his ▁hear th ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁Bert ▁showed ▁an ▁advance ▁in ▁light ing ▁and ▁film ▁phot ography ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁ ▁German