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Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. It was based on two novels: Elleston Trevor's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk.
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.
Corporal "Tubby" Binns (John Mills), Lieutenant Lumpkin and their platoon return to their camp after blowing up a bridge, only to discover that their company has left during the night, leaving them alone in France. One man and a truck have been left to wait for them, but he and Lumpkin are killed in a bomber attack, leaving Tubby in charge with no idea what the situation is. It is up to Tubby to keep his increasingly demoralised men on the move. Unsure of where to go, they dodge the advancing Germans and reach a Royal Artillery battery camp. They receive some food, before being ordered to go to Dunkirk, where the rest of the British Expeditionary Force and tens of thousands of French soldiers are gathering, hoping to be evacuated. Eventually, they get a lift in an RAF lorry and reach the beaches.
Though I guess the music from Dunkirk is repetitive, and was heard in other films like Heroes of Telemark, I find that of Dunkirk stirring and often powerful.
Though I guess the music from Dunkirk is repetitive, and was heard in other films like Heroes of Telemark, I find that of Dunkirk stirring and often powerful. Dunkirk is a lesser known film really but does the best it can. Compare this to recent fare.
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Though I guess the music from Dunkirk is repetitive, and was heard in other films like Heroes of Telemark, I find that of Dunkirk stirring and often powerful. Here, the boats gather at Teddington before parading in flotilla down the Thames to Sheerness.
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This film from 2004 presents the unusual view of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation from the position of the French and Germans. In particular, it explores the various myths which arose on all sides after the event. It will be useful for students of the early years of the Second World War in Europe. Uploaded for educational purposes only.
As Rhayader departs, leaving Fritha behind he cannot prevent the Snow Goose following him out across the channel and left into the heart of battle.