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I thought all the Datsun Huts had numbers.
What film have you just watched?
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Indeed “Dats the one”.
Built in Sunderland.
Cpl Smyth, you will be billeted in Datsun hut 200B
A Nissen hut is a bit like a can but "you can in a Nissan"
First film was great entertainment, second was alright but a chore and the third was dull as dishwater.
It's a Japanese mobile home made from crinkly tin.
E2A: Drat, just seen I've been bitten to the quips by others.
Yup, Saturday morning viewing was of old Laurel and Hardy films, either that or The Three Goons.
And then there was the likes of Michael Bentine showcasing silent films of Buster Keaton and others.
Not sure it would work with the young kids of today.
HCL
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Stan and Ollie, really, really a gem. Coogan and Reilly's portrayal was fantastic. It's a quiet little film, it doesn't miss a beat and deserved a lot more success - - and Oscars, imo. One of my all time favourite films.
Even if you don't know Ollie & Stan it's worth a watch. Character acting at its best. Loved the wives too.
vvaannmmaann
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The Three Stooges perhaps?
Correct, my bad.
But The Three Goons might have been a good idea for series of comedy shorts too
I'm not sure. A Para knifes a German Sentry while Ralph Richardson(?) looks on bug eyed.
Could be the same if it was Operation Biting aka the Bruneval raid Mountbatten made the comment during a documentary about the latter which he had authorized as head of combined ops. Part of his raiding part was a recently formed Para unit.
ETA the man who led the raid was none other than Major John Frost - the same guy who led the para's at Arnhem. His parent regiment was the Cameronian Rifles. Op Biting was the first outing for the newly formed airborne division.
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Torn between another rewatch of 'The Death of Stalin' or maybe Green Book. Jason Issacs take on Zhukov is hilarious.
vvaannmmaann
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Another score for Talking Pictures - "Theirs is the glory."
Following the British 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 during Operation Market Garden.
Another one I'd never seen before and they used wartime footage mixed with "new" footage. some 200 hundred real soldiers were used (and paid £3 per day for filming)They also used the actual locations and some of the real people who were involved at the time in the story. Shot in 1946 it clearly showed the damage and destruction caused.
One curiosity, I didn't see any German soldiers, tanks yes, but no ground troops. (That said I was also multi tasking so may have missed them)
Following the British 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 during Operation Market Garden.
Another one I'd never seen before and they used wartime footage mixed with "new" footage. some 200 hundred real soldiers were used (and paid £3 per day for filming)They also used the actual locations and some of the real people who were involved at the time in the story. Shot in 1946 it clearly showed the damage and destruction caused.
One curiosity, I didn't see any German soldiers, tanks yes, but no ground troops. (That said I was also multi tasking so may have missed them)
Simmerit
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Watched Greenland with Gerard Butler - disaster movie. Well worth a watch.
Also did two Norwegian films with subtitles (things are getting desperate with Covid.....)
The Wave
The Quake
Both well worth a watch.
Going to watch the Intouchables tonight. French with subtitles but absolutely amazing and a true dit. Really well worth a watch
Also did two Norwegian films with subtitles (things are getting desperate with Covid.....)
The Wave
The Quake
Both well worth a watch.
Going to watch the Intouchables tonight. French with subtitles but absolutely amazing and a true dit. Really well worth a watch
Simmerit
LE
We watched both this week - what a bizarre coincidence. Two excellent movies. Get some crisps in and watch them back to back
Effendi
LE
Just wait for number 4.
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