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#31

Post by Brian Ross » 05 Dec 2006, 04:09

Well done, Ned! Double points to you! Your turn!

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 05 Dec 2006, 04:58

Can you tell me where this was taken, what it was and where was it used ?

And can you tell me the real story behind it?

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Post by Brian Ross » 06 Dec 2006, 05:48

Supposedly of the Light Horse charge at Beersheba. It was actually taken elsewhere and it was used in the movie "The Light Horsemen", I believe.

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 06 Dec 2006, 08:21

Yes - supposedly of the actual charge (including that “…it was taken from the camera of a captured Turk…”!) it is actually of a recreation early the next year for a newsreel segment (that has disappeared). Surviving footage was actually used in the charge scene in Forty Thousand Horseman – about 10 seconds appears there.

Was the subject of a good article in the original Journal of the Australian War Memorial (very good detective work).

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PS - Close enough - but a certain lack of rigour in your research !

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Post by Brian Ross » 06 Dec 2006, 13:42

OK, who can ID this movie?

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 07 Dec 2006, 02:45

Film is Silent Enemy (1958)

Shown are Lawrence Harvey as Lt Crabbe (character is Lionel "Buster" Crabbe - to disappear in mysterious circumstances in 1956 in Portsmouth Harbour) and Sid James as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe (appeared as Sidney James).

Good summary of Crabbe's life and misadventure at Lionel Crabbe at Wikipedia

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Post by Brian Ross » 08 Dec 2006, 08:38

Spot on. I suppose Sid James is a bit of a dead giveaway and instantly recognisable. Over to you, Ned.

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 12 Dec 2006, 07:04

Who can this one ?

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 18 Dec 2006, 08:51

Come - I though the fellow in the middle is instantly recognizable....

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Post by Fallschirmjäger » 19 Dec 2006, 05:32

Its a bit hard realy at that angle to see him,is it that john mills i think thats how its spelt?,thanks.

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 19 Dec 2006, 14:05

It is John Mills. A further clue is the fellow on the left is Michael Redgrave....

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Post by Potsdamerplatz » 19 Dec 2006, 23:07

Then it must be "The Way To The Stars" which is about a British bomber unit during World War II.

If I remember correctly most of the movie is actually set on the ground with the characters interacting with their partners/friends and enjoying a few pints of lager in the officer's mess. :wink:

I thought it was John Mills but didn't recognise any of the other actors in the photograph.

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Post by edward_n_kelly » 20 Dec 2006, 01:58

Correct.

To you sirah!

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Post by Potsdamerplatz » 20 Dec 2006, 14:21

Guess the war movie from the following 5 clues:

* This movie was released in 1977.

* This movie was filmed by a West German pornography producer

* It was filmed it Yugoslavia

* The ending was changed because of shortage of money so the director asked the main characters to improvise in the final few scenes.

* The tagline for the original movie poster was - "Men on the front lines of Hell"


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Post by Fallschirmjäger » 21 Dec 2006, 05:59

Not shure if this is the right name,but force 10 from navarone?.

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