[Movie] Old WWII Movie & TV Classics

[=GG= Mr Moe]

Anyone know "The eagle has landed" with Michael Caine

Yes, got that lying around on dvd somewhere. Good one.

 

[JCoquillon]

It's a classic, but it's basically a rip-off of Went the Day Well (1942).

went the day well (1942)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Went_the_Day_Well?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035429/

A really interesting piece of homefront propoganda.

 

[LemoN]

I prefer the remake

RAAAAGGGGEEEE!

Seriously now, the "remake" was the biggest pile of poo-poo ever.

 

[The Masta]

RAAAAGGGGEEEE!

Seriously now, the "remake" was the biggest pile of poo-poo ever.

At least they had a real sherman this time (and that's the only positive thing you can say about the remake).

 

[LemoN]

At least they had a real sherman this time (and that's the only positive thing you can say about the remake).

Actually, it was an M-60.

You FAIL.

 

[Gamburd]

The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign.

Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, and ended 17 August.

Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island; the Mediterranean's sea lanes were opened and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was toppled from power. It opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy.

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily[/URL]



‪CAMPAIGN IN SICILY‬‏ - YouTube[/URL]


‪THE INVASION OF SICILY!‬‏ - YouTube[/URL]

 

[BlackLabel]

LOVED this movie as a kid:

‪Kelly's Heroes Trailer‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Gamburd]

Theme: Love on the Eastern Front:


'Ballad of a Soldier' is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starring Vladimir Ivashov and Zhanna Prokhorenko.

It's a Soviet cinema classic.

Unfortunately, all I have is a trailer.

Like someone said, these movie trailers contain a lot of ***SPOILERS***, so I would watch only the first 2 minutes:

‪Ballad of a Soldier - Trailor‬‏ - YouTube

'A Time To Love, A Time To Die' (USA 1958)

Based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque (author of 'All Quiet On The Western Front'):

Includes a brief cameo appearance by Erich Maria Remarque as Professor Pohlmann.

Trailer: ****SPOILER**** Gives away the basic events of the movie:

‪A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) - Trailer‬‏ - YouTube[/COLOR][/URL]


All I have is the first 9 minutes:

‪A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)‬‏ - YouTube[/COLOR][/URL]
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[Raymond Saint]

3) 'With The Marines At Tarawa' (1944): Short documentary film (20 minutes); won Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1945.

Working link
WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA - YouTube

 

[Gamburd]

The Rat Patrol (1966-1968):

The Rat Patrol is an American television program that aired on ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) during the 1966–1968 seasons.

Christopher George ........ Sergeant Sam Troy

Gary Raymond .............. Sergeant Jack Moffitt

Justin Tarr ............... Private Tully Pettigrew

Lawrence P. Casey ......... Private Mark Hitchcock

Hans Gudegast (current stage name Eric Braeden) .........Hauptmann (German Captain) Hans Dietrich

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxcmDCo9LLI" target="_blank">The Rat Patrol S1E1 Full Episode, WW2 Action Series Classic - YouTube

 

[doomis]

Not as old as most films/docs here, but just in case someone hasn't watched this, do yourselves a favour and watch Come and See.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/?ref_=sr_1

Best war film I have ever seen, the final scene (the whole scene not just the final shot) is mind blowing. Have thought many times of what makes it so great but can't come up with something that does it justice.

 

[fiftyone]

MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE - YouTube

 

[Gamburd]

More 1960s American WWII Drama Television:

Garrison's Gorillas:

"

Opening Screen for Garrison's Gorillas

Format: World War II series

Created by Mort Green

Starring:

Ron Harper as First Lt. Craig Garrison

Cesare Danova as Actor

Brendon Boone as Chief

Rudy Solari as Casino

Christopher Cary as Goniff

Country of origin: United States

No. of episodes26

Production Running time: 60 minutes

Broadcast Original channel: ABC

Original run: September 1967 – March 1968"


"Garrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced. It was inspired by the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen, which featured a similar scenario of training Allied prisoners for World War II military missions.


The Garrison's Gorillas pilot episode entitled "The Big Con", guest-starring Telly Savalas (The Dirty Dozen; later in Kelly's Heroes and Star of Hit 1970s TV Cop Series 'Kojak'."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison's_Gorillas



Garrison's Gorillas Series Intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNIMGGQUQdI


The TV series was big in China:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti6R_KAgBo

 

[Gamburd]

49th Parallel (Movie):

(Released: October 8, 1941)



A German U-Boat crew becomes stranded in Canada and they try to escape the country.


Starring:

Leslie Howard
Laurence Olivier
Raymond Massey
Anton Walbrook

And Eric Portman as the malevolent Lieutenant Ernst Hirth.


Movie score is by the noted English Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):



49th parallel (1941) - YouTube

 

[Gamburd]

Combat! premiered on ABC on October 2, 1962, and was broadcast for five seasons. TV's longest-running World War II drama (as of May 2013), Combat! aired 152 hour-long episodes. The first four seasons, spanning 127 episodes, were produced in black and white, with the final season, 25 episodes long, filmed in color. The show was developed by Robert Pirosh, who wrote the pilot episode.[1]

Hailed as one of the best episodic television series about World War II, ABC's Combat! arrives on DVD with its first 16 episodes in a heavily annotated four-disc set that's sure to please its longtime fans.

The men of King Company's second platoon (a.k.a. King Two) are the focus of this gritty and realistic series; led by Lt. Gil Hanley (Rick Jason) and Sgt. Chip Saunders (Vic Morrow in an Emmy-nominated performance), King Two fought its way across France for five seasons, beginning in 1962 with the 16 episodes gathered here. The storyline kicks off shortly after D-Day and carries the platoon up to the liberation of Paris,

Combat S1E11: 'A Day in June':

Combat S1E11 A Day in June - YouTube

 

[Gamburd]

'Piece of Cake' (1988; first broadcast in USA in 1990; based on a novel by Derek Robinson):

A mix of satire and honor in a portrayal of a R.A.F. Hornet Squadron during the first year of World War II.

When I first watched this, I didn't really notice the heavy weird dark humor which is interwoven throughout the story. 'Piece of Cake' reminds me a little like the American TV sitcom M*A*S*H which satirized the American military but not in a goofy way and is a bit more subtle in its humor.

'Piece of Cake' is filmed like a traditional war movie / TV drama and both satirizes and honors the R.A.F. simultaneously.

Piece of Cake - October 1939 episode 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UsCQVVjJDo