Kenny Andrew Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 The Theme Song to the film ''Kelly's Heroes'' Directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Clint Eastwood. The song is sung by The Mike Curb Congregation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Joan Armatrading's theme song from the 1978 film 'The Wild Geese'. This is another of my favourite films, a great cast, Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Kruger, plus a host of other British actors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Theme from the 1977 film Cross of Iron, music composed and conducted by Ernest Gold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Contents of such films evade the reality of history. I see Hollywood was still producing anti German propaganda for many years. Hollywood was never a source of enlightenment or education but more of American "culture" or better, entertainment. Ideal for prolonging the hatred in the masses of American viewers for decades to come as well as for promoting violence and crime in their own states and cities. A country or society which glorifys violence and still maintains the death penalty and a mediaeval system of justice, has no place among civilised nations of the 21st Century. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr bridger Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Watched many war movies they are what they are produced for the purpose of entertainment. Many may be inaccurate in part but if it gets people interested in past events can only be a good thing. As for the death penalty in the USA it is only in certain states that it is used. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 I agree Scott, the classic films of the 60's and 70's had allot to do with people getting interested in military history. Pity they just don't seem capable of making these type of films anymore, maybe we just don't have the same quality of actors these days. The Wild Geese and Cross of Iron are both British made films, with Cross of Iron being an Anglo / German co-production. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 This is of course, a ficticious march, specially composed for the film, but wonderfully done, iconic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here's a clip from the film Blue Max ( Best Aerial Combat Ever ). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here's a clip from the film The Red Baron ( Friend and Enemy). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 2.1.2018 at 12:21, leon21 said: Here's a clip from the film Blue Max ( Best Aerial Combat Ever ). First saw this film in 1966 when it appeared for the first time. I was fascinated by it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 2.1.2018 at 12:26, leon21 said: Here's a clip from the film The Red Baron ( Friend and Enemy). First saw this film long after its appearance. Was rather disappointing. Has nothing to do with the true biography of Manfred v. Richthofen. In the film is a complete lack of military bearing and etiquette of the period. The actors could have been from any modern American high school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Here's another iconic film clip from the Battle of the Bulge 1965. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Panzer crews rarely wore black poloneck shirts. These were fashionable at the time the film was made. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Panzer soldiers were probably one of the few units to go into battle during WW2 wearing a shirt and tie, another undeniable example that the Germans really did have the best uniforms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Another of my favourite films "Night of the Generals" with the brilliant soundtrack by Maurice Jarre. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Luftwaffe crews also often went into battle with shirt and tie. However, not exactly suitable for field wear, especially on the battlefields of WW1, quite apart from hand to hand combat and where soldiers were exposed to bombardment and to all weathers for weeks on end before finally being relieved and sent to the rear. They had no time to change their shirts or socks - and were riddled with lice, and often up to their knees in muddy water. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Sgt Mackenzie - We Were Soldiers Soundtrack with Lyrics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Final Battle Scene from the ( Mel Gibson War Movie We Were Soldiers ). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Interesting you should post this Colin, this track was actually produced by one of our customers, he also plays the pipes on the track. The original pipe score was written and played by Seoras Wallace, when Joe MacKenzie read his poem to him and Tu-Bardh Wilson in a house in Govan many years ago. The original recording is on the Clan Wallace live album, and it was this recording that inspired Randall Wallace and Mel Gibson to contact Seoras about using the track on the film We Were Soldiers (2002). Seoras waived his rights but remains the holder of the production rights returned to him three years after the film's release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Here's a classic scene from Kelly's Heroes 1970, Oddballs tank tunnel attack. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fritz Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hitlers Befehl über die Vernichtung von Kommandotrupps und Fallschirmspringern ["Kommandobefehl"] Geheime Kommandosache Vom 18. Oktober 1942 Der Führer F.H.Qu., den 18. 10. 1942 Nr. 003830/42 g.Kdos.OKW/WFSt. 12 Ausfertigungen12. Ausfertigung 1.) Schon seit längerer Zeit bedienen sich unsere Gegner in ihrer Kriegführung Methoden, die ausserhalb der internationalen Abmachungen von Genf stehen. Besonders brutal und hinterhältig benehmen sich die Angehörigen der sogenannten Kommandos, die sich selbst, wie feststeht, teilweise sogar aus Kreisen von in den Feindländern freigelassenen kriminellen Verbrechern rekrutieren. Aus erbeuteten Befehlen geht hervor, dass sie beauftragt sind, nicht nur Gefangene zu fesseln, sondern auch wehrlose Gefangene kurzerhand zu töten im Moment, in dem sie glauben, dass diese bei der weiteren Verfolgung ihrer Zwecke als Gefangene einen Ballast darstellen oder sonst ein Hindernis sein könnten. Es sind endlich Befehle gefunden worden, in denen grundsätzlich die Tötung der Gefangenen verlangt worden ist. 2.) Aus diesem Anlass wurde in einem Zusatz zum Wehrmachtbericht vom 7. 10. 1942 bereits angekündigt, dass in Zukunft Deutschland gegenüber - Seite 2 - diesen Sabotagetrupps der Briten und ihren Helfershelfern zum gleichen Verfahren greifen wird, das heisst: dass sie durch die deutschen Truppen, wo immer sie auch auftreten, rücksichtslos im Kampf niedergemacht werden. 3.) Ich befehle daher: Von jetzt ab sind alle bei sogenannten Kommandounternehmungen in Europa oder in Afrika von deutschen Truppen gestellten Gegner, auch wenn es sich äusserlich um Soldaten in Uniform oder Zerstörungstrupps mit und ohne Waffe handelt, im Kampf oder auf der Flucht bis auf den letzten Mann niederzumachen. Es ist dabei ganz gleich, ob sie zu ihren Aktionen durch Schiffe oder Flugzeuge angelandet werden oder mittels Fallschirmen abspringen. Selbst wenn diese Subjekte bei ihrer Auffindung scheinbar Anstalten machen sollten, sich gefangen zu geben, ist ihnen grundsätzlich jeder Pardon zu verweigern. Hierüber ist in jedem Einzelfall zur Bekanntgabe im Wehrmachtsbericht eine eingehende Meldung an das OKW zu erstatten. 4.) Gelangen einzelne Angehörige derartiger Kommandos als Agenten, Saboteure usw. auf einem anderen Weg, - z.B. durch die Polizei in den von uns besetzten Ländern - der Wehrmacht in die Hände, so sind sie unverzüglich dem SD - Seite 3 - zu übergeben. Jede Verwahrung unter militärischer Obhut, z.B. in Kriegsgefangenenlagern usw. ist, wenn auch nur vorübergehend gedacht, strengstens verboten. 5.) Diese Anordnung gilt nicht für die Behandlung derjenigen feindlichen Soldaten, die im Rahmen normaler Kampfhandlungen (Grossangriffe, Grosslandungsoperationen, Grossluftlandeunternehmen) im offenen Kampf gefangengenommen werden oder sich ergeben. Ebensowenig gilt diese Anordnung gegenüber den nach Kämpfen auf See in unsere Hand gefallenen oder nach Kämpfen in der Luft durch Fallschirmabsprung ihr Leben zu retten versuchenden feindlichen Soldaten. 6.) Ich werde für die Nichtdurchführung dieses Befehls alle Kommandeure und Offiziere kriegsgerichtlich verantwortlich machen, die entweder ihre Pflicht der Belehrung der Truppe über diesen Befehl versäumt haben oder die in der Durchführung entgegen diesem Befehl handeln. Adolf Hitler - Seite 4 - Verteiler: O.K.H. / Genst.d.H. 1. Ausfertigung O.K.M. / Skl. 2. " Ob.d.L. / Lw.Fü.St. 3. " W.B. Norwegen 4. " W.B. Südost 5. " Ob. West 6. " Geb.A.O.K. 20 7. " Ob. Süd 8. " Pz.Armee Afrika 9. " Rf.SS u. Chef d.Dtsch.Polizei 10. " OKW/WFSt. ' 11. - 12. " 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Tiger Attack. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Stalingrad battle against T34 tank in the snow scene. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto in the brilliant if not rather strange 1972 film "Slaughter house five" set in Dresden. Seems to be a Japanese version which is poor quality and slightly out of sync, but still one of my favourite scenes from the film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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