Gathering at the harbor with other boat owners, Charles runs into John, who is distressed that his vessel has been commandeered when he purposely lied about its length to avoid registration. In England, a general call has been broadcast for all boats over thirty feet to be registered with the Navy, but the boat owners are given no further explanation. Dave is seriously wounded and Mike protests bitterly when Binns insists that they must leave the injured man behind. At nightfall Binns and the squad take refuge in a farmhouse only to be driven out early the next morning by German troops. In Dover, Vice Admiral Ramsey hears the distant shelling at Calais and, reviewing suggested plans for the BEF evacuation, decides that Dunkirk is the only possible harbor. When Gort receives information that the Belgian line is crumbling he realizes that in order to save the British Army, they must be pulled out toward the sea, the only avenue of escape. Gort is dismayed by the disarray of the retreat. At BEF headquarters, commander-in-chief Gen. Soon after departing, Binns and the others witness the post's annihilation by another bombardment. Fraser is killed and the post's sergeant major orders Binns to leave, despite Binns's offer of support. That afternoon, Binns and his squad arrive at a small British military post where they are fed and given supplies before a bombardment begins. After Binns orders the men off the road to move faster, they watch in horror as the civilians are strafed by German Stukas. Mingling with thousands of refugees on French roads, Binns and his men attempt to learn about current conditions, but are disparaged by the angry populace. Back in London, Charles meets with the French press liaison Jouvet at the embassy and is stunned when Jouvet reveals the Germans have broken through the French Maginot Line and there are no reserves to bolster the weakened French forces. Ordered by a courier to withdraw toward the coast, the soldiers are then strafed by German dive bombers and Lumpkin is killed, leaving Binns in command. Lumpkin, Binns and his men blow up a bridge to slow down the enemy approach, but are left behind by the hasty withdrawal of their unit. Fraser and numerous units of the British Expeditionary Force are forced to withdraw from Belgium. On the day that Germany invades Holland and Belgium, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns and is replaced by Winston Churchill. After John lightly dismisses the war as "phony," a wounded Navy officer just released from the hospital angrily berates him. When mild-mannered engineer John Holden stops in at the pub and laments that they have run out of Scotch, Charles criticizes him for being spoiled because his company has a large government contract. Charles later meets his wife Diana at a local pub and angrily decries the government's silence. In London, a representative at the Ministry of Information releases a statement on the strength of British and French unity to reporters and refuses to answer questions by journalist Charles Foreman about the rumor of German troops massing on the Belgian and Dutch borders. Afterward, Binns wonders what the atmosphere is like back home and his squad-mate Mike observes that English civilians likely do not realize there is a war on. "Tubby" Binns, watch newsreels reaffirming the strong bond between the British and French nations. These are just a few that we thought had interesting posters.In the spring of 1940 in Belgium, British troops, including Corp. There are of course many other films that feature tanks. Below is a list of the films in the gallery with links to either the trailer or the entire film. The less said about the 1995 remake of Sahara staring James Belushi, the better. And then there is the Battle of the Bulge, a film which transforms the the Ardennes Forest in winter into an arid Spanish plain with US Chaffee light tanks battling M47 “Tiger” tanks. “Tank” staring James Garner is somewhat painful to sit through, and films such as “Tank Force”, “Tank Battalion”, and “The Tanks are Coming (1951)” are painfully dated. Kelly’s Heroes, The Beast and Sahara are decent films and they are fun to watch.
Unfortunately, there have not been very many great films featuring tanks, although there are a few that have developed a cult following. We put together a small gallery of posters for movies featuring tanks.
FILM TANK FORCE 1958 MOVIE
We were thinking about movies today and started to google movie posters. Fortunately, it does not seem that the past few days have generated much important news regarding AFVs so perhaps our timing was good. We have had to deal with some family emergencies which pulled us away from the keyboard. Regular readers may have noticed a lack of posts in the past several days.
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