A field gun is delivered to the platoon; can they work out how to use it?A field gun is delivered to the platoon; can they work out how to use it?A field gun is delivered to the platoon; can they work out how to use it?
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- TriviaThe small cardboard boxes that Mr. Rees and the other townsfolk carry on strings about their necks contain their gas masks. One of these was issued to every civilian at the start of the war and they were encouraged to carry them at all times when out in public.
- GoofsWhen word comes into the office that there is a big gun out in the churchyard, Mainwaring and the men run out to go see it except for Sgt. Wilson who is left at the desk signing the receipt for the delivery men. The next scene of the men running out into the churchyard shows Mainwaring in the lead with Sgt. Wilson immediately following him.
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This way for the twit
The team have to work out the mechanisms of a new piece of artillery, then plan some changes to the surrounding area to clear its line if fire. A rather dull affair with a few funny moments and a silly runaround at the end. There's an obvious problem with Mainwaring using a crudely arranged, unscaled model of the town to plan out the gun's firing angles. Surely the allotments can't be that tall? The sceptical Welsh town clerk quite rightly isn't having it.
There are a couple of nice Mainwaring lines, first about it being a shabby trick for invading Germans to take cover behind infrastructure, and second observing that if the Germans played cricket we wouldn't be on opposite sides.
There are a couple of nice Mainwaring lines, first about it being a shabby trick for invading Germans to take cover behind infrastructure, and second observing that if the Germans played cricket we wouldn't be on opposite sides.
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- tfevans
- Dec 4, 2023
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