The story behind that officer with the umbrella is amusing. His name was Digby Tatham-Warter and he was also famed for wearing a bowler hat into battle. The reason for carrying the umbrella was because he had trouble remembering passwords, so he felt that any troops from his own side seeing him armed thusly would think that only an Englishman would be fool enough to carry an umbrella into battle.
@@paulrooks2542 you complete and utter disgrace, disrespecting the people who gave their lives so you can sit and be a keyboard warrior in the comfort of your home. You are lower than pond life.
Did you know the actual Digby lived on after the battle and war, dying in 1993? He also (at Arnhem) took out an armored vehicle by pushing his umbrella inside the driver's view port, blinding him. He also ingeniously used bugles to communicate when they couldn't contact each other. When he ran out to save the company priest, he told him "Don't worry about the bullets, I have an umbrella". The man was a legend.
Geoffrey Unsworth's cinematography definitely had a distinct look, low on contrast and slightly hazy/bloomy. Both this film and Superman are some of his best work.
From 4:18 onwards, the helmet covers and camouflage tunics worn by SS soldiers are actually in the post-war Bundeswehr 'Amoebatarn' pattern which was short-lived and only used for zeltbahnen (tent halves). The film company bought them up and had the uniforms made from the material. And not a lot of people know that.
Normally, I despair at people trying to show their super expert knowledge of how this or that gun wasn’t introduced until 2 weeks after this battle or whatever. However, your comment avoided all those traps and was genuinely interesting; with a touch of humour at the end. Congratulations
That's right it was a film on a truly epic scale with an amazing cast .Made decades before saving Private Ryan it really did show combat in very graphic detail for 1977.
Among the best for its time, but time has moved on, and so has filmography. It pales next to SPR or Band of Brothers, The pacific, or any of several foreign made films (Russian, Polish, Danish, Finn, and German). The Longest Day was another great one for its time, but was made when actors played to their own characters rather than make the leap into another person's life story. This always resulted in too many familiar cliche scenes and lines in those years.
Those British paratroopers certainly had nerves of steel. Advancing openly into direct machinegun fire. Lucky for them the Jerries opened fire prematurely.
British soldiers have never lacked for courage. Think back on WW1 and trench warfare. The casualties were horrific. Go back to the Napoleonic wars before that and on and on.
Fool thing that they did, though. Attacking a pillbox in broad daylight along a stretch of bridge from a single direction? A waste of good men for some half-brained attempt that would never work. They would’ve had better luck with a night assault, or with a single flamethrower unit the same way they sorted it out.
I wish Hopkins did more war movies. He had been in the British Army himself in the 1950s (although he was a corporal not a colonel like he was playing here).
There's a new bio out on Major Digby Tatham-Warter, called 'Arnhem Umbrella'. Much more of a manly fellow than portrayed here, as the fictitious Major Carlisle. Warner did not like his foppish portrayal in the film, which he called "A Star Too Many." Tathem-Warner, commander of A Company, 2nd Para, also once wore a black bowler hat too, and was even seen poking his umbrella tip through the vision slits of the knocked out German halftracks to see if any German were still alive inside. He had picked up the umbrella in a Dutch house, the hat too, to inspire the men, and to appear obviously British to any nervous sentry. I highly recommend 'Arnhem Umbrella'!
Its hard to believe in this late in WW2 anyone still believed in frontal attacks. The two mg42's in the bunker could have been seen from way below. It costs the lives of many english.
It would be rather interesting to see a series on “Operation Barbarossa “; paying attention to the planning phase, the results of war games, the generals who opposed it, and the opinions of the economist within Germany; how the Soviet authorities were hindered by Stalin from preparing for the invasion which they knew was coming.
I heard a shamefull thing from some character on one of these posts that had to do with Bridge Too Far and Star Wars. He bought a ticket to see Bridge just so he could sneak in to see Star Wars . .
Traction, on everything except steel surfaces. loggers use a modified more aggressive version called caulks/calks, the fecking nazi's used hobs because rubber soles were a fairly recent invention in the US, and it hadn't made it to Europe yet, so choices for traction were smooth leather, or hobs, remember this is a full 30 years before the vibram lug was invented, so even the US issue boots had pretty lack luster tread, but it was way better then smooth leather. All that said, hobs are still sometimes used in the woods today, as a supplement to calked/caulked boots, they help on the edges of soles for side hill traction and wear prevention on rocky ground.
@@northmanlogging2769 Also, hard-wearing, a factor when there was a lot of marching. The USA had more manufacturing capability and could provide something slightly more modern and comfortable.
MP40 is a sub-machine gun. The rate of fire of the MG-42, or even the MG-34 was high, but in fixed locations with static divisions all sorts of guns were employed, even old WW1 08/15s with around 450 rounds per minute.
Actually the Germans used a lot of captured foreign equipment. But yes. Their standard infantry machineguns were first the MG34 and later the MG42. However the MG34 kept being used as well, notably in vehicle mountings.
In diesem Fall, ja. In unserem Land ist Unternehmen "Market Garden" als ein berüchtiges und blutiges Misserfolg bekannt. Es war ein grosses Glücksspiel - aber vom Anfang war es schlecht und übermütig geplant. Die Brücken waren zu weit hinter den feindlichen Linien. Unsere beste Fallschirmjäger wurden ohne Unterstützung, Verstärkungen oder Hoffnung auf Rückzug eingesetzt. Und nicht nur das! Die polnischen, amerikanischen und anderen Truppen, als sie versuchten, die Position der Briten zu erreichen, wurden in einer sinnlosen Schlacht vergeudet. Eine grosse Schande. Die Soldaten waren über alle Massen stark und tapfer, aber es war vergeblich. Wir haben während des Krieges einige grosse Siege errungen. "Market Garden" kann man nicht dazu zählen. Bitte verzeihen Sie mir meine schrecklichen Deutschkenntnisse.
Nooo...walking casually up the middle with no cover or concealment with an obvious concrete bunker in plain sight and waiting to put smoke on it until after it fires on your men is the way to go. Being British and all. Stiff upper lip you know. I guess they figured the umbrella would be enough to fool them Germans.
@@IndieBFilms British troops in WW2 used 4 different types of helmets - the wide-brimmed, stereotypical one, the paratrooper one, as shown here, and two different versions of the 'turtle' helmet, first commonly seen on D-Day. The latter two are hard to tell apart externally. Plus specialist helmets such as motorcycle ones, and US helmets during Operation Torch.
Well, that was dumb. They should have taken out the machine gun nest with grenades. And didnt' they have a kind of bazooka or RPG? I know later in the film they used it against the German attack.
A curious statement considering we won the war, and that our specialised forces such as the paras, commandos and marines were some of the best in the world and along with the SAS considered the template for every modern military's special forces, the definition of meritocratic units.
The story behind that officer with the umbrella is amusing. His name was Digby Tatham-Warter and he was also famed for wearing a bowler hat into battle. The reason for carrying the umbrella was because he had trouble remembering passwords, so he felt that any troops from his own side seeing him armed thusly would think that only an Englishman would be fool enough to carry an umbrella into battle.
So the man was a total show off.
Were any more dressed up as circus clowns because they also had memory issues ?
should also note that Warter survived Market Garden and escaped the Germans via the Dutch Resistance and then Operation Pegasus.
@@paulrooks2542 Some bold words from someone who didn't fight in Market Garden.
@@paulrooks2542 you complete and utter disgrace, disrespecting the people who gave their lives so you can sit and be a keyboard warrior in the comfort of your home. You are lower than pond life.
@@paulrooks2542 some eccentric "show-offs" came in pretty handy in that conflict. You sound like a real hero yourself.
Did you know the actual Digby lived on after the battle and war, dying in 1993? He also (at Arnhem) took out an armored vehicle by pushing his umbrella inside the driver's view port, blinding him. He also ingeniously used bugles to communicate when they couldn't contact each other. When he ran out to save the company priest, he told him "Don't worry about the bullets, I have an umbrella". The man was a legend.
He also had no faith in radio sets of the time, so his insistence on bugles which proved prescient as his radios did fail at Arnhem.
Whatever Hopkins ever touched as an actor, it was gold.
I guess you never saw Freejack 😆
Geoffrey Unsworth's cinematography definitely had a distinct look, low on contrast and slightly hazy/bloomy. Both this film and Superman are some of his best work.
From 4:18 onwards, the helmet covers and camouflage tunics worn by SS soldiers are actually in the post-war Bundeswehr 'Amoebatarn' pattern which was short-lived and only used for zeltbahnen (tent halves). The film company bought them up and had the uniforms made from the material. And not a lot of people know that.
Normally, I despair at people trying to show their super expert knowledge of how this or that gun wasn’t introduced until 2 weeks after this battle or whatever. However, your comment avoided all those traps and was genuinely interesting; with a touch of humour at the end. Congratulations
Ha I always knew the pattern looked off.
Hmm..."not a lot of people know that" .... is that you, Michael Caine? 😉🤣
MICHEAL CANE !!!NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE !!! KNOW THAT !!!😂😂😂😂lol English Joke g
I always thought the SS uniforms in this film look a bit weird, but never quite pin pointed what was weird about them. Thank you for letting me know
This was 1 of the best ww2 movies ever made.
That's right it was a film on a truly epic scale with an amazing cast .Made decades before saving Private Ryan it really did show combat in very graphic detail for 1977.
Longest Day has entered the chat
Among the best for its time, but time has moved on, and so has filmography. It pales next to SPR or Band of Brothers, The pacific, or any of several foreign made films (Russian, Polish, Danish, Finn, and German). The Longest Day was another great one for its time, but was made when actors played to their own characters rather than make the leap into another person's life story. This always resulted in too many familiar cliche scenes and lines in those years.
@@Lollygagger-k4p Band of Brothers bloody hell a piss poor series and if Winters was part of it HE must have needed the money
@@jacktattis What are you so butt hurt about?
Those British paratroopers certainly had nerves of steel. Advancing openly into direct machinegun fire.
Lucky for them the Jerries opened fire prematurely.
British soldiers have never lacked for courage. Think back on WW1 and trench warfare. The casualties were horrific. Go back to the Napoleonic wars before that and on and on.
Fool thing that they did, though. Attacking a pillbox in broad daylight along a stretch of bridge from a single direction? A waste of good men for some half-brained attempt that would never work. They would’ve had better luck with a night assault, or with a single flamethrower unit the same way they sorted it out.
Based off a real person, as a quote from that man.
"That umbrella will do you no good."
"My, goodness pat what it rains?"
I wish Hopkins did more war movies. He had been in the British Army himself in the 1950s (although he was a corporal not a colonel like he was playing here).
Filme muito bom um grande elenco só Feras
There's a new bio out on Major Digby Tatham-Warter, called 'Arnhem Umbrella'. Much more of a manly fellow than portrayed here, as the fictitious Major Carlisle. Warner did not like his foppish portrayal in the film, which he called "A Star Too Many." Tathem-Warner, commander of A Company, 2nd Para, also once wore a black bowler hat too, and was even seen poking his umbrella tip through the vision slits of the knocked out German halftracks to see if any German were still alive inside. He had picked up the umbrella in a Dutch house, the hat too, to inspire the men, and to appear obviously British to any nervous sentry. I highly recommend 'Arnhem Umbrella'!
The Longest Day .. and A Bridge Too Far.. two of the best epic scaled WW2 movies.. unfortunately. the latter flopped at the box office..
Agreed. It flopped, but we know how good it is. There never will be another of this scale. Just brilliant.
Flamethrower gunner, "Off center, but...I got him!"
The hunting bugle call, branded. "Courage of desperation" by the German general could also refer to Germanys' parallel military situation.
Why did they bunch together like that? Obviously nobody advised the director about infantry tactics
Well they had the real people on set and used hundreds of real soldiers as extras
It's a movie, not real life.
I guess they didn't see the obvious concrete bunker.
@@nicholasmuro1742 they did but they didn’t if it was occupied
@@rupertsmith5815
Could have hit it with a PIAT just to be safe. Or smoke.
I know...then it would have alerted the other Germans.
Best ww2 movie
Another officer was called Pine-Coffin, I kid you not
Indeed, he does not kid. I presume, related to the Coffins of Nantucket.
Colonel Pine-Coffin was a distinguished British airborne soldier - enough said!
Well, the real life guy Maj Carlyle represents took out an armed car with that umbrella.
Major Digby Tatham-Warter
I was a commander at that battle, in the 90's game 'A Bridge Too Far'.
It's impossible to take, and the XXX Corps never arrives.
He looked so imperturbably British in this scene.
Its hard to believe in this late in WW2 anyone still believed in frontal attacks. The two mg42's in the bunker could have been seen from way below. It costs the lives of many english.
You'll note the enemy position is on a bridge, you can't exactly flank it.
It would be rather interesting to see a series on “Operation Barbarossa “; paying attention to the planning phase, the results of war games, the generals who opposed it, and the opinions of the economist within Germany; how the Soviet authorities were hindered by Stalin from preparing for the invasion which they knew was coming.
A generation of hard men that answered the true call of duty...on both sides.
If they could see Western Europe now, I’d doubt they would have bothered.
@@bushwhackeddos.2703 True. Apparently there aren't any history books in Europe. Trust Russia? Lol. Good luck with that.
Is it’s one’s duty to fight for the Nazi’s?
@@charlespirate1 Yes. Because many weren't fighting for Hitler. They were fighting for their country and those they left behind at home.
@@bushwhackeddos.2703 Why wouldn't they?
I heard a shamefull thing from some character on one of these posts that had to do with Bridge Too Far and Star Wars.
He bought a ticket to see Bridge just so he could sneak in to see Star Wars . .
What a movie.!!!
Other than making a nice sound on parade, Ive never understood the true purpose of hobnails. Could someone help?
Traction, on everything except steel surfaces. loggers use a modified more aggressive version called caulks/calks, the fecking nazi's used hobs because rubber soles were a fairly recent invention in the US, and it hadn't made it to Europe yet, so choices for traction were smooth leather, or hobs, remember this is a full 30 years before the vibram lug was invented, so even the US issue boots had pretty lack luster tread, but it was way better then smooth leather.
All that said, hobs are still sometimes used in the woods today, as a supplement to calked/caulked boots, they help on the edges of soles for side hill traction and wear prevention on rocky ground.
@@northmanlogging2769 Also, hard-wearing, a factor when there was a lot of marching. The USA had more manufacturing capability and could provide something slightly more modern and comfortable.
We were issued boots AB tropical Studs Sharp things about 1/2 inch long
I just noticed something. The sound of the german machine gun wasn't right. It's rate of fire was too slow to be an MP40 (or equivalent.)
MP40 is a sub-machine gun. The rate of fire of the MG-42, or even the MG-34 was high, but in fixed locations with static divisions all sorts of guns were employed, even old WW1 08/15s with around 450 rounds per minute.
Actually the Germans used a lot of captured foreign equipment. But yes. Their standard infantry machineguns were first the MG34 and later the MG42. However the MG34 kept being used as well, notably in vehicle mountings.
Now you ruined the movie for me! 😂
Bloody well good that he didn't lose that umbrella in the battle.
At the end of the movie one allied soldier plays a Johann Sebastian Bach tune on the flute... from a different world centuries ago.
His version of a swagger stick officers would carry
Yes I had one as a ASM
Waren die Bitannier wirklich solch militärische Stümper?
In diesem Fall, ja. In unserem Land ist Unternehmen "Market Garden" als ein berüchtiges und blutiges Misserfolg bekannt. Es war ein grosses Glücksspiel - aber vom Anfang war es schlecht und übermütig geplant. Die Brücken waren zu weit hinter den feindlichen Linien. Unsere beste Fallschirmjäger wurden ohne Unterstützung, Verstärkungen oder Hoffnung auf Rückzug eingesetzt. Und nicht nur das! Die polnischen, amerikanischen und anderen Truppen, als sie versuchten, die Position der Briten zu erreichen, wurden in einer sinnlosen Schlacht vergeudet. Eine grosse Schande. Die Soldaten waren über alle Massen stark und tapfer, aber es war vergeblich.
Wir haben während des Krieges einige grosse Siege errungen. "Market Garden" kann man nicht dazu zählen. Bitte verzeihen Sie mir meine schrecklichen Deutschkenntnisse.
They might have tried going up the left side with a PIAT team and putting one in the embrasure. Just a thought.
Nooo...walking casually up the middle with no cover or concealment with an obvious concrete bunker in plain sight and waiting to put smoke on it until after it fires on your men is the way to go. Being British and all. Stiff upper lip you know.
I guess they figured the umbrella would be enough to fool them Germans.
It's amazing that they never thought of that.
If only you had a time machine 🤷🏻♂️
The Piat wasn't the most reliable or accurate weapon, hence probably why they didnt use it.
@@ArcticWolf00Alpha0
Correct. Better than nothing tho. I'm not sure how much of this was reality vs movie theatrics.
@@nicholasmuro1742 Me neither, i was just basing on what i already know.
Two soldiers lay down to give covering fire. The rest of the section walk directly in front of them.
MGM would do well to make another large-scale WW2 war film in 2022, this time about the Reichswald battles. With major international stars of today.
To stop the leather soles from wearing out.
Maybe you can do dirty dozen clips
Never hit the ammo
3:30 ohh kaaaay. i think they're suppressed noowwwww.
British officers don't duck.
Sort of "slap stick" humour,
Are the brits wearing American helmets?
They are paratrooper helmets. British Para’s didn’t wear the same traditional Tommy style helmet that regular British infantry wore.
@@IndieBFilms British troops in WW2 used 4 different types of helmets - the wide-brimmed, stereotypical one, the paratrooper one, as shown here, and two different versions of the 'turtle' helmet, first commonly seen on D-Day. The latter two are hard to tell apart externally. Plus specialist helmets such as motorcycle ones, and US helmets during Operation Torch.
@@wbertie2604 don’t forget the Wolesely Pith Helmet
@@IndieBFilms good point, although that is only protective if you have thin skill bones to protect you from the sun, or maybe falling tropical fruit.
映画遠すぎた橋
此の映画は、沢山の教訓を、残した
北海道十勝地方に、流れる十勝川
国道３８号線と約三十年程前に、漸く架かった橋は、釧路地方と十勝地方を、繋ぐ重要な橋
外にも、十数カ所有るが、全て守備には、可成りの戦力が、必要
今回のアカ認知症露助のウクライナ侵攻でも、渡河作戦は、一番の生命線
此の映画で、現役時代や今でも、橋を、如何に、守か、考えてしまう
以上
Mad dogs and englishmen!
MADNESS !!!!😕 TWO Mg 42s 😨😨😨😵😨😨😨😨😨IN a an INFANTRY FRONTAL ASSAULT 😨😴g
Don't think MG42, from the rate of fire more like MG34
two mgs and fuck all dead this is not right
A fallacious film with catastrophic mistakes
Operation Market Garden wasn't the best plan ever with catastrophic consequences. This movie? Not bad. Not bad at all.
Well, that was dumb. They should have taken out the machine gun nest with grenades. And didnt' they have a kind of bazooka or RPG? I know later in the film they used it against the German attack.
Sheise 😂
The ratty bait partially smash because sand laterally measure aboard a wistful party. annoyed, difficult match
ภาพยนต์เรื่องแสดงถึงการล้มเหลวของนายพลอังกฤษที่ชอบยกย่องกันโดยไม่เชื่อข่าวกรองเลยทำให้ทหารต้องตายและบาดเจ็บจำนวนมากและทำให้สงครามยึดเยื้อไปอีกเพราะต้องการเอาชนะนายพลไอกันเท่านั้น
Who is general Aikan?
a sudden and ignominious failure; a Fiasco's, British lacking a military meritocracy!
A curious statement considering we won the war, and that our specialised forces such as the paras, commandos and marines were some of the best in the world and along with the SAS considered the template for every modern military's special forces, the definition of meritocratic units.
I do not think 2 para jumped in with flamethrower equipment. And do not recall this being mentioned as a weapon in this battle.
Stupid how the brite done stuff in the war..really