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  • An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the German arsenal in Sicily
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  • @5400bowen
    @5400bowen Před 11 měsíci +60

    James Franciscus, 1970. The production/ cinematography is superb. When they were still trying to make the images clearer, instead of the current trend of making every shot murky, dark, and fuzzy so they don’t have to produce good imagery. This reminds me of the early bond films in many ways.

    • @marjorjorietillman856
      @marjorjorietillman856 Před 11 měsíci +3

      James Franciscus was very handsome and a pretty decent actor! In all the war movies, especially the older black and white movies, the English always threw in a snobbish remark against the American soldiers. One thing I liked is, the Americans never retaliated when they produced their war movies and Englishmen were included, which showed maturity!❤

    • @grantsmythe8625
      @grantsmythe8625 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@marjorjorietillman856 Come to think of it, you're probably right. I do seem to remember that Admiral King, USN, was an Anglophobe. I never heard why but I did hear or read that he really hated the Brits.

  • @carmelpule8493
    @carmelpule8493 Před 8 měsíci +96

    Most of this film was acted in Malta. I can recognise every scene, I was born in Malta and live in Malta and in my childhood I roamed on every bit of Maltese land shown in this film.

    • @peterlattimore6013
      @peterlattimore6013 Před 7 měsíci +6

      This movie taught me where Malta was in relation to the Med... After nearly 50 years. It's my intention to visit and explore too.

    • @fernandofierro7958
      @fernandofierro7958 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Sooo your a Malta 🇲🇹 kinda of a guy or girl

    • @tryarunm
      @tryarunm Před 5 měsíci +5

      You have a beautiful home island. Love those stone buildings.

    • @carmelpule8493
      @carmelpule8493 Před 4 měsíci +7

      @@fernandofierro7958 Well, I was born in Malta, then at the age of 16 left Malta and stayed many years abroad in other countries including 16 years in England, then after many years, I returned back to Malta.
      Sooo I do not think that makes me , " Sooo your a Malta 🇲🇹 kinda of a guy or girl"
      One cannot take things for granted or make such relations, as in the case of your own name, " Fernando Fierro " where I suppose there is nothing made of " iron" or " metallic" about you.

    • @carmelpule8493
      @carmelpule8493 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@tryarunm Yes, it was a beautiful island, but now it is being ruined by too much building and overpopulation and too many tourists and traffic forced on us,

  • @tombrennan6312
    @tombrennan6312 Před 11 měsíci +68

    It's cool to see the immense old fortifications of Malta that were built by the Knights of St. John.

    • @darylburnet8328
      @darylburnet8328 Před 11 měsíci +4

      "How the Maltese suffered in WW2"? Please read The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monserrat. Sums up so much. My spelling is deplorable.

    • @JohnRodriguesPhotographer
      @JohnRodriguesPhotographer Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@darylburnet8328I'm not a spelling or grammar cop. Very brief overview of the book's perspective, please.

    • @gilesellis8002
      @gilesellis8002 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Read it a Long timeago in the 70's,
      My cousin was a Spitfire Pilot stationed at Malta, R.I.P.

  • @alvincook8888
    @alvincook8888 Před 11 měsíci +34

    When I was a kid, my uncle, a ships gunner in the Navy, in WWII, would sometimes get drunk and talk about war at sea. He would sometimes cry. He brought back a rifle from the war. A British 303.

    • @knwnc1
      @knwnc1 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I have a Enfield number 4 mark 2 and a number 5 mark 1 in my collection I have other WW2 weapons but my favorite is a Steyr manufactured 1944 98k sniper my second is my springfield1903a4 sniper

    • @jimsmith9819
      @jimsmith9819 Před 10 měsíci

      i had a british 303 years ago, very good rifle

    • @user-fz2we1gw8n
      @user-fz2we1gw8n Před 8 měsíci +4

      I'm retired from the royal navy I know how your uncle feels .

  • @RedOctober2011
    @RedOctober2011 Před 11 měsíci +28

    I like the way everyone points loaded guns at each other, and uses pistols as pointers. Almost like none of them had any firearms training. Great upload. Worth the watch.

    • @morrismonet3554
      @morrismonet3554 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Then in combat, they never aim. Just shoot full auto from the hip, and never run out of ammo. LOL

  • @igotatan1
    @igotatan1 Před 11 měsíci +24

    A very under-rated war film. Thanks for posting.

  • @patriotwolf2810
    @patriotwolf2810 Před 11 měsíci +7

    A LOT OF TRUTH IN THESE OLD MOVIES LOVE IT THANK YOU

  • @johnminer1407
    @johnminer1407 Před 11 měsíci +64

    The radio controlled glide bombs were top secret during the war. Dropped from a bomber out of range of ship then remote controlled to it's target. One glide bomb could sink a ship. When first used the allies didn't realize what happened

    • @alexhayden2303
      @alexhayden2303 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Didn't one go down the funnel of KG 5? (Off Anzio?)

    • @edtrine8692
      @edtrine8692 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@alexhayden2303 One did destroy a turret on the HMS Warspite.

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Před 11 měsíci +5

      If only the Brits were smart enough to draft McHale the Skipper & Gilligan. The Germans woulda been laughing so hard they wouldn't been able to hit the broad side of the barn and probably everyone else involved too.

    • @acebrandon3522
      @acebrandon3522 Před 10 měsíci +4

      It was an ingenious wicked weapon capable of sinking any type of ship except a heavy battleship over 40,000 tons.

    • @jefftodd621
      @jefftodd621 Před 6 měsíci

      One certainly sank the Dido class Cruiser HMS Spartan, 29th January 1944, while she was off Anzio; hit abaft the funnel and went clean through her. My uncle, aged 19, was killed in the sinking. @@alexhayden2303

  • @joelbell9082
    @joelbell9082 Před 2 dny

    Thank you so so much. You tube the amount of commercials aren't even worth watching the movie. There's so many of them.

  • @stevenrussell5340
    @stevenrussell5340 Před 11 měsíci +28

    The E boat was bigger and better armed then our PT boats, the Germans made a magnificent but deadly fighting machine in these death boats.

    • @timgrenville-cleave2848
      @timgrenville-cleave2848 Před 11 měsíci +5

      I'm sure I read somewhere that the E Boats were running diesel motors, so nowhere near as flammable either. Brit MTB's and MGB's were floating bombs (See Op Chariot for details).

    • @markrowley8073
      @markrowley8073 Před 7 měsíci

      See​@@timgrenville-cleave2848

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 Před 5 měsíci

      No

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 Před 5 měsíci

      Years ago I read a book about torpedo boat vs torpedo boat battles in the Mediterranean Sea during WWII. I can't remember the title or author. Can anyone be of assistance?

  • @smurra3
    @smurra3 Před 11 měsíci +14

    It's Unbelievable that a movie about the Naval battles that raged during Guadalcanal operation has Never been made. Many major battles were fought between the U.S. Navy and the IJN navy in the Solomon Islands 1942/43 Savage Nightly battles were fought trying to stop the "Tokyo Express" from resupplying the Japanese on Guadalcanal. In fact 4 U.S. Sailors died for every one Marine, during that fighting.

    • @JanetElson
      @JanetElson Před 11 měsíci

      What is the UN Navy??

    • @JanetElson
      @JanetElson Před 11 měsíci +1

      Oh I see! IJN. Misread it.

    • @FlorinSutu
      @FlorinSutu Před 11 měsíci

      Maybe because the U.S. Navy and other Allied ships did not perform too well in those battles?
      A Japanese submarine fired one salvo of 6 torpedoes in late 1942, as part of all those battles for Guadalcanal. That single salvo of 6 torpedoes:
      A. Sunk an American aircraft carrier.
      B. Sunk an American destroyer.
      C. Damaged an American battleship so badly, that it had to slowly crawl back to the U.S., to lick its wounds.
      What a great movie would be about this subject alone !

    • @smurra3
      @smurra3 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@FlorinSutu Or the Battleship USS Washington Under the command of the U.S. Navy's Admiral Lee, Sunk The IJN Battleship Kiroshima, at night with Radar directed 16 inch guns. Each Side lost 24 major capitol ships. Each side lost around 350 aircraft. However, the Japanese lost the Island and the bloody campaign and five times as many men.

    • @jackhouran8851
      @jackhouran8851 Před 7 měsíci +2

      The Japanese were superb night fighters. Their ship captains were trained to immediately fire with out orders. They had a super torpedo with a 22 mile range. Out torpedo only worked hf the time.

  • @RedOctober2011
    @RedOctober2011 Před 11 měsíci +8

    This was made when movies had class. You can tell because the romance scenes have oboe music as background. Not that cheap "bow chicka bow wow" crap in 70s movies.

    • @dolvaran
      @dolvaran Před 11 měsíci +1

      This was released in 1970 - so probably only just escaped it!

  • @nithianandhannaidoo7130
    @nithianandhannaidoo7130 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Enjoyed this war movie.Good cast,plenty of action and beautiful scenery around the coast of Malta. That was a dangerous mission to undertake but they accomplished it brilliantly.Thanks for screening

  • @nielskoester4065
    @nielskoester4065 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Every time I watch an American or English war movie, I wonder why it took 6 years to defeat the Germans in World War II. Just the fact that the machine guns of the British seem to be more effective than the 2cm guns of the German fast boats. Well,
    a little fun fact for all history enthusiasts, neither the Fritz X bomb nor the HS 293 glider bomb were used before August 1943. So much for realism in this movie.

  • @waverly2468
    @waverly2468 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Great music by Frank Cordell, who also did "Mosquito Squadron" and "Khartoum". Elizabeth Shepherd was in "The Tomb of Legeia" with Vincent Price.

  • @paulredinger5830
    @paulredinger5830 Před 11 měsíci +11

    If they only have a couple boats seaworthy out of 9 they should have plenty of extra sailors for the boats. Even with casualties.

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Před měsícem +2

    It's hard to take a man in knee socks seriously. 😂😂😂

  • @brianjones1151
    @brianjones1151 Před 5 měsíci +1

    So glad 1 American could show the Royal Navy how to get the job done !
    (That's sarcasm by the way)

  • @brunodesamber5714
    @brunodesamber5714 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great. Movie. And. Perfect. 🎉🎉🎉 💯💢💢💫💣

  • @timwright4695
    @timwright4695 Před 8 měsíci +4

    The modelmaking is top notch. Bravo!

  • @mariahunter3456
    @mariahunter3456 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Great. Movie. Nice location great looking cast. Thanks for upload

  • @Kjdjrh
    @Kjdjrh Před 3 měsíci +2

    Fantastic movie~ another unknown great one. My Dad was US Navy WW 2 Pacific - light signalman. Marshall Islands

    • @ronbunch5347
      @ronbunch5347 Před 15 dny

      My father was also at the Marshall Islands CAMPAIGN
      DD629 USS ABBOT
      ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNNER
      SMALL WORLD

  • @lorabrashear1771
    @lorabrashear1771 Před 11 měsíci +3

    When you chop a movie down, you f*** up a good movie!

    • @TheOtherBill
      @TheOtherBill Před 7 měsíci

      Especially when it's badly chopped. The fighting scenes in Sicily were so jumpy.

  • @kingietk
    @kingietk Před 3 měsíci +1

    I like this film because one of the actors In Malta is also in the TV show Crossroads with Meg Richsrdson played by Noel Gordon

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 Před 11 měsíci +5

    A common failing of military movies: they have no clue what a military haircut looks like.

    • @commandingjudgedredd1841
      @commandingjudgedredd1841 Před 9 měsíci

      Not just that. The movies back then, tended to be lazy about 1940's women's hairstyles. (Non existent)

  • @dmw1306
    @dmw1306 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I've always loved that movie. I am very glad that you had it. Thanks very much for the great entertainment 😀

  • @JAKEOMINE
    @JAKEOMINE Před 11 měsíci +6

    Great War movie

  • @GeorgeKhoza-cf8yu
    @GeorgeKhoza-cf8yu Před měsícem

    Nice movie, professional actors, nice storyline. Excellently made.

  • @thomasmitchell7645
    @thomasmitchell7645 Před 11 měsíci +9

    Very good film! On a par with "The Guns of Navaronne" and "Operation Crossbow."

  • @5400bowen
    @5400bowen Před 11 měsíci +8

    That was a pretty good movie.

  • @kingietk
    @kingietk Před 3 měsíci +1

    Best actor is the geezer from Crossroads Motel,and James Franciscus

  • @charlesbandini6650
    @charlesbandini6650 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Good movie 🎉

  • @fasteddie8782
    @fasteddie8782 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Love 🎥's

  • @kingietk
    @kingietk Před 3 měsíci +1

    Good actors, 1970’s music, average film,nice location. Been there, seen it, photographed it.

  • @streetgato9697
    @streetgato9697 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Nice upload, thanks for sharing

  • @robertbruce6750
    @robertbruce6750 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Good movie

  • @5ivestring
    @5ivestring Před 11 měsíci +4

    Excellent movie. One of the best of the ww2 movies.

  • @ianturpin9180
    @ianturpin9180 Před 11 měsíci +25

    The German E boats had a huge advantage over us and UK torpedo boats. They had diesel engines.

    • @Theodorussfo
      @Theodorussfo Před 11 měsíci +5

      gas engines were lighter and faster pt boats were made of plywood and top secret. nothing was faster on the water and speed kills we learned that from the Germans.

    • @ianturpin9180
      @ianturpin9180 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@Theodorussfo yes but one incendiary she'll in the right place and BOOM. That doesn't happen with diesel.

    • @maryhausler8900
      @maryhausler8900 Před 11 měsíci +6

      ​@@ianturpin9180 American PT boats had self sealing fuel bladders like the aircraft.

    • @Theodorussfo
      @Theodorussfo Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@ianturpin9180 PT boats went in for the kill at 3/4 throttle by the time the target ship had calibrated speed and position so they could target the PT they had already let go their torpedos turned about and were running at full speed making a hit from artillery impossible. A lucky shot would have been the end of the Pt regardless of engine because it was made of plywood.

    • @JamesMcComas-dr2xi
      @JamesMcComas-dr2xi Před 10 měsíci +1

      They lost.

  • @jpcoyotte
    @jpcoyotte Před 7 měsíci +1

    J'ai passé une très bonne soirée merci film très agréable

  • @stevenwilliams1915
    @stevenwilliams1915 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Boy I sure like these "full" movies... as opposed to the, other kind ??? The un-full ones I guess.

  • @richardwelch4653
    @richardwelch4653 Před 7 měsíci +2

    These special effects made me wonder when Godzilla would make it's appearance.

  • @allenmurray7893
    @allenmurray7893 Před 4 měsíci +2

    It would be nice to see the opening credits. I know James Franciscus, but who else was in it?

  • @yves-reneguilland9708
    @yves-reneguilland9708 Před 19 dny

    . . . = Ce film aussi en langue > FRANCOPHONE < Merci .
    this film = also in French language = would be great! An admirer of Switzerland.

  • @richardsteele6776
    @richardsteele6776 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Excellent movie.

  • @dlafrontis6224
    @dlafrontis6224 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I was on Malta a while, Hellfire base .a real rock .

  • @RT-np5ws
    @RT-np5ws Před 6 měsíci +1

    The famous five go fighting!!!

  • @howardphilipwoodcraft3756
    @howardphilipwoodcraft3756 Před 11 měsíci +7

    P t boats rock

  • @jxpat
    @jxpat Před 4 měsíci +1

    Magnificent movie!

  • @patrickgriffitt6551
    @patrickgriffitt6551 Před 5 měsíci +2

    If you like PT Type boats I highly recomend two books published by Squadron. Schnell Boats in Action and PT Boats in Action. Very informative. Lots of detail, pictures and color schemes. Both out of print but could possibly be found or ordered through used book store. Worth it.

  • @loneranger5349
    @loneranger5349 Před 11 měsíci +15

    In real life they went into combat with vest on.

  • @Red23165
    @Red23165 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Thanks ❤my dad fought in Korea

  • @juliehoffman6292
    @juliehoffman6292 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The Navy has the best looking uniforms,I especially love the shorts!

  • @jimsmith9819
    @jimsmith9819 Před 10 měsíci +2

    good movie, first time ive seen it

  • @geraldmiller5260
    @geraldmiller5260 Před 11 měsíci +15

    Amazing guns that do not need reloading.

    • @vonlouie77
      @vonlouie77 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Battery powered

    • @robertgates5164
      @robertgates5164 Před 11 měsíci

      @@vonlouie77 Ok or require recharging. :)

    • @williambean8211
      @williambean8211 Před 11 měsíci

      The British guns were mainly 9 mm.

    • @scvandy3129
      @scvandy3129 Před 9 měsíci

      submachinegun, rifle, pistol, revolver? . . . 9 mm - so were Lugers, one of the Nazis' most recognizable sidearms, a semi-automatic pistol. @@williambean8211

    • @scvandy3129
      @scvandy3129 Před 9 měsíci

      "geraldmiller5260," I noticed that too and thought 'typical.'
      However, 45:53 - 46:01, how refreshing to see American commando Jeffords' resourcefulness when he strips a magazine from the dead Nazi soldier's submachinegun immediately after removing his gun's depleted magazine. [How SLOPPY and CARELESS of the sound effects editor who includes the sound of the metal of the empty magazine hitting the hard cement
      but not metal-on-metal with the insertion / reloading.]
      Realistically, in addition to the UNLIMITED rounds of available ammo, I'll wager in a real firefight like we see here -- repeatedly -- the indiscriminate 'spraying' of a full magazine's capacity from left to right, up and down, ALL OVER -- repeatedly -- would have been replaced with wise, deliberate SHORT BURSTS of well aimed shots..

  • @hughsmith7668
    @hughsmith7668 Před 8 měsíci +2

    In my life as a Mariner no place impressed me like entering Veleta.

  • @captainjohnh9405
    @captainjohnh9405 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Nothing like a little air raid to get everyone in the mood.

  • @richardmckrell4899
    @richardmckrell4899 Před 10 měsíci +6

    If they are preparing for a critical mission and only have 3 boats, why would the ever go attack a German convoy?

  • @Jesusisking2785
    @Jesusisking2785 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Cmdr. Niles from Warship good show

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 Před 11 měsíci +10

    Fritz X and the HS 293 were the two most used glide bombs used by the German Luftwaffe
    during WW II. It was the first use of stand off , remotely piloted amart bombs.

    • @neoconshooter
      @neoconshooter Před 11 měsíci +3

      HS=293 was not a glide bomb. It was a rocket powered miniature plane with radio control. It only took the Brits a few months to figure out how it worked and jam the radio signals.

    • @Bill23799
      @Bill23799 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@neoconshooter Sorry I meant to say smart bombs.

    • @Bill23799
      @Bill23799 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@neoconshooter Did the germans eventually fo to wire guiding control systems?

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 Před 5 měsíci

      I believe the Mistel 'piggyback system' was successful one time. The US used war weary bombers controlled by AZON on sub pens. Not sure of success rate. Joseph Kennedy's oldest son was killed in this experiment!

    • @lindsayheyes925
      @lindsayheyes925 Před 5 měsíci

      I've not heard the term "stand off bomb" for years.

  • @IWard100
    @IWard100 Před měsícem +2

    a star from Crossroads Motel?

  • @alanbierhoff6831
    @alanbierhoff6831 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Where can I get one of those submachine guns that have the worlds smallest 1000 round magazines?
    I can see the need for it when it takes 150 rounds to drop a German soldier 20 feet away 🙄🤦‍♂️

  • @paradiseisland786
    @paradiseisland786 Před 7 měsíci

    Good movie, appreciate the upload.

  • @yeshualionofjudah7107
    @yeshualionofjudah7107 Před měsícem +1

    I just don't know why they are wearing their dress uniforms while landing on Malta.

  • @johnjohnon8767
    @johnjohnon8767 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Pretty good.

  • @RichardSMaloney
    @RichardSMaloney Před 2 měsíci

    Loved it

  • @peterniland8999
    @peterniland8999 Před 13 dny

    exellent all around effort

  • @FlorinSutu
    @FlorinSutu Před 11 měsíci +2

    If the Germans would have had that big number of sentinels planted everywhere and doing nothing, they would not have had soldiers available for the front lines.

  • @evilfingers4302
    @evilfingers4302 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Lucky for the British troops and the Maltese, Hitler's didn't want to use his paratroopers again to take Malta like they did with Crete mainly because Hitler assumed such an assault on the island would be a failure.

  • @Bob-vc6ug
    @Bob-vc6ug Před 11 měsíci +7

    Good war picture. Im glad that I took the time to watch it. Nothing like a chick to almost come between two officers right at the time of a big mission lol.

  • @shyamdevadas6099
    @shyamdevadas6099 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Wow...I saw this as a CBS movie of the week back in the 70s, when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I thought it was so great back then. (I remember this well because we couldn't say "hell" in my house.) But, looking at it 50 years later, it is painfully primitive, low budget filmmaking. Lots of rear projection screen shots...along with enough plastic model work to make a Godzilla movie! Still...it was a kick seeing it after all these years.

  • @FishFeelPain
    @FishFeelPain Před 11 měsíci

    Good one-TY

  • @elkabong6429
    @elkabong6429 Před 5 měsíci

    That was a fun romp!

  • @twotone3070
    @twotone3070 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I was expecting Meg Richardson to appear with Amy Turtle in tow carrying a mop.

  • @nozmoking1
    @nozmoking1 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Okay, I'll be the creep that points out that somebody cut out the beach scene with the gratuitous nipple slip.

    • @robertbruce7497
      @robertbruce7497 Před 10 měsíci

      ... Picasso (?) "you influence the (art)work, the work influences you" - removing a nipple from any work of art is childish, and biologically and psychologically sterilizing,.. why must it always be about the victorian age - being safe from reality,...

    • @brgilbert2
      @brgilbert2 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@robertbruce7497 Maybe because most movies coming out of the U.S. at that time had, what I would call, "gratuitous" nudity which had absolutely NOTHING to do with the plot.

  • @wayneb2490
    @wayneb2490 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Ramming a steel-hulled E-boat with a wooden PT Boat not a good idea

  • @hanschristianbrando5588
    @hanschristianbrando5588 Před 3 měsíci

    James Franciscus and a bunch of handsome young men in short pants. No wonder we won the war.

  • @54blewis
    @54blewis Před 7 měsíci +1

    Many at OKH thought that any link up with the 4th panzer Armee (Panzer Gruppe 4)with Rommel’s Panzer Armee Afrika (which the Afrika Korp was a part of)in the Caucasus as fanciful at best and nearly impossible logistically…elements within OKW however thought of the possibility of just such an operation….but Der Fuhrer was more concerned with the Caucasian oil fields than any idea of such a grandiose maneuver,also by the time of the first battle of El Alamein Rommel’s Forces was at the end of its tether any chance of even reaching the Suez Canal was out of the question….

  • @leondillon8723
    @leondillon8723 Před 11 měsíci +15

    3:07)US citizens were transferred to the US military. I knew a man who went to the Army from the Canada Army commandos. He joined 1939.
    23:21)Under siege, but the booze got through.
    57:41)The Waffen-SS officer and the sub title said M16 instead if MI6. Ministry of Information.
    1:09:42)The subtitle read OBERSTERNBACKFUHRER, The correct spelling is OBERSTURMBANNFUHRER. That was said.A Senior Assault Unit Leader. One rank below the Standartenfuhrer rank worn by the senior Waffen-SS officer.

    • @michaelhewitt258
      @michaelhewitt258 Před 11 měsíci +8

      Priority in War
      The booze getting through 😁

    • @highonimmi
      @highonimmi Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@michaelhewitt258 booze and hookers😂

    • @leondillon8723
      @leondillon8723 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@michaelhewitt258 Used for "medicinal purposes". A RAF squadron, in Africa, traded with an USAAC unit. Scotch for flight gear. Mostly flight jackets. All branches of their military were poorly supplied. Several US units became their unofficial Quartermaster.

    • @dolvaran
      @dolvaran Před 11 měsíci +1

      MI = Military Intelligence. Not MOI.

    • @leondillon8723
      @leondillon8723 Před 11 měsíci

      @@dolvaran MI5 spies on people in England. MI6 spies on the rest of the world. Civilians.

  • @michaelhewitt258
    @michaelhewitt258 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Thanks for posting 👍
    Great movie. When did this come out?

  • @geoffreybawden6390
    @geoffreybawden6390 Před 20 dny

    Odd that the Royal Navy used lieutenant not “leftenant” in Malta?

  • @bskelton8712
    @bskelton8712 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Sorry not the full war movie. Scene with Franciscus going to beach and meeting naked swimming Shepherd missing. Wonder why I remembered that scene LOL.

  • @dkoz8321
    @dkoz8321 Před 10 měsíci

    Arew the RN officer's summer white unis for fighting or playing tennis. They are so stylish. White shorts, white socks.

  • @larryryker1353
    @larryryker1353 Před 7 měsíci

    yes Malta is an nice place to visit

  • @charlessimons1875
    @charlessimons1875 Před 10 měsíci +2

    More information about production of these movies would be appreciated; date released, studio, actors, director, etc.

  • @OrionCorsari
    @OrionCorsari Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hate the way Franciscus returns a salute. It’s like he’s throwing a grenade - amateurish.

  • @MM-vv8mt
    @MM-vv8mt Před 7 měsíci

    None of the officers or crew in the opening scene are wearing May Wests before or during the battle or after abandoning ship without flotation devices. But I guess this is a dramatic film and not a documentary, so I'll suspend disbelief!

  • @rocketscientisttoo
    @rocketscientisttoo Před 11 měsíci +2

    It seems I've seen this plot B 4. A new commander for a somewhat sloppy unit that must be gotten into shape to take part in an important mission. There are some variations, of course, but one very famous version that comes to mind is Patton starring George C. Scott.

    • @GenX...MCMLXV
      @GenX...MCMLXV Před 10 měsíci

      This movie is an orange, Patton was an Apple.

    • @Debbiebabe69
      @Debbiebabe69 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Its one of the most used themes in war films.... even more modern ones, the 1996 film 'Down Periscope' which is more comedy than historic has exactly the same theme.....

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL Před 8 měsíci +1

      "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" are interesting variations on this theme, in which the new commander whips the sloppy unit into shape -- and renders it either dysfunctional or monstrously counterproductive.

  • @dmitryshusterman9494
    @dmitryshusterman9494 Před 11 měsíci

    If you decide to watch it, turn off the sound. Less annoying and you won't miss a beat

  • @mikmik9034
    @mikmik9034 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Volume too low.

  • @williambean8211
    @williambean8211 Před 11 měsíci +7

    True German E boats were actually made out of metal where the US and British were made out of wood. The other difference was that US and British boats carried 4 torpedoes to the German 2.

    • @maryhausler8900
      @maryhausler8900 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I believe there is a genuine German E boat under restoration in the UK. It is Wood not metal.

    • @paulprigge1209
      @paulprigge1209 Před 10 měsíci

      I think there’s a tremendous weight difference as well

    • @williambean8211
      @williambean8211 Před 10 měsíci

      @@paulprigge1209 there was a possible 10 tons or more difference.

    • @tadasdovii8262
      @tadasdovii8262 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Its just 2 lounchers. But 2 torp on reload. Thus germans used 533 mm torp

    • @patrickgriffitt6551
      @patrickgriffitt6551 Před 5 měsíci +1

      American sailors eventually took it upon themselves to upgrade their armament on the Pts. 37mm from P-39/63, 40mm Oerlikon, more 50bmg, rocket launchers etc. As war progressed and torpedo worthy targets became scarce they only carried two.

  • @BruceK10032
    @BruceK10032 Před 6 měsíci

    Well, the filmmakers went to the trouble of applying that unique Malta camouflage pattern to the truck seen at about 7:11

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 Před 9 měsíci

    The German guard, on the right, at 40:48, looked just like George Lindsey, (Goober Pyle).

  • @Pyjamarama11
    @Pyjamarama11 Před měsícem

    good movie
    Shame about the tedious romantic sub plot

  • @keithclark3079
    @keithclark3079 Před 20 dny +1

    So many cornball war films in the 70's , difficult to view.

  • @AndrewGivens
    @AndrewGivens Před 11 měsíci +2

    Pretty sure that E-boat skipper's brother served on U-boats...

  • @dallasarnold8615
    @dallasarnold8615 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Interesting that the British officers dress uniforms look like they were meant for somebody else, while James Francicus' looks well tailored.

  • @wolfhawg
    @wolfhawg Před 11 měsíci +1

    500 round magazine.

  • @FlightSimDude
    @FlightSimDude Před 11 měsíci +1

    👍

  • @paddyodriscoll8648
    @paddyodriscoll8648 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Same editing ,,, same sound effects,,, same music style as the TV show, “UFO.” I’m sure it’s a coincidence.

  • @robh4671
    @robh4671 Před 7 měsíci +2

    You would have thought that as they knew in advance the enemy would be attacking aircraft as they landed, the engineers could have dug some proper bomb shelters instead of those stupid sand bags . tut tut 😆😆