Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) - The Train Scene

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    THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (1965) - ‘THE TRAIN SCENE’ (as Found on Prime Video)
    (So his Timeline watching as awaiting in takes about Two Hours, Three Minutes and Fifty Seconds to finding on, THE TRAIN SCENE.)
    ‘THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES; or, HOW I FEW FROM LONDON TO PARIS IN 25 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES’, is a 1965 in Comedy Film from 20th Century Fox and Release date in June 16th 1965.
    In PLOT of Scene:
    So then, Sir Percy Ware-Armitage and his Aircraft Roe IV Triplane was flying across take a shortcut Air Race (about he’s big cheater and after was across the Ocean in the Dark from UK to France), an behind approach was a Passenger Steam Train between Calais and Paris then his, “The Highland Railway’s ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 No.103” (NORD) with is Six Coaches, and then Sir Percy's gets his comeuppance when he becomes disoriented by the Thick Smoke from Below the Steam Locomotive forcing him to landed his aircraft on one of Two Ends a Between the Coach Four and Coach Five, as they Sir Percy was runs along the top an trying shout it to get the driver's attention, but it was too late the Train approach the Tunnel, then Sir Percy was shocked an ran back to save the Aircraft but it was no good and a Train goes into a Tunnel an Sir Percy ducked, and as then a Train was passed through an they came out Sir Percy is safe he was Black an Sati, but then a Aircraft's Wings was been broke off an destroyed as badly damage beyond repair, and Sir Percy Ware-Armitage was outburst of ending, then so his out of Air Race.
    What a funny messed up!
    The location his where is the now Closed the Line between from Bedford to Hitchin. The Tunnel is the Old Warden Tunnel near the Village of the same name in Bedfordshire; the Tunnel had only recently been Closed, and in the panning shot through the railway cutting, the cooling towers of the now-demolished Goldington Power Station can be seen.
    In 1910, just Seven (7) Years after the First ‘Heavier-Than-Air Flight’, Aircraft are fragile and unreliable contraptions, Piloted by "intrepid birdmen".
    In Cast of Male Actor; Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens [‘TERRY-THOMAS’] (Born: July 10th 1911 - Died: January 8th 1990) as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage.
    The Steam Locomotive is, Highland Railway Big Goods or Class I "Jones Goods" 4-6-0 No.103, Designed by David Jones and by Sharp, Stewart and Company.
    (Built in 1894 - Preservation in 1934 - Restored in 1959 - Retired in 1966)
    The Roe IV Triplane was an Early British Aircraft, Designed by Alliott Verdon Roe and built by A.V. Roe and Company. It was first flown in September 1910.
    Meanwhile, about French Railway Company:
    The Chemins de fer du Nord (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord or CF du Nord), (English: Northern Railway Company) often referred to simply as the Nord Company, was a Rail Transport Company, created in Paris, France, in September 1845. It was Owned by, among others, de Rothschild Frères of France, N M Rothschild & Sons of London, England, Charles Laffitte and Edward Blount (Charles Laffitte, Blount & Co), and Baron Jean-Henri Hottinguer. Baron James de Rothschild served as the company's president from its inception until his Death in 1868.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 174

  • @carlinglin7289
    @carlinglin7289 Рік тому +111

    Delightful movie. I remember seeing it as a kid. What I never noticed at the time was that at 1:55 in the background you can see modern power plant cooling towers.

    • @TheAndrewJBaker
      @TheAndrewJBaker Рік тому +12

      Bedford power station - now demolished. Not long after this when the line was closed we walked through Old Warden tunnel. Quite creepy.

    • @gavinwalker8670
      @gavinwalker8670 Рік тому +2

      you mean 1:05
      ((( behind his left shoulder )))

    • @montybasset
      @montybasset Рік тому +5

      Yes, where are they in this superimposed film strip?

    • @TOFKAS01
      @TOFKAS01 Рік тому

      @@montybasset As far as I remember, they supposed to be in France in that scene.

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat Рік тому +2

      @@TOFKAS01 Correct, somewhere between Calais and Paris.

  • @ggg-4-fz
    @ggg-4-fz Рік тому +16

    Помню этот фильм моего детства! Тогда в Союзе он шёл под названием "Воздушные приключения". Смотрел уже не помню сколько раз, и всякий раз с удовольствием.

  • @Mason58654
    @Mason58654 2 роки тому +76

    Highland Railway 103 was withdrawn shortly thereafter, but magnificent seeing her in this classic comedy!

    • @philiplimerick2794
      @philiplimerick2794 Місяць тому +5

      A company called Rapido are producing a model of this engine.

  • @chrislj2890
    @chrislj2890 Рік тому +38

    A great movie, and Terry Thomas was a fantastic comedian. It's a damn shame how he ended up.

  • @robgregory8067
    @robgregory8067 Рік тому +42

    True British film making,, great light hearted viewing.. Love it.

  • @davidgoulden5956
    @davidgoulden5956 Рік тому +18

    That final BLAST! is hilarious!

  • @andyjay9346
    @andyjay9346 Рік тому +21

    Terry Thomas was great and funny in everything, even the dramas he appeared in.

  • @albertpeterson5585
    @albertpeterson5585 Рік тому +25

    ...getting his comeuppance, as usual; hysterical!

    • @Kl35j
      @Kl35j Рік тому +3

      Grosses Kino die Tollkühnen männer in ihren fliegenden kisten ich den Film gerne gesehen

  • @M.JeanRaymondFERRON
    @M.JeanRaymondFERRON Рік тому +10

    ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER AND FOREVER !!!!!

  • @АлександрТрофимов-ж3л

    In the USSR, this film was called "Aerial adventures". I watched it as a kid, in the early 70s. It was shown every summer to the delight of the boys. As a child, I went to the cinema "The Great Race" and "Air Adventures" every summer. And now both films look great. In those years, knew how to make movies!

  • @robinhodgkinson
    @robinhodgkinson Рік тому +7

    That’s a nostalgia trip! One of my earliest memories is watching this with my parents. I laughed and laughed at every corny slapstick joke. Good times.

  • @keithdavis773
    @keithdavis773 Рік тому +7

    As at least one commentator has already remarked, this was filmed on the Hitchin to Bedford line quite close to Cardington air sheds. I'm old enough to have travelled on the route just before it closed. The tunnels are largely bricked up as bat sanctuaries but it is possible - or was a few years ago - to get access to the track bed.
    And it is a wonderful film!

  • @yvaeltercero301
    @yvaeltercero301 5 місяців тому +1

    Un genio Terry Thomas, esta película la vi hace 55 años.
    A genius Terry Thomas, I saw this movie 55 years ago.

  • @boondog8504
    @boondog8504 Рік тому +2

    I remember going to the Saturday matinee in my small NZ town and watching this.

  • @geraldduncan5646
    @geraldduncan5646 4 місяці тому

    Phenomenal stunt scenes, and no CG crap either!👍
    And who knew that Gert Frobe could be just as funny in one movie, and equally evil in another,(Goldfinger)?

  • @bob_the_bomb4508
    @bob_the_bomb4508 Рік тому +12

    “I don’t care how many times they go ‘up suddenly-up up’, they’re still gits”
    Capt E Blackadder

  • @badkittynomilktonight3334
    @badkittynomilktonight3334 Рік тому +12

    Somewhere I read that the powerplant was intentionally left in to remind people it's just a movie. But I've also read that the given "Its just a movie" was issued after screenings and nobody not even the editors noticed it.

    • @IncogNito-gg6uh
      @IncogNito-gg6uh Рік тому +2

      I'm sure you are right that nobody noticed. I imagine most of us had no idea what we were seeing if we had noticed them.

  • @TheSecurdisc
    @TheSecurdisc Рік тому +3

    Love the Didcot power station in the background...😂

    • @johnayres2303
      @johnayres2303 Рік тому +3

      I thought this was filmed on the Bedford to Hitchin line that is now disused.

  • @thomasmulhall4873
    @thomasmulhall4873 Рік тому +41

    Nobody says "Blast!" Better than Terry-Thomas!

  • @barryporteous4904
    @barryporteous4904 Рік тому +3

    I have watched and loved this film for many years and only just noticed the cooling towers in the background! Agh!

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 Рік тому +6

    This movie is fun to watch. Great old planes.😀

  • @steffenrosmus9177
    @steffenrosmus9177 Рік тому +2

    Arriteeeeee la trainggggg!!!!!! Terry Thomas was georgeous

  • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278
    @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 Рік тому +16

    You can say he got his wings clipped

  • @johnfrank6112
    @johnfrank6112 Рік тому +1

    One of my childhood favorites.

  • @fahmyayoob5775
    @fahmyayoob5775 2 місяці тому

    Love this classic.... someone please upload

  • @ErstO1
    @ErstO1 Рік тому +4

    Such a fun movie

  • @trainzville9237
    @trainzville9237 2 роки тому +20

    0:10 Highland Railways Jones Goods No.103.

  • @PAVANZYL
    @PAVANZYL Рік тому +1

    One of the greatest movies of all time!

  • @freeagent8225
    @freeagent8225 Рік тому +8

    Was such an exciting film seen through the eyes of a young boy😅.

  • @harryjsedgwick
    @harryjsedgwick  2 роки тому +19

    In French…”Stop the train”, was called…”Arretez le train”.

  • @greigs9384
    @greigs9384 2 роки тому +6

    Goldington power stn in background!

  • @jonathanwilliams1065
    @jonathanwilliams1065 Рік тому +3

    What is absolutely insane is that 1965 was closer to those days than to us

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Рік тому +1

      Cleopatra is closer to our time than she was to the Great Pyramid.

  • @TerryMurrayTalks
    @TerryMurrayTalks Рік тому +13

    Terry Thomas had the perfect teeth for saying "blast".

  • @2-minutephysiatry506
    @2-minutephysiatry506 Рік тому +4

    Saw this movie as a child. It was extremely funny.

  • @timmoffat3182
    @timmoffat3182 Рік тому +4

    Classic movie

  • @muhammadIqbal-67
    @muhammadIqbal-67 Рік тому +11

    Classic comedy scene

  • @Kl35j
    @Kl35j Рік тому

    Das war für mich immer großes Kino

  • @pipe2devnull
    @pipe2devnull Рік тому +4

    My fav Terry Thomas scene is when he is telling his sidekick Eric Sykes about how he has distracted the French pilot with an English girl so that they can sabotage the French plane.
    Sykes: I bet she’s a nice ‘un eh.
    Thomas: We’ll you ought to know. She’s your daughter.

  • @jrnumex9286
    @jrnumex9286 Рік тому +2

    great viewing on my 83"

  • @Resurgam1901
    @Resurgam1901 2 роки тому +18

    Notice the cooling towers in the backround ?

  • @franksadlowski8136
    @franksadlowski8136 Рік тому

    Very Funny Movie I saw when came out in Movies BIG Screen...really cool!

  • @jorgemartinpaez4376
    @jorgemartinpaez4376 2 роки тому +10

    Hilarious scene arete le train!!!! Blast!!!!

    • @Mason58654
      @Mason58654 2 роки тому +4

      French 🇫🇷 indeed! That there’s a Scottish locomotive! 😆

  • @prof.heinous191
    @prof.heinous191 Рік тому +1

    "Blast." Is that all Sir Percy can say...

  • @peterhynds7231
    @peterhynds7231 Рік тому

    The tunnel used is 'Old Warden' railway tunnel Bedfordshire ,its still there today and easily accessible to enter and walk through.

  • @hywelroberts1653
    @hywelroberts1653 3 місяці тому

    Even though it wouldn’t be that easy to hear 103 in action from now she has a interesting puffing sound

  • @russthebiker
    @russthebiker Рік тому +1

    The Airfield used in the film, was Booker Aerodrome at High Wycombe, now called Wycombe Air Park, and old friend sadly passed on, was tasked with taking the farm tractor up to help move things, and met all of the stars, and managed to see some of the filming
    the real aerodrome of this period was Brooklands, however wartime expansion by Vickers and the expansion of housing meant that it would have been useless for filming
    Barbara Cartland learnt to fly there, as did most of the Great War Aviators

  • @Splodnik
    @Splodnik Рік тому +3

    it's such a drag when that happens

  • @newbeginnings8566
    @newbeginnings8566 Рік тому +13

    These days Terry Thomas would be accused of blacking up for that scene..

  • @Gazzar
    @Gazzar Рік тому +1

    Always remember feeling more sorry for the plane in this scene.

  • @stewartbonner
    @stewartbonner Рік тому +1

    a similar big top cast members comedy adventure is "The Great Race".

  • @XNOGaming_One
    @XNOGaming_One Місяць тому

    Even though he was characterized as a coward and villain, he was actually quite daring in this scene, skipping between wagons

  • @ЛЬВИНИ
    @ЛЬВИНИ Рік тому

    Nice video. LIKE

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 9 місяців тому

    The railway was the now disused Bedford to Hitchin line, the tunnel the famous Warden Tunnel. If it hadn't been closed, we'd have the Oxford Cambridge vross country route in place.

  • @roberthill799
    @roberthill799 2 роки тому +7

    Blast!

  • @probro9898
    @probro9898 Рік тому +22

    The movie was set in 1910, but we clearly see a power station with cooling towers in the distance. Cooling towers were were not invented until 1918, and the first ones were built in the 1920s.

    • @TheAndrewJBaker
      @TheAndrewJBaker Рік тому +7

      Bedford Power Station, now demolished. When I first saw it in 1965 I was more concerned that it wasn’t a French train - but I lived in Bedford so it was all very exciting.

    • @steffenrosmus9177
      @steffenrosmus9177 Рік тому

      Well, should they have to tear down the power station for the movie? No wonder that Brexit was a success. Smartasses like you were responsible.😂😂😂😂

    • @markfowler6330
      @markfowler6330 Рік тому +1

      @@TheAndrewJBakerI lived in Shefford. I saw the train there one evening. It was parked on the former high street bridge.

  • @robertmiller9184
    @robertmiller9184 Рік тому +2

    Filmed on the Bedford-Hitchin line. pity that the carriages were scrapped after the shooting.

  • @juanlaguna1085
    @juanlaguna1085 Рік тому +1

    Pelicula buenisima aqui se llamo los marabillosos hombres y sus maquinas boladoras

  • @goodbarbenie5477
    @goodbarbenie5477 Рік тому +1

    Ahem.. Cooling Towers in the Background... Um.. Um. Back to the Future... Whooohaaa... Hahaa

  • @raypurchase801
    @raypurchase801 Рік тому

    Exactly the same thing happened to me.

  • @deanosah
    @deanosah Рік тому +2

    Funny how you see a film when you are a boy and end up living near where it was film. I live about a mile from the old Bedford Hitchin railway line at Henlow camp

  • @robertwilliamson922
    @robertwilliamson922 Рік тому +2

    This movie set in 1910. Funny seeing nuclear power station water cooling towers in the background…. Hilarious. 😅😊😆🤣

  • @Butleger880
    @Butleger880 Рік тому

    Как же не везёт Сэру Персику . Чтобы так всей Британии везло как ему .😂

  • @starpawsy
    @starpawsy Рік тому +2

    Wot sort of plane is that?

  • @Гребублин
    @Гребублин Рік тому

    Judging by the fact that the train has overtaken him, he will get to his destination faster than by plane :)

  • @никитаизотов-в9ч

    Сейчас такого замечательного кино не снимают.

  • @greigs9384
    @greigs9384 2 роки тому +6

    Bedford to Hitchin by Old Warden Tunnel

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery Рік тому +4

      The AVRO Triplane and Bristol Boxkite made for this movie, are now part of the Shuttleworth Collection, at Old Warden Aerodrome. They are still in flying condition and flown on display days.

    • @DavidSmith-xs3or
      @DavidSmith-xs3or Рік тому +2

      ​@@brianartilleryit's too bad the rest of those airworthy planes never made it into the collection like- the French Santos Dumont Demoiselle, the( mock-German ) Eardley-Billings biplane, the ( nock-English ) Antoinette monoplane, and the ( Italian count's) Neiuport monoplane.

    • @brianartillery
      @brianartillery Рік тому +1

      @@DavidSmith-xs3or - Oh, definitely. I'd love to know their fates. I have a sad feeling that they were dismantled following filming, and then lost in time. I'd love to see a huge Antoinette chugging sedately across the sky.

  • @pablo19136
    @pablo19136 Рік тому +6

    I dont care how much they go up tiddly up up they're still gits.

  • @jamespell8091
    @jamespell8091 Рік тому +1

    I never saw the movie. What was he looking for the beer cab?

  • @mark351
    @mark351 Рік тому +2

    Hello? This is the Civil Aeronautics Board, we'd like to talk to you about the operation of your aircraft.

  • @qsxdr7
    @qsxdr7 Рік тому +2

    At 1:05, you can see 1960's power station cooling towers in the background.

  • @dahliagreen5919
    @dahliagreen5919 Рік тому

    The Jones 103 goods Loco, masquerading here as a Chemin de Fer train in France was borrowed from preservation in Scotland. The filming had to be done unannounced, since production didn't want enthusiasts and photographers lining the route.
    The line ran from Hitchin to Bedford and had closed to passengers a few years earlier, the section seen here just east of Bedford being lifted last. Incredibly, it was once the MR's main route to London for some years.

  • @heikoplotner2636
    @heikoplotner2636 Рік тому

    Unvergessen.

  • @emeteriosilva6901
    @emeteriosilva6901 Рік тому

    En este gran actor se inspiraron para crear a
    Pierre Nodoyuna...

  • @adityasingh1051
    @adityasingh1051 10 місяців тому

    Hello, can anyone remember the last scene. How much time does it take for EE Lightening to cover the same distance?

  • @crushedrgb
    @crushedrgb Рік тому

    Loved that movie.

  • @ethanosaurusrex
    @ethanosaurusrex Рік тому +2

    I love this movie growing up with my father. All I have to say about this guy, he got what he deserves for cheating.

  • @michaelvalenzuela2528
    @michaelvalenzuela2528 Рік тому +1

    This movie is only availabl on VHS if you can find it WTF?
    on VHS

    • @herborty8658
      @herborty8658 Рік тому +2

      A German version that includes English audio does exist on DVD and Blu-Ray ("Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten").

    • @michaelvalenzuela2528
      @michaelvalenzuela2528 Рік тому

      thanks for the info😀@@herborty8658

  • @Petemonster62
    @Petemonster62 Рік тому +3

    I wonder if the steam from the locomotive's stack would have made the plane's fabric wings heavy and distorted the airfoil shape? Too bad for the pilot that the train crew didn't notice him right above the locomotive and laid on the whistle and bell.

    • @oldgoat142
      @oldgoat142 Рік тому +2

      Interesting question. I felt compelled to do a little research. It turns out that it would have. Even though the canvas was treated, prolonged steam exposure, (very high humidity), would have softened it to the point where the spars and ribs would weigh it down enough to distort its aerodynamic properties and disrupt its ability to create lift.
      By prolonged exposure, I mean hours.
      Smacking the tunnel ruined the aerodynamics much quicker. 🤣

    • @barrybarlowe5640
      @barrybarlowe5640 Рік тому +2

      They wouldn't know that the steam and smoke would do anything worse than inconvenience him. In that Era, flying was still, to most folk, akin to magic.
      My mother used to talk about a plane ride she got from her older cousin in the 1920s in an SE. 5

  • @Don_Camillo
    @Don_Camillo Рік тому +1

    Roe Triplane.

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland Рік тому

    In the early days of aviation, pilots mostly flew very low so they could spot landmarks and follow rail tracks.
    When they started carrying passengers, some began flying directly above the rail tracks so the passengers couldn't see the train outpace them.
    This was when pilots had no real flight instruments to speak of.
    *RE: Cooling Towers - Dutch engineers Frederik van Iterson and Gerard Kuypers patented the hyperboloid cooling tower in 1918, with the first being built near Heerlen that year. The UK saw the first tower being built in 1924 in Liverpool, to cool water used at a coal-fired electrical power station*

    • @andrewallen9993
      @andrewallen9993 Рік тому

      I'm qualified for IFR
      Oh, you navigate using Instrument Flying Rules?
      No, I Follow Railways

  • @gargoyle7863
    @gargoyle7863 Рік тому +1

    1:10 modern power plant 😅

  • @japc4326
    @japc4326 Рік тому +1

    Look at 1:13 Nuclear cooling towers in the long shot..lol...

  • @gavinwalker8670
    @gavinwalker8670 Рік тому +1

    1:53 😂

  • @libertyvilleguy2903
    @libertyvilleguy2903 Рік тому +1

    At 1:11, you can see nuclear plant cooling towers in the background.

  • @philipreiffel5077
    @philipreiffel5077 Рік тому +4

    Somewhere in the movie Benny hill shows up.

    • @uttaradit2
      @uttaradit2 Рік тому +4

      in a fire engine with girls chasing it

  • @newbeginnings8566
    @newbeginnings8566 Рік тому +4

    Blast.....

  • @SRV2013
    @SRV2013 Рік тому +3

    Did anyone else notice the nuclear power plant in the background?

    • @Genius_at_Work
      @Genius_at_Work Рік тому +3

      *Coal. Any Steam Powerplant may have Cooling Towers.

    • @SRV2013
      @SRV2013 Рік тому

      Oh? I've never those type of cooling towers anywhere but on nuclear plants. @@Genius_at_Work

  • @des_smith7658
    @des_smith7658 Рік тому

    Looks like there's a leak on the smoke box door

  • @grahamo22
    @grahamo22 Рік тому +2

    the stupid thing is that if he didnt try to cheat, he would have probably won anyway.

  • @eliotreader8220
    @eliotreader8220 Рік тому +2

    I believe engine drivers are called engineers in French?

  • @НиколайОвчинников-ш5к

    Хошая комеия суппер😊😊😊

  • @Oddball5.0
    @Oddball5.0 Рік тому

    He’s flying IFR: I follow railroads.
    Also, why is there a nuclear power plant in the background? 😅

  • @mabcapri2527
    @mabcapri2527 5 місяців тому

    Anybody remember the movie Labyrinth

  • @ThreeOaks79
    @ThreeOaks79 Рік тому +2

    boy, filmed on television. You can not be serious?

  • @bastiaanstapelberg9018
    @bastiaanstapelberg9018 Рік тому +1

    Jammer dat je een moderne elektriciteitcentrale op de achtergrond ziet.

  • @montybasset
    @montybasset Рік тому +1

    The nuclear power station 😂 all right it was coal, is it the one near Nottingham?❤

  • @Gendos_Iz_Tallina
    @Gendos_Iz_Tallina Рік тому

    Stop the pigeon !

  • @ahalfar16
    @ahalfar16 10 місяців тому

    Are those nuclear power plant cooling towers in the far background?

  • @vanpenguin22
    @vanpenguin22 Рік тому +1

    He was the corny Englishman in every sitcom from Bewitch. To Andy Griffith and so on

    • @des_smith7658
      @des_smith7658 Рік тому

      And the proprietor of Dreadnought motor traction in St Trinians

    • @vanpenguin22
      @vanpenguin22 Рік тому

      @@des_smith7658 Bernard Fox

    • @des_smith7658
      @des_smith7658 Рік тому

      @@vanpenguin22 We are talking about Terry Thomas ?

    • @vanpenguin22
      @vanpenguin22 Рік тому

      @@des_smith7658 Bernard Fox

    • @vanpenguin22
      @vanpenguin22 Рік тому

      Actually,
      I bet you're right
      I bet that's Terry Thomas

  • @tircan
    @tircan Рік тому

    後ろに原子力発電所の煙突が😂