"This is a map of all the land we've gained from the enemy." "And what is the scale of this map, Darling?" "1-1, sir." "A what to a what, a yard to a mile?" "A yard to a yard." "So how much land have we gotten?" Darling gets out a roll of tape and measures the scale model. "About 10^2 yards." "Well that's not much at all, is it?" "Well no, but it's got a lot of detail. See look, there's a little worm."
Unfortunately they ran out of manpower so now the British army form threes! 'Three ranks one be'ind the other twice!' You ain't lived till you dunn'it!
Much prefer the music hall version. That sounds like regular Tommys singing. This version has the top brass singing about sergeants waking them up and blushing to rude words. Almost like the filmmakers totally missed the point.
Was more talking about the lyrics of the song and how the wrong guys are singing it. It's a bit like making a movie of West Side Story. And having the cops sing Officer Krupke.
Walnut BrosProductions It doesn't realise the irony in the situation, not this version. It plays the the old "brass are detached as the troops get slaughtered" cliche. That isn't the point of the song. It isn't about the top brass, it is about the view of the troops. All the optimism is sarcasm. That's the joke. That's the satire. That's the irony the movie makers missed. The song is an old music hall song. The song is about army life in the trenches. Playing down the conditions with misplaced optimism. With lyrics like. Up to your waist in water, Up to your eyes in slush, Using the kind of language That makes the sergeants blush and Come to the cook-house door, boys, Sniff at the lovely stew, Who is it says the colonel Gets better grub than you ? Any complaints this morning? Do we complain ? Not we. What's the matter with lumps of onion Floating around the tea ? So when a movie comes out with the top brass signing about mucking around in the trenches with the good old Tommy... it is lame. This really is the cops in West Side Story singing Gee Officer Krupke
but then there's something quite poetic about missing the point isn't there? Richard Attenborough was a smart guy, and I think he's getting this bit wrong on purpose. You're absolutely right, there is something slightly odd, even insulting about the top brass singing a song about Tommys having a bad time of it. And that's the point. The officers are so detached they don't even think about the lyrics. They just sing and dance to the song because it's fun and catchy.
@@mwnciboo 100s of generations of intermarriage means there is a distinct AngloCeltic identity that incorporates all the already related tribes of the British Isles.
flash forward 2024 and Im sure there are groups in Tel Aviv, Washington, Tehran , Moscow and Kyiv doing the same moronic song and dance..all rich and old......
British soldier: I wonder what our commander is doing.
*Meanwhile at headquarters*
Seems about right.
WW1 generals when they lose 2.000.000 men but gained 1 yard
Hey thats an improvement over yesterday
@@heccsclips3319Yeah! Instead of 3.000.000 men and half a yard!
@@thevirtualpug3d868 😂
You mean generals all the time
"This is a map of all the land we've gained from the enemy."
"And what is the scale of this map, Darling?"
"1-1, sir."
"A what to a what, a yard to a mile?"
"A yard to a yard."
"So how much land have we gotten?"
Darling gets out a roll of tape and measures the scale model.
"About 10^2 yards."
"Well that's not much at all, is it?"
"Well no, but it's got a lot of detail. See look, there's a little worm."
I typed “Tragedies of the great war” in the search bar and this happened to be on the Results. Is UA-cam sending me a message?
Yep, the sattire.
Yes
0:22 "Form fours RRRRRRIGHT turn". I love that
Don't we all?
Indeed.
Headquarters: How did operation Overlord go?
Soldier: We took it, but we lost about 150000-
Headquarters:
Operation Overlord was during WW2… So the Somme will do.
but compare to ww1 battles operation overlord was a major success.
@@strasseristsgaming3995 there were many battles in ww1 that were succesful, its just they get overshadowed by the disasters
D-Day went well... in any sort of assault you have to expect casualties.
Overlord was a brilliant success. Hitler believed his Atlantic Wall to be impregnable. The allies broke through it in a day.
I thought this was a comedy, not a documentary! 😄 How did they get such great historical footage?
That was an actual satirical song from England in ww1.
Actually, it was originally a recruitment song.
All of the songs in this movie were sung by the men in the trenches and the families back home.
British sarcasm as it is
Indeed it is! Especially if you've managed your stocks correctly. Lockheed Martin / Northrup Grumman / Military Industrial Complex. :/
Man the second one was a more lovely war
What every soldier thinks is actually going on in HQ, in every war, ever.
oH oH ITS A LOVLEY wARrrRrRrRR 👍💞
My vibe
Politicans after investing in arms manufacturers
BRITAIN THROUGH ALL OF HISTORY
Unfortunately they ran out of manpower so now the British army form threes! 'Three ranks one be'ind the other twice!' You ain't lived till you dunn'it!
Much prefer the music hall version. That sounds like regular Tommys singing. This version has the top brass singing about sergeants waking them up and blushing to rude words.
Almost like the filmmakers totally missed the point.
It's an entertaining film but not much value as history.
Was more talking about the lyrics of the song and how the wrong guys are singing it.
It's a bit like making a movie of West Side Story. And having the cops sing Officer Krupke.
Walnut BrosProductions It doesn't realise the irony in the situation, not this version. It plays the the old "brass are detached as the troops get slaughtered" cliche. That isn't the point of the song. It isn't about the top brass, it is about the view of the troops. All the optimism is sarcasm.
That's the joke. That's the satire. That's the irony the movie makers missed.
The song is an old music hall song. The song is about army life in the trenches. Playing down the conditions with misplaced optimism. With lyrics like.
Up to your waist in water,
Up to your eyes in slush,
Using the kind of language
That makes the sergeants blush
and
Come to the cook-house door, boys,
Sniff at the lovely stew,
Who is it says the colonel
Gets better grub than you ?
Any complaints this morning?
Do we complain ? Not we.
What's the matter with lumps of onion
Floating around the tea ?
So when a movie comes out with the top brass signing about mucking around in the trenches with the good old Tommy... it is lame.
This really is the cops in West Side Story singing Gee Officer Krupke
Entertaining: yes. Historical: no
but then there's something quite poetic about missing the point isn't there? Richard Attenborough was a smart guy, and I think he's getting this bit wrong on purpose. You're absolutely right, there is something slightly odd, even insulting about the top brass singing a song about Tommys having a bad time of it. And that's the point. The officers are so detached they don't even think about the lyrics. They just sing and dance to the song because it's fun and catchy.
When the UK resident population was 100% AngloCeltic.
AngloCeltic... wtf you on about... No Normans, Saxons, Picts, Gaels...
@@mwnciboo
100s of generations of intermarriage means there is a distinct AngloCeltic identity that incorporates all the already related tribes of the British Isles.
Who is the French aide dancing with John Mills?
great movie suprised oliver got the baffta for suporting actore , more deserving i think ?
flash forward 2024 and Im sure there are groups in Tel Aviv, Washington, Tehran , Moscow and Kyiv doing the same moronic song and dance..all rich and old......
Not relevant
#2018NEC100yearcenteneryconcert
Anyone else here from the 2023 movie *Bunker* ?
The ruling class right now regarding Ukraine and Palestine
Not relevant
dispeople are crazy like the relay is a lovely war ? more like a defeat war to me
The song itself is one of those soldier songs with a macabre sense of humour, they aren’t really saying war is wonderful
@@thetourettesgamer8851 foreigners rarely understand British humour.
Well wasn't a 'defeat war' Britain did still win the war whatever the cost was....
@@joejoe6622 no one wins wars
@@alexcc8664 true, but the British did lose less than the German's