Dunkirk
DVD Cover
Country
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Directed by
Alex Holmes
Release Date
February 18 - 20, 2004
Language
English French German
Studio
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Distributor
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Lieutenant Jimmy Langley
Benedict Cumberbatch
Winston Churchill
Simon Russell Beale
Private Alf Tombs
Clive Brunt
Harry Noakes
Nicholas Jones
Major Philip Newman
Rick Warden
Lord Halifax
Richard Durden
Capt Bill Tennant
Adrian Rawlins
Narrator
Timothy Dalton
Dunkirk is a three-part 2004 UK documentary about the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from Dunkirk in 1940. The documentation follows the story of normal soldiers and their commanding officers but also describes the situation around Winston Churchill. During the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht conducted the so-called Western Campaign, which lasted from May 10 to June 25, 1940. In the course of it, the northern French town of Dunkirk was also attacked and subsequently besieged, which at that time was the last port of evacuation for the British Expeditionary Force. Some 370,000 British and French troops were encircled by the Germans. But because the troops were ordered to hold their ground, this freed up valuable time to launch Operation Dynamo, the largest rescue operation in world history to date, in which nearly 340,000 men were brought to Britain by sea.
The following weapons were used in the film Dunkirk :
Handguns
Webley Mk. VI
The Webley Mk VI is used by British officers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British officer fires his Webley (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A lose up of Capt. Bill Tennant's (Adrian Rawlins) Webley (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor checks his revolver (E03).
Luger P08
A Waffen SS officer executes a British officer with a Luger P08 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SS officer fires his pistol (E01).
Walther P38
Another SS soldier executes British soldiers with a Walther P38 pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The P38 is seen (E01).
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III
The Lee-Enfield No. I Mk III is briefly seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The magazine cutoff is seen (E03).
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*
The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is used mainly by British soldiers including Jimmy Langley (Benedict Cumberbatch ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Private Garside (Mark Bagnall) cleans his rifle (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing He aims his SMLE (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British soldier fires his rifle (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of Langley's SMLE (E03).
Karabiner 98k
German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS soldiers use Karabiner 98ks .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS soldier aims his Karabiner (E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another SS soldier guards British PoWs (E01).
MAS-36
French soldiers are seen with MAS-36 rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing French soldiers onboat the HMS Malcom (E03).
Submachine Guns
MP38
The MP38 is used by an SS soldier.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The SS soldier with his MP38 (E01).
MP40
German soldiers use MP40s .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MP40 is seen through a hole of a barm (E01).
Machine Guns
Bren Mk. I
British soldiers including Lt. Jimmy Langley use Bren Mk1s .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Langley aims his Bren (E03).
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Handgrenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
German Wehrmacht and SS soldiers use Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS soldier prepares a grenade (E01).
Other
Bofors 40mm
A Bofors 40mm is seen on the beach of Dunkirk.
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Ordnance QF 25-pounder
An Ordnance QF 25-pounder Howitzes is also seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The covered howitzer on the beach (E03).