The Cockleshell Heroes, Movie, 1955

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Author	Message
humungus ◊ 2023-10-18 18:39	Not a terribly successful re-enactment of a mostly suicide mission by the Royal Marines that took sometime in 1942. Some backgroundmobiles: -> -> -> (not the convertible in the middle) -> -> For once a British locomotive: Movie magic:
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-10-18 19:12	Thumb 2 Austin 7 Thumb 4 Ford Ten Model CX 5/1936. Thumb 10 Morris Minor?? -- Last edit: 2023-10-18 23:36:40
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-10-18 19:18	The locomotive is a London and South Western Railway Class T9 4-4-0, designed by Dugald Drummond, built 1899, scrapped 1961. 66 were constructed for express passenger work, they could reach 85mph, and were thus given the nickname “Greyhound” as a class. It is showing an anachronistic British Railways number. B.R. Was not formed until 1948, well after the end of WW2. -- Last edit: 2023-10-18 19:24:34
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-10-18 19:54	Thumb 6: Austin Seven Singer SM1500 Dunno Ford Prefect Standard Vanguard. I’m stumped on the Woodie, but the original image has a Bentley R-type in it. -- Last edit: 2023-10-18 19:56:50
humungus ◊ 2023-10-18 19:57	^ Thanks, John. I was wondering about that sedan...
sixcyl ◊ 2023-10-25 11:08	Aircraft at https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=The_Cockleshell_Heroes by courtesy of humungus who provided these pictures.

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