Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016.
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Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016.
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
RedToo
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Seems to be this film. A real oddity. The description in the second link says it all. As a bonus I never knew there was a website dedicated to buses on screen!
Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016.
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
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Originally Posted by RedToo
Seems to be this film. A real oddity.
It's was an indigenous Italian film industry production hence why the vast majority of us have never heard of it.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Although seeming rather amateur to our eyes, considering that it is a film about the travails of a previously hostile nation , it seem quite sympathetic to the British cause. And the beach scenes create a better atmosphere than the recent 'Dunkirk' I feel. I wonder if they featured the ill fated participation of the Regia Aeronautica in the latter days of the Battle?
Some of the derogatory terms for Italians used by the commentator may cause offence, but it is of it's time!
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Originally Posted by BD-123
Some of the derogatory terms for Italians used by the commentator may cause offence, but it is of it's time!
Am I a bad person for actually laughing at some of the comments made by the narrator?
My ancestry is half Italian anyway but I had no problem with the Pathe newsreel.
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Originally Posted by Chucky
I don't get to use this word much,but that video was very much jingoistic propaganda
Sure it was but it was still pretty tame stuff compared to the Axis newsreels during WWII.
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