A variation on the dream theme was used in McDonogh's The Defense of Hill 781 (1988). The friendly forces are trapped in a battlefield purgatory, as a consequence of earthly misdemeanours, until they earn their trip to heaven. There is a significant structural difference in that the lessons learned are applied to a sequence of different missions, not refighting the same battle half a dozen times.
The war memorial was a prop there was not a memorial attached to the church 1177043 Richard Henry HAZELL, RAFVR: 19/08/1941 (& Turville from Went The Day Well)
Went the Day Well Went the Day Well? (1942) - IMDb Went the Day Well? - Wikipedia -- x -- https://podbay.fm/p/reel-britannia/e/1653238939 Went The Day Well? (1942) - Posted May 22, 2022. May 1942. The small English village of Bramley End is visited by a detachment of about 60 Royal Engineers. They are ostensibly there on an exercise but are in actual fact a detachment of German paratroopers, the advance guard of Hitler's invasion of England. Some of the villagers figure out their true identities but before they can do anything all the villagers are held prisoner by the Germans. Will the villagers be able to get word out of the threat? The fate of England depends on them. “Oh, you great beast! You great bullying brute you, knocking a child about! You're a disgrace to your uniform! Why, you're no better than a German, - that's what you are!” -- x -- Turville - Wikipedia Gloucestershire Regiment - Wikipedia
The soldiers are wearing the Tulip formation sign of the Lincolnshire County Division - later the 212th Independent Infantry Brigade under command of 54th Division. 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment served in the Brigade (7 October 1940 — 14 July 1942)
Thanks to all for the recommendations I enjoyed it very much Full movie Went The Day Well? : Alberto Cavalcanti : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Brilliant film. First saw it when I was about 17 and in sixth form at school. I was studying British & European history which covered the war period. The next day in class we used the film as the basis of a discussion of what we might have done if we had lived at the time and the UK was invaded.
How come, since you were all doing so well, that I should be the first to point out tnat Turville was where the rural WW2 scenes ofGoodnight Mr Tom ( were also filmed ?
