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Went The Day Well?

DVD Cover Art

Country	United Kingdom
Directed by	Alberto Cavalcanti
Release Date	1942
Language	English
Studio	Ealing Studios
Distributor	Associated British Film Distributors

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Oliver Wilsford	Leslie Banks
Nora Ashton	Valerie Taylor
Kommandant Orlter a.k.a Major Hammond	Basil Sydney
Tom Sturry	Frank Lawton

Went the Day Well? is a 1942 film which was released in Great Britain as unofficial propaganda. In the (fictional) village of Bramley End, a platoon of British soldiers arrive on maneuvers. They are welcomed by the residents, until it is revealed they are German paratroopers serving as the vanguard for the invasion. The villagers are rounded up and put in the Town Hall, where they try to get the word out to the Home Guard whilst planning an uprising. It is (loosely) based on a short story by Graham Greene, The Lieutenant Died Last and this plot bears some resemblance to the Jack Higgins novel The Eagle Has Landed and its 1976 film adaptation.

The following weapons were used in the film Went the Day Well?:

Sidearms

Colt New Service

The Colt New Service is carried by Lieutenant Jung (David Farrar) and several other German paratroopers. One of these revolvers is captured by the villagers, and used in the uprising, notably by Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield) and Nora Ashton (Valerie Taylor). One scene shows a close-up of it being fired, which gives an excellent view of the hammer cocking back.

Colt New Service - .45 Caliber

A German paratrooper aims his Colt New Service. Note the trigger being gently squeezed and the hammer being cocked back.

The revolver after firing - note the smoke, the finger easing off the trigger and the hammer back in position.

A Colt New Service revolver lying on a smashed table.

Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield) fires on German paratroopers with a captured revolver.

Nora Ashton (Valerie Taylor) unloads a Colt New Service. The panicked firing and closed eyes are in-character.

Lieutenant Jung (David Farrar) fires his revolver during a counterattack.

Webley Mk VI

Kommandant Orlter (Basil Sydney) and several of the paratroopers under his command carry the Webley Mk VI.

Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley

Kommandant Orlter (Basil Sydney) aims his Webley Mk VI.

A German soldier draws his Webley.

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Poacher Bill Purvis (Edward Rigby) carries a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.

Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge

Bill Purvis (Edward Rigby) with his 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.

Bill Purvis fires his shotgun at a German paratrooper.

Submachine Guns

M1921A Thompson

The M1921A Thompson is carried by German soldiers, fitted with a 50-round drum magazine. It is later captured and used by the villagers, notably Tom Sturry (Frank Lawton), his father Jim (Norman Pierce) and Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield).

Colt M1921A Thompson - .45 ACP

Tom Sturry (Frank Lawton) with a captured M1921A Thompson.

Jim Sturry (Norman Pierce) with a Thompson.

Peggy (Elizabeth Allan) brings in a captured M1921A Thompson.

An M1921A Thompson in a weapons stockpile.

Tom with his Thompson.

Joe Garbett (Johnnie Schofield) opens up with his M1921A Thompson.

Joe loads his last magazine.

Tom fires on infiltrating paratroopers.

M1928A1 Thompson

The M1928A1 Thompson is used by several German soldiers, fitted with a stick magazine.

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP

An M1928A1 Thompson is visible behind Kommandant Orlter (Basil Sydney).

A German paratrooper ambushes a Home Guard patrol.

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*

The Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* is used by German paratroopers and British Army and Home Guard soldiers, as well as the villagers, notably Land's Army girls Peggy (Elizabeth Allan) and Ivy (Thora Hird).