Dunkirk

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Country	United Kingdom
Directed by	Leslie Norman
Release Date	March 20, 1958
Language	English French German
Studio	Ealing Studios
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Corporal "Tubby" Binns	John Mills
Private Mike	Robert Urquhart
Private Barlow	Ray Jackson
Private Dave Bellman	Meredith Edwards
Charles Foreman	Bernard Lee
John Holden	Richard Attenborough

Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and was based on two novels: Elleston Trevor's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk. The movie tells the events of the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from Dunkirk in 1940 (Operation Dynamo). As her officer dies, Corporal "Tubby" Binns has the task of bringing his fighting men out of France and into Britain. Meanwhile, the British civilian population including Charles Foreman and John Holden crossing the English Channel by boat will be included in Operation Dynamo to rescue English and French soldiers on the beaches of Dunkirk from the advancing German Wehrmacht.

Director Christopher Nolan would also tell the story of Operation Dynamo in the similarly named 2017 film.

The following weapons were used in the film Dunkirk:

Revolvers

Webley Mk. VI

British officers including Lieutenant Lumpkin (Kenneth Cope) and Military Police officers are seen with holstered Webley Mk VI revolvers. An English soldier is later seen firing a Webley at incoming Germans.

Webley Mark IV - .455 Webley

The holstered Webley of Battery Sergeant Major (Warwick Ashton) is seen while receiving a fire mission from the Major (Peter Halliday) who also carries a Webley.

An MP officer talks with Cpl. Binns.

The soldier on the right holds his revolver.

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*

The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is the correct rifle for the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 including Cpl. Binns (John Mills) and his platoon members Pvt. Harper (Roland Curram), Pvt. Fraser (Denys Graham), and Pvt. Balow (Ray Jackson). The matching Pattern 1907 sword bayonets are seen holstered.

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mark III* - .303 British

"Pardon, où sont les anglais?"
"Dead stupid. Don't understand their own language."
Cpl. Binns carries his SMLE on his shoulder while he encounters French refugees.

A closer view of the muzzle of Balow's rifle.

Cpl. Binns searches a farmhouse with his SMLE at the ready.

Having an engagement with a German patrol, Cpl. Binns keeps their heads down with his Lee-Enfield. During this firefight, he fires thirteen shots without reloading; but with one malfunction.

As the platoon arrives at Dunkirk they fire their rifles at some Stukas.

Binns and other Brits hold their shouldered rifles.

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III

Some early Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III rifles with magazine cutoffs are also used by British soldiers like Pvt. Mike Russell (Robert Urquhart) and Pvt. Bellman (Meredith Edwards).

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mark III - .303 British

A view of the receiver of Pvt. Bellman's rifle.

A Sergeant (Christopher Rhodes) holds his SMLE. Note the rounded striker and the magazine cutoff.

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers use Karabiner 98k with Lange Visier rear sights from Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles like in Richard Attenborough's 1977 World War II film A Bridge Too Far.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A German runs with his Kar98k in his right hand.

German soldiers fire their carbines from a bridge at British soldiers.

A German encounters Dave with his Kar98k which has a straight bolt handle.

Several Karabiners stucked together on the left while the soldiers rest near an Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track.

MAS 36

When Cpl. Binns' platoon has arrived at Dunkirk French soldiers can be seen with MAS-36 rifles.

MAS 36 - 7.5x54mm MAS 1929C

A column of British and French soldiers marches to the beach.

The French soldiers get to cover which offers a better view of the rifles.

Submachine Guns

MP 40

Some MP 40s are carried by German soldiers.

Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum

A (possible) Unterfeldwebel (Staff Sergeant) opens fires with his MP 40 at the running Binns.

Machine Guns

Bren Mk. I

Several Bren Mk. Is are used by British soldiers including Pvt. Miles (Ronald Hines). Pvt. Harper is seen carrying his Bren while withdrawing.

Bren Mark I - .303 British

Pvt. Miles suppresses some Germans with his Bren while Pvt. Harper holds the next full magazine.

After they pulled back a little he awaits some bouches.

Miles carries the Bren during the night through the German camp.

While in Dunkirk he fires at some archival footage Stuka Ju 87.

A Bren lies on a Destroyer.

MG 34

German soldiers place a MG 34 on a bridge.

MG 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Soldiers under pressure try to set up the MG 34.

Vickers Mk. I

A Vickers is seen in a defensive position. The gun is not actually fired; the cartridges are still in the belt coming out of the gun.

Vickers Mk. I - .303 British

A close look at the front barrel and muzzle.

The Vickers in "action".

The bullets are still in the belt.

Chatellerault M1924/29

Two French soldiers are briefly seen carrying Chatellerault M1924/29s.

Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1924/29 - 7.5x54mm MAS 1929C

The soldier to the far right carries the Chatellerault.

Another soldier in the background holds the light machine gun.

Lewis Gun

A Lewis Gun is seen in a British position and later a troopship is also armed with one of it. During the newsreel at the beginning, two Lewis Mk II Aircraft MG equipped with 97-round magazines are seen mounted in an AA position.