Dunkirk (2004)

Dunkirk DVD Cover Country United Kingdom Directed by Alex Holmes Release Date February 18 - 20, 2004 Language English French German Studio British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Distributor British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Main Cast Character Actor Lieutenant Jimmy Langley Benedict Cumberbatch Winston Churchill Simon Russell Beale Private Alf Tombs Clive Brunt Harry Noakes Nicholas Jones Major Philip Newman Rick Warden Lord Halifax Richard Durden Capt Bill Tennant Adrian Rawlins Narrator Timothy Dalton

Dunkirk is a three-part 2004 UK documentary about the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from Dunkirk in 1940. The documentation follows the story of normal soldiers and their commanding officers but also describes the situation around Winston Churchill. During the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht conducted the so-called Western Campaign, which lasted from May 10 to June 25, 1940. In the course of it, the northern French town of Dunkirk was also attacked and subsequently besieged, which at that time was the last port of evacuation for the British Expeditionary Force. Some 370,000 British and French troops were encircled by the Germans. But because the troops were ordered to hold their ground, this freed up valuable time to launch Operation Dynamo, the largest rescue operation in world history to date, in which nearly 340,000 men were brought to Britain by sea.

The following weapons were used in the film Dunkirk:

Handguns

Webley Mk. VI

The Webley Mk VI is used by British officers.

Webley Mark IV - .455 Webley

A British officer fires his Webley (E01).

A lose up of Capt. Bill Tennant's (Adrian Rawlins) Webley (E01).

A sailor checks his revolver (E03).

Luger P08

A Waffen SS officer executes a British officer with a Luger P08.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

The SS officer fires his pistol (E01).

Walther P38

Another SS soldier executes British soldiers with a Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P38 with black grips - 9x19mm

The P38 is seen (E01).

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III

The Lee-Enfield No. I Mk III is briefly seen.

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

The magazine cutoff is seen (E03).

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*

The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is used mainly by British soldiers including Jimmy Langley (Benedict Cumberbatch).

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

Private Garside (Mark Bagnall) cleans his rifle (E01).

He aims his SMLE (E01).

A British soldier fires his rifle (E01).

Closer view of Langley's SMLE (E03).

Karabiner 98k

German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS soldiers use Karabiner 98ks.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

An SS soldier aims his Karabiner (E01).

Another SS soldier guards British PoWs (E01).

MAS-36

French soldiers are seen with MAS-36 rifles.

MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French

French soldier with his rifle over his shoulder (E03).

French soldiers onboat the HMS Malcom (E03).

Submachine Guns

MP38

The MP38 is used by an SS soldier.

Maschinenpistole 38 - 9x19mm

The SS soldier with his MP38 (E01).

MP40

German soldiers use MP40s.

Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm

The MP40 is seen through a hole of a barm (E01).

Machine Guns

Bren Mk. I

British soldiers including Lt. Jimmy Langley use Bren Mk1s.

Bren Mark I - .303 British

British soldier fires his Bren (E01).

Langley aims his Bren (E03).

The Muzzle of his Bren (E03).

Handgrenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

German Wehrmacht and SS soldiers use Model 24 Stielhandgranates.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

An SS soldier prepares a grenade (E01).

Other

Bofors 40mm

A Bofors 40mm is seen on the beach of Dunkirk.

Bofors 40mm L/60 AA - 40x311mmR

The Bofors on the beach (E03).

Ordnance QF 25-pounder

An Ordnance QF 25-pounder Howitzes is also seen.

Royal Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun - 87.6mm

The covered howitzer on the beach (E03).