Great War Movie Themes

[Inuyasha4lif]

Hitler Had only one ball His mother The dirty bugger cut it of when Hitler was small She threw it Right into a conker tree And it landed into the deep blue sea The Fishes Brought out their dishes And had Scallops and Ballocks for Tea

[someonespadre]

This is the Colonel Bogey March by Lieutenant (Leftnenant in British) F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945). The real Bridge is a steel bridge that still stands.

[blah5533]

@someonespadre Leftnenant?? is that a new rank in british or what?

[VEWenneker]

While as a Marine Corps sergeant during Vietnam I went to Thailand just to specifically see "The Bridges" on the River Kwai.

It was all so soul and heart rendering to the point of physical pain. There, row after row, of crosses with the words "Known but to God". Thousands of them. As for the ages listed for those known, seldom were they more than 19 or 20...and so very many survivors of HMS Rodney and HMS Prince of Wales.

[overlookNW237]

bridge of river kwai by mitch miller

hes 99 years old for those who want to know

[SgtFenix007]

Classic tune and done well in MoH: Rising Sun

[quigleybrown]

Comet

It tastes like gasoline

Comet

It smells like Vasoline

Comet

Will make you vomit

So get some Comet

and vomit today.......!

[2walsall]

the other is in the albert hall ,his mother the dirty fucker .lol oh to be back at school

[14music94]

Hitler he only had one ball! lol

[stevenreiss]

the other was in the albert hall - or so the song went.

[leighparkboy]

Them dam dam DAMBUSTERS EH?

[Myles0Harcourt]

Beautiful

[avatarnarutochuck]

Okay, let's get the facts straight. Kenneth Alford composed the Colonel Bogey March. But he didn't score the film, The Bridge On The River Kwai. That was Sir Malcolm Arnold who arranged and added a new counter-meldoy of this March and incorporated this to the film, for which he won an Oscar.

[dianakiton]

It's a great films and it's music. All your collectons is so beautiful.

[river2walk]

Your damn lucky they didn't put you fella's building bridges as well!..... there was no marching in my school, o no my son, they beat the hell out of us. Still it was good exercise for them, Einstein himself would have given up on us!

[323bebe2]

Shit this used to be marching music at primary school marching round the quadrangle at Kerrimuir Primary School in Melbourne Australia in the 60s/70s

[river2walk]

hA! why not start it again!

[TRSfan123]

My band played this song last year, I still have the sheet music. All the trumpets and percussionists the first time whistled! lol

[matt2house]

"BUT THIS IS WAR NOT A GAME OF CRICKET"

favourite line out of the film

[CRClark1138]

Ummm, The Bridge on the River Kwai took place during WWII, not WWI or "The Great War" as it is called here and by other people.

So maybe "World War Two Movie Themes" would be more accurate.

[river2walk]

Thats a very interesting comment CRClark1138!..and you certainly have a point as all the themes are actually from movies about WWII...however I have posted these themes as "Great War Movie Themes" the emphasis being on war movies rather than themes from movies about the Great War which unfortunately do not to my knowledge exist. This is a great pity as WWI is a fascinating part of history.

[ld12311231]

The Doughboy went over the top, to see what he could see!

Wikipedia that one - there's a great theme from the Great One!

[SgtFenix007]

@river2walk

correction there is the "All's Quiet on the Western Front" and  "Flyboys" themes (two great Great War A.K.A WWI Themes

[shrub74]

@river2walk Dude, Gallipoli.

[someonespadre]

@CRClark1138 Great "War Movie" Themes not "Great War" Movie Themes.

[FortunaFortesJuvat]

Hitler

Had only one left ball

Goebbels

Had two but very small

Himmler

Was somewhat sim'lar

And fat old Goering

Had no balls

At all

[river2walk]

Very funny mate...but I never heard of a man with two left balls!..although I'm not ashamed to say that I have two 'Right' ones! How about writing a poem about that!

[Myles0Harcourt]

She threw it

into the apple tree

The wind blue it

Into the Deep blue sea

The fishes

Got out their dishes

And they had scollops

And Bollocks

For tea.

[river2walk]

Very good MylesOHarcourt!...I'll memorise your ditty and recite it during some late night session!

[SlowlyJordison]

Haha :D

[Myles0Harcourt]

Hitler

Has only got one ball

Goering's

Are shrivelled and too small

And 'immler

is rather sim'lar

But Dr Goebbels

Has no Balls

At all.

[Evisophie]

du laberst scheiße Hitler hatte zwei eier ohman

[evo5dave]

Nope. I think you will find the other is in the Albert Hall. :p

[hlimkb]

@Myles0Harcourt

great victory comes from great leadership,

anglo french were defeated within 1 month in france,

5500 B17 lost in the battle 4 europe,

[beethsonnet]

@Myles0Harcourt faggot jew!

[Myles0Harcourt]

@beethsonnet

I hope that you are joking.

[beethsonnet]

@Myles0Harcourt  i am

[Myles0Harcourt]

Hitler

Has only got one ball

The other

Is in Albert 'all

His Mother

The dirty bugger

She cut it off

When Hitler

Was Small.

[Nabukuduriuzhur]

Like most Hollywood, though, about 30% fact and 70% fiction. General Toosey (Col. Nicholson in the film) did what he could to set the record straight, but most will never hear the real story. :(

[historygenius]

There's a History Channel program that sheds light on the issue.

[xannatose2]

so this is where that song came from...i feel like i've been living in a box, lol

[hmasmelbourne]

Well the song did not come from the movie, it was writain by a Royal Marine Band Master in 1914, but was used for the movie.

[river2walk]

Well! Thats a new one on me!..thanks a milion for info..lol

[FortunaFortesJuvat]

It's called Colonel Bogey's March

[meldreamy]

thanks for posting :p