@rofflemows2 even if they were old and worn-out men back then they were used as a morale boost on the home front , no matter how old someone get if that person is going to risk there life for you even if there a small likely hood of attack you are going fell safe if someone out there looking out for you so
Every time I listen to this, it makes me think of a my Grandpa.(He is still alive but served in WW2, he was in Egypt) I still get a bit choked up listening to this, very proud and patriotic. I wasn't even born in Britain but my grandparents really Anglophiled me at a young age. I developed a Scottish accent even though I'd never been there in my life.
the Home Guard was mainly comprised of worn-out old men and hotshot younger people who couldn't/didn't serve in the regular military...they generally had outdated weapons, no real chain of command, and didn't actually contribute anything of military value to the war effort. the military barely recognized their organization. any armed engagement with well-trained German troops would have ended disastrously for the Home Guard.
NOT treating Disney movies as history lessons is a good idea =/
whats sad is these guys probably were world war 1 and 2 veterans :( nowadays a parade like this would get outrage by the filthy muslim scum, and youd have some politically correct asian woman on the bbc announcing this as a `bnp` parade! we live in a society now that encourages thug culture, both white and black, and that encourages no respect for anyone. these people FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES for the freedom you people enjoy now! how i hate the world today!
I am a 16 year old boy, I live in a society that expects me to be villainous and to destroy my country's morals and its property. And yet when I hear this song I get tingles :')
@MrSimmonds123 Not all young men/women are bad, and most people know that, but it is the few idiots who DO riot and destroy -and I count the eejit who recently swung from the Union Jack at The Cenotaph as a grade 'A' moron- it is the few that act in a selfish way that give the rest a bad name. But there are many more fine young people than idiots..luckily for the future of this country!
The old home guard were soldiers who fought in WWI and volunteered to defend their homeland during WW2. If England entered WW1 in 1916, and the vets defended their homeland 24 years later(like in 1940, when this film took Place) most of them would only be in their mid to late 40s.(assuming they were around 25 during 1916). So Why do the men here look so OLD?
@msnaruminem WWI casualties were so devastating that they eventually called up men as old as 51 to active service, so the old boys here are not improbable.
Amazing clip. I'm not native English speaker, so first time I saw it when I was a child I could not understand the lyrics, but notice the kind of respect persons they were representing. Now seeing this clip it's nice to listen the old people remembering us these old fashion values and still maintaining the kind of respect when I saw many years ago. It's sad nowadays Disney seems to be ashamed of making movies like this.
British people are the coolest people in the world! They're brave, self-determined, prideful to the end, and stubborn to their enemies. I'm glad to have English heritage. :)
@tomalty1991 They had to defend our country with every and any mean's possible. There wasn't enough gun's to go round so substitute's had to be found. I haven't (thankfully) had to hit someone with a spade, but I'm sure it would do some damage.
@andyaccies in the trenches they sharpened there spades to make mini axes for when the germans entered and they couldn't use the rifles. and being hit with a spade hurts alot.
@tomalty1991 They had to defend our country with every and any mean's possible. There wasn't enough gun's to go round so substitute's had to be found. I haven't (thankfully) had to hit someone with a spade, but I'm sure it would do some damage.
I know that Bedknobs marks it's 40th anniversary next year but I can't help wondering if any one of the actors who portrayed these Old Home Gaurd soliders are still alive today.
@FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW I checked most of the cast and they were all born between 1890 and 1910 so it's very unlikely ... The actor who plays Sir Teagler, Reginald Owen, died in 1972. He wa sborn in 1887.
@1998yanksftw Its during the second verse. When they sing 'whose standing firm in their own front yard.' I checked it out, its not really the guy who played Spock, but it does look like an older version of him.
@mythosflight Not quite, this is meant to be a local home guard force created by volunteers, veterans from the first world war who while they couldn't ship out to the front could still guard their homes. The keyword here is volunteers where the volkssturm were conscripted.
@mythosflight Sort of, but the Volkssturm was a kind of desperate conscription which concerned every man from 15 to 60 approximately, kids and old men, they had no choice. They helped the German war effort, most efficiently on the Eastern front. A lot of them perished, at the end they even had to destroy russian tanks.
The Homeguard included volunteers who couldn't fight in the regular army (mostly WWI veterans) and didn't fight at all since the Germans aborted the Operation Seelöwe.
I remember this song from when I was a kid, one of my favorite songs, besdies Portobello Road. (I've always loved when everyone started dancing.) And the Substitutiary Locomotion, were the armor start to move. I think I ruined our old VHS due to constantly rewinding those parts of the film. I hope to get the movie on DVD.
@ninjawraith17 Nobody mentionned the army at the end of the movie, and Tomlinson was 54 at this time, so his character seems to be in his late 40's-early 50's, not really the kind of age to join the regular army ... He is a Londoner, so he was probably transferred to a Home guard batalion near London.
Well why on earth didn't I have this song at the end of the old VHS of 'B&B' I had as a kid? My version just had Paul saying ''still got this, en't I?'', a shot of Cosmic Creepers looking disgruntled, then the credits...can anyone shed any light?
@rokarnizot I also remember my grandfather telling me stories of his days in the home guard. In particular one which reference to the Belfast Blitz. May he R.I.P
The Home Guard is one of the greatest inspirations for patriotic people throughout the world. The people of Britain not in the army were far from idle, bending every will towards the war effort. And yet they still had time to join up in their local Home Guard. Dad's Army may have mocked them but it also immortalised them, and showed that these patriots and old veterans would fight down every street and country lane, every city square and every field, in the woods and hills from north to south.
As an American and a history buff, I have a great deal of respect for the British and how they, in Churchills words - Stood Alone in 1940 while France surrendered and my own country kept dragging it's feet hoping Hitler would just go away. The fortitude of the British people, from Prime Minister Churchill all the way down to the men of the Home Guard is a proud legacy everyone in the Britain should pass down from generation to generation. This is one American who salutes the Englanders of 1940.
Now come along lads, we may have stood alone but who can we Brits rely on in Times of Need? You Lads in America are Highly loved be the british people.
@kimwildelover I just wanted to say that any country would have surrendered to Germany at that time if they were placed as close to germany as france. The fact that Great Britain is an island is highly responsible of their victory.
But I congratulate their fortitude against the Blitz for example =)
Of course, but Göring chickened out when victory was imminent. Not a brave German, or smart. If Hitler was not himself living in a cloud, he would have fired him. Only the Generals and the Admirals knew what they were doing.
@kimwildelover Without the French forces covering the retreat at Dunkirk there wouldn't have been a British army anymore and Hitler could have easily invaded Great Britain. After Dunkirk, the French inner reserves fought with bravery till the last man/tank against Hitler, whose forces were twice superior at this moment, it gave the Brits enough time to organize the coastal defenses. But this part of WW2 is ALWAYS forgotten and that's quite annoying ...
@kimwildelover The French legal government (not the Free French Forces of De Gaulle) surrendered in order to avoid total annihilation, there was no island nor enormous territory (like in USSR) to retreat on. The British government would have done the same if Hitler had successfully invaded GB (which was not possible, thanks to the Royal Navy and the RAF).
@kimwildelover Will I do definitely agree with you, Churchill was a bit of a buffoon, despite his rhetorical prowess. What I really don't like about him is that he wanted to use the German military after WW2 to continue on fighting the Soviets. Unbelievable, you'd think both the Germans and British would be sick of war by then, yeah? Urgh!
My grandad told my dad,that even if the germans hadmanaged to invade and the home guard had beeen killed,the women would have picked up guns,pans,axes,knifes and fought till teh death,he said Britian would not surrender and would rather die out then be slaves or exterminated under german hands.and the hosue wifes asked for boxes of grenades in their hosue so they could throw them at german tanks coming up the street
My father said the same thing. He said that even if the Germans had managed to occupy the British Isles, they would never have been able to occupy the British people. My father said that every man, woman and child would have done everything in their power to get rid of the Germans. He said the country would have counter-attacked on home soil and the British people would have engaged in terrorism on a mass scale where the Germans were involved. God save the Queen! God save Great Britain!
@huwwilson651 it seems we the British come together when it matters.we seem to pull together.Take wootten bassett for example,when one of our boys comes home in a coffin hundreds of people line the streets to pay respect.And when islam4uk wanted to protest,we came together to tell them to do one.
@spectre111 There is, but in my opinion it's very broken up and not as listenable as this one. Do a youtube search for like, "extended version" or something like that.
Absolutely fantastic. The bravery of all those home guard soldiers who were willing to lay down their lives to defend this beautiful Isle. That is the patriotism of Great Britain.
Favourited this! It shows, in a jocular way, the patriotism of EVERYONE in Britain at the time. RicardosRealm is right in what he says about the Empire but if it wasnt for the Empire Britain would have survived. If the Empire wasnt their and Britain had fallen then Russia would have fallen. Not only because of extra German troops but the Japanese would have attacked Russia instead of the British Empire and Italy would have taken the oil of the Middle East. So most of the world would have fallen.
u think your doomed lol, we've got gordon brown...who basically takes anything that's thrown at him. we're not far off from inforcing muslim laws in this country...n when that bomb goes off at 20012 (which i predict it will) then hopefully that will be enough to start a civil war and i can put a sword to good use haha
same. been there. this might be my favorite song in the movie. it was on last night on TCM. i recoded it on my DVR so i got to see it, but it wasn't the extended version.
Sorry now I dont mean to spoil the conversation. Charming as the song and the old men proudly singing it may be, I cant agree with your wishes of restoring the British empire to its former glory. It caused a lot of suffering and pain in many countries including Ireland. I believed that the British people have realized that by now, or have they not?
Fair point. Celebrating the British Empire opens a whole can of worms. Both very positive and very negative things happened in it's name, and you can never bring it back.
I prefer to celebrate the character of British people at their best, which this charming clip does brilliantly.
i just wish the british empire could be restored to its former glory, if winston churchill was here now he'd put gordon brown to shame i love being british
this songs gets to me every time :(
david18ireland 1 week ago
I am found of that movie myself
JES271991 1 month ago
Makes you proud to be British... :D
Hambles01 1 month ago
Some of them look like they might have been with Wellington at Waterloo :P
klein77 1 month ago
whats with the lad with the shovel xD
shovel FTW!!
god bless em :)
and R.I.P for whos needed
great movie!
impissedful 2 months ago
EVERY INCH OF ENGLAND NO MATTER WHAT THEY SEND!
PsychoBisket 2 months ago
this is my favorite movie (is it sad i know this song off by heart?)
Darkestpowers21 2 months ago
@rofflemows2 even if they were old and worn-out men back then they were used as a morale boost on the home front , no matter how old someone get if that person is going to risk there life for you even if there a small likely hood of attack you are going fell safe if someone out there looking out for you so
SHUT IT !
yoleoyo1995 2 months ago 2
They needn't have bothered. The next generation opened the gates and the world flooded in.
cantleysugar 2 months ago
When i hear this song i feel like that i am capable of anything. And i wish that great britain would be my place of birth :'(
I hate living in a country that im not proud of :'(
IrgeKristian 3 months ago
To anyone out there who has military items please tell me if u will sell them to me also I salute these proud men
Armyguy1942 3 months ago
Every time I listen to this, it makes me think of a my Grandpa.(He is still alive but served in WW2, he was in Egypt) I still get a bit choked up listening to this, very proud and patriotic. I wasn't even born in Britain but my grandparents really Anglophiled me at a young age. I developed a Scottish accent even though I'd never been there in my life.
ForsetiLover 3 months ago 2
Love this clip :)
shyboyb 3 months ago
I swear half the cast of Dad's Army is in there xD
Tripicality 3 months ago
the Home Guard was mainly comprised of worn-out old men and hotshot younger people who couldn't/didn't serve in the regular military...they generally had outdated weapons, no real chain of command, and didn't actually contribute anything of military value to the war effort. the military barely recognized their organization. any armed engagement with well-trained German troops would have ended disastrously for the Home Guard.
NOT treating Disney movies as history lessons is a good idea =/
rofflemows2 3 months ago in playlist wierd song
whats sad is these guys probably were world war 1 and 2 veterans :( nowadays a parade like this would get outrage by the filthy muslim scum, and youd have some politically correct asian woman on the bbc announcing this as a `bnp` parade! we live in a society now that encourages thug culture, both white and black, and that encourages no respect for anyone. these people FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES for the freedom you people enjoy now! how i hate the world today!
jewishclassics 3 months ago
i used to always think one of the guys in the line, was my papa! :D funny thing, he was in the milatary XD
akkihanachan1 3 months ago
Call me crazy but I think at :30 on the far right is Patrick Stewart. I'm not sure though...
1Angry8ball 4 months ago
@1Angry8ball I doubt it.
msnaruminem 4 months ago
I am a 16 year old boy, I live in a society that expects me to be villainous and to destroy my country's morals and its property. And yet when I hear this song I get tingles :')
MrSimmonds123 5 months ago 21
@MrSimmonds123 Honor and pride in country is a good thing!
LoreneFaith 5 months ago 11
@MrSimmonds123 Not all young men/women are bad, and most people know that, but it is the few idiots who DO riot and destroy -and I count the eejit who recently swung from the Union Jack at The Cenotaph as a grade 'A' moron- it is the few that act in a selfish way that give the rest a bad name. But there are many more fine young people than idiots..luckily for the future of this country!
Oakleaf700 5 months ago
@MrSimmonds123 I agree wholeheartedly.
umbongo82 4 months ago
@MrSimmonds123 It's a good trait to have. God Bless England!
GothicHorror10 2 months ago
pugiliers? so he beat enemy soldiers with his fists? cool!
Wanderingsage7 5 months ago
Those dudes look like tough old birds! Give 'em hell, soldiers! Give 'em hell!
heatstroke2008 5 months ago
These guys are pure elite,
1MagicAndMayhem1 5 months ago 8
@1MagicAndMayhem1 Indeed they are!
LoreneFaith 5 months ago 6
Good song.
thegeezerdan 6 months ago
@TheCatholicKlansman How can you be in the KKK when you're a Catholic? I though the KKK hated Catholics.
lastswordfighter 7 months ago
@msnaruminem the home guard were men either too young to fight on the front line or too old, so under 18's and over 40's
vampsandwolves 7 months ago
The old home guard were soldiers who fought in WWI and volunteered to defend their homeland during WW2. If England entered WW1 in 1916, and the vets defended their homeland 24 years later(like in 1940, when this film took Place) most of them would only be in their mid to late 40s.(assuming they were around 25 during 1916). So Why do the men here look so OLD?
msnaruminem 8 months ago
@msnaruminem WWI casualties were so devastating that they eventually called up men as old as 51 to active service, so the old boys here are not improbable.
iqeret 7 months ago
Makes me proud to be British and sad that Disney don't make these classic movies anymore.
teentuber90s 8 months ago 29
@teentuber90s Well said. Cheers!
LoreneFaith 8 months ago 14
@LoreneFaith I lvoe this song at the end, when Mr. Browne is still waving to the kids, I laughed soo hard.
Lizard239 5 months ago
@LoreneFaith I love this song at the end, when Mr. Browne is still waving to the kids, I laughed soo hard.
(this is the better post)
Lizard239 5 months ago
Amazing clip. I'm not native English speaker, so first time I saw it when I was a child I could not understand the lyrics, but notice the kind of respect persons they were representing. Now seeing this clip it's nice to listen the old people remembering us these old fashion values and still maintaining the kind of respect when I saw many years ago. It's sad nowadays Disney seems to be ashamed of making movies like this.
fernandoaldado 9 months ago 7
@fernandoaldado It is sad and a reflection of our present day shallow society.
LoreneFaith 9 months ago 3
I think it's sad that this movie didnt become famous like all the other disney movies.. like, who the hell wants to watch hannah montana?
frozendarkness38 9 months ago 2
i like this song too.
halabackatchya 10 months ago
I have never been more proud to be English. :-)
TheHappyPeter 10 months ago
old home guard... gotta give it to em....
the0341 10 months ago
British people are the coolest people in the world! They're brave, self-determined, prideful to the end, and stubborn to their enemies. I'm glad to have English heritage. :)
rebelknightrider92 11 months ago 5
always sends tingles down my spine , it just captures the british fighting spirit no matter what the odds are we will always keep our moral up.
just a song makes me proud to be British :)
Fatboylt2 11 months ago
@Fatboylt2 yeah i can understand your logic. The Tommies were always brave fighters and kept a high morale no matter how dark a situation got.
Nascarrrrrrfan 11 months ago
I use to think these guys were funny looking when I was a kid. I don't anymore. I have more respect for them now.
incrediblehulkmovies 1 year ago 42
@incrediblehulkmovies I am glad to hear that. They deserve respect.
LoreneFaith 11 months ago 7
This was the movie that taught me was World War II was when I was a little kid. :)
LittleKropotkin 1 year ago
5 People were beaten by bewitched suits of armor.
sjroth 1 year ago 2
God fucking damn play this at the opening ceremony to London 2012
durbaq 1 year ago 2
@durbaq is there anyone left in England who could sing these words and actually mean them?
Shanniquitie 1 year ago
This film is waaaaaaaaay better than Mary Poppins.
durbaq 1 year ago
why is there a guy carrying a spade?? =S
tomalty1991 1 year ago
@tomalty1991 They had to defend our country with every and any mean's possible. There wasn't enough gun's to go round so substitute's had to be found. I haven't (thankfully) had to hit someone with a spade, but I'm sure it would do some damage.
andyaccies 1 year ago
@andyaccies in the trenches they sharpened there spades to make mini axes for when the germans entered and they couldn't use the rifles. and being hit with a spade hurts alot.
lordshadowdragon666 1 year ago
@tomalty1991 They had to defend our country with every and any mean's possible. There wasn't enough gun's to go round so substitute's had to be found. I haven't (thankfully) had to hit someone with a spade, but I'm sure it would do some damage.
andyaccies 1 year ago
how can anyone dislike this!?
laststrain123 1 year ago 3
@laststrain123 The young people who play CoD and have never heard of these classic films!
FRAGNITION 1 year ago
@FRAGNITION I have and I love it.
formerwarrior100 1 year ago
Love it.
denniss265 1 year ago
Every time I watch this seen I just have to salute
Studmanafier 1 year ago
When ever I see this scene I always think Dad's Army.
Slocombe 1 year ago
I love British elderlies style, they all look so proud of their country in their attitude
Antaninani 1 year ago
I know that Bedknobs marks it's 40th anniversary next year but I can't help wondering if any one of the actors who portrayed these Old Home Gaurd soliders are still alive today.
FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW 1 year ago 6
@FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW Yes, I agree. He ended his film career in a grand way!
LoreneFaith 1 year ago
@FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW If one of these men was in his 50's/60's at the filming he's got a chance to still be alive, otherwise it's very unlikely.
deusirae76 11 months ago
@FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW I checked most of the cast and they were all born between 1890 and 1910 so it's very unlikely ... The actor who plays Sir Teagler, Reginald Owen, died in 1972. He wa sborn in 1887.
deusirae76 11 months ago
This was Reginald Owen's last film. It's nice that he can round off a great career in such an upbeat British song.
FAWLTYWORZELMELDREW 1 year ago
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This movie is an instant classic!
supadude626 1 year ago
0: 56. I love his voice.
samroz83 1 year ago
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these films bring back sooooo many gd memories :) im sooo glad to be bristish :)
Hattieriding 1 year ago
there films bring back soo many good memories :) im sooo glad to be bristish :)
Hattieriding 1 year ago
:D Thanks for uploading this
JohnnyStorm1993 1 year ago
@JohnnyStorm1993 Your welcome. Enjoy!
LoreneFaith 1 year ago
HEY she is also in Frasier isnt she??
cwongchung 1 year ago
I just realized their is an older version of Spock there.
hidedasausage 1 year ago
@hidedasausage where 0o0o0o
1998yanksftw 1 year ago
@1998yanksftw Its during the second verse. When they sing 'whose standing firm in their own front yard.' I checked it out, its not really the guy who played Spock, but it does look like an older version of him.
hidedasausage 1 year ago
@hidedasausage haha ok, i watched it and yea ur kinda right :P
1998yanksftw 1 year ago
ANOTHER video/song/movie I love and who has uploaded Ms Lorene Faith, missus you should get a medal of AMAZINGNESS!!!!!
silvershields 1 year ago
@silvershields You make me blush :) I really like hearing that you enjoy my videos so much. Thanks, you made my day!
LoreneFaith 1 year ago
Is this the Brittish version of the Volkssturm?
mythosflight 1 year ago
@mythosflight Not quite, this is meant to be a local home guard force created by volunteers, veterans from the first world war who while they couldn't ship out to the front could still guard their homes. The keyword here is volunteers where the volkssturm were conscripted.
yannos1000 1 year ago
@mythosflight Sort of, but the Volkssturm was a kind of desperate conscription which concerned every man from 15 to 60 approximately, kids and old men, they had no choice. They helped the German war effort, most efficiently on the Eastern front. A lot of them perished, at the end they even had to destroy russian tanks.
The Homeguard included volunteers who couldn't fight in the regular army (mostly WWI veterans) and didn't fight at all since the Germans aborted the Operation Seelöwe.
deusirae76 1 year ago
@deusirae76 and yannos1000 Thx for the information. :)
mythosflight 1 year ago
@mythosflight you're welcome
deusirae76 1 year ago
True British Patriotism! They did what ever was needed to protect England no matter what the cost.
Welcome24thCentury 1 year ago
My Grandpa has the exact helmet they're wearing, I remember playing and marching around with it when I was a kid. This guys remind me of him so much!
RustedHatter 1 year ago 23
@RustedHatter Very nice memory, thanks for sharing!
LoreneFaith 1 year ago
@RustedHatter wicked man - i respect your grandpa - the old vets are an honour to meet
TheWelshMJ 1 year ago
I remember this song from when I was a kid, one of my favorite songs, besdies Portobello Road. (I've always loved when everyone started dancing.) And the Substitutiary Locomotion, were the armor start to move. I think I ruined our old VHS due to constantly rewinding those parts of the film. I hope to get the movie on DVD.
Juno83 1 year ago
which one is tomlinson?
JaxonDragon360 1 year ago
@JaxonDragon360
he's not in this scene
HelmutVillam 1 year ago
@JaxonDragon360 Tomlinson only joins the Home Guard at the end of the movie. This is the beginning.
deusirae76 1 year ago
@deusirae76
Tomlinson joins the army at the end of the movie. The Home Guard is only there to escort him to the train station.
ninjawraith17 1 year ago
@ninjawraith17 Nobody mentionned the army at the end of the movie, and Tomlinson was 54 at this time, so his character seems to be in his late 40's-early 50's, not really the kind of age to join the regular army ... He is a Londoner, so he was probably transferred to a Home guard batalion near London.
deusirae76 1 year ago
I am proud to be an Australia. I am proud of the British holding their ground and NEVER EVER EVER GIVING IN!
Totalbollocks88 1 year ago
I love how at the end of the movie they thought they chased the Nazis off. Epic Fail. Oh well they make up for it in this song.
Videot01 1 year ago
Well why on earth didn't I have this song at the end of the old VHS of 'B&B' I had as a kid? My version just had Paul saying ''still got this, en't I?'', a shot of Cosmic Creepers looking disgruntled, then the credits...can anyone shed any light?
WeaselKing1000 1 year ago
@WeaselKing1000 Because this song is sung within the first 10-15 minutes of the film.
XD
msunami 1 year ago
@msunami Hmmm, but it didn't appear at all on the old tape I had. At the beginning or the end. Weird! :S
WeaselKing1000 1 year ago
Rule Britania britania rules the waves
rydag11 1 year ago
omg i want to be part of that group lol
twirl2009 1 year ago
I remember when my Grandfather used to tell me stories about his days in the home guard.
rokarnizot 1 year ago
@rokarnizot I also remember my grandfather telling me stories of his days in the home guard. In particular one which reference to the Belfast Blitz. May he R.I.P
1830LivingLDS 1 year ago
Go Home Guard!
XBGJDKE 1 year ago
It makes you think, getting oldis not all that bad.
Admiral8Q 1 year ago
'Old' is right. But we sure did kick some Nazi a** regardless, didn't we! ;)
silverbulletgirl29 1 year ago
i love this and can imagine cpt manering and the gang singing this
theemporour 1 year ago
If only the government and the public had the guts they had in those days. This country would be far, far better off.
SIMBER9 1 year ago
I agree! It is one of the best and just makes you feel good and proud!
LoreneFaith 1 year ago 4
One of my favorite soldier songs along with Sgt. McKenzie from WE WERE SOLDIERS!
jvfunn3000 1 year ago
Looks like they need some trenches and a no man's land to feel at home XD
Goal10ding 1 year ago
One of my favorite movie songs of all time - it gives me chills every time I hear it!
iDaydream00 1 year ago
The Home Guard is one of the greatest inspirations for patriotic people throughout the world. The people of Britain not in the army were far from idle, bending every will towards the war effort. And yet they still had time to join up in their local Home Guard. Dad's Army may have mocked them but it also immortalised them, and showed that these patriots and old veterans would fight down every street and country lane, every city square and every field, in the woods and hills from north to south.
thebigJM92 1 year ago 6
As an American and a history buff, I have a great deal of respect for the British and how they, in Churchills words - Stood Alone in 1940 while France surrendered and my own country kept dragging it's feet hoping Hitler would just go away. The fortitude of the British people, from Prime Minister Churchill all the way down to the men of the Home Guard is a proud legacy everyone in the Britain should pass down from generation to generation. This is one American who salutes the Englanders of 1940.
kimwildelover 2 years ago 73
I totally agree with you and as a fellow American, I share your sentiment.
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
Now come along lads, we may have stood alone but who can we Brits rely on in Times of Need? You Lads in America are Highly loved be the british people.
so don't go selling you're selfs short!
Uncle Sam & Britainia side by side :-)
Richkicker 1 year ago
@kimwildelover I just wanted to say that any country would have surrendered to Germany at that time if they were placed as close to germany as france. The fact that Great Britain is an island is highly responsible of their victory.
But I congratulate their fortitude against the Blitz for example =)
Preddykill2B 1 year ago
@Preddykill2B
Of course, but Göring chickened out when victory was imminent. Not a brave German, or smart. If Hitler was not himself living in a cloud, he would have fired him. Only the Generals and the Admirals knew what they were doing.
Admiral8Q 1 year ago
@kimwildelover see americans are nice nice coment normaly we get alot of bad coments from your part the world nice coment onec again
hammer3456 11 months ago
@kimwildelover Without the French forces covering the retreat at Dunkirk there wouldn't have been a British army anymore and Hitler could have easily invaded Great Britain. After Dunkirk, the French inner reserves fought with bravery till the last man/tank against Hitler, whose forces were twice superior at this moment, it gave the Brits enough time to organize the coastal defenses. But this part of WW2 is ALWAYS forgotten and that's quite annoying ...
deusirae76 11 months ago 3
@deusirae76 Brave men all who served on the Allied front, Thank you europe for standing strong, until America finally entered the war.
BladeValant546 4 months ago
@kimwildelover The French legal government (not the Free French Forces of De Gaulle) surrendered in order to avoid total annihilation, there was no island nor enormous territory (like in USSR) to retreat on. The British government would have done the same if Hitler had successfully invaded GB (which was not possible, thanks to the Royal Navy and the RAF).
deusirae76 11 months ago 2
@kimwildelover Will I do definitely agree with you, Churchill was a bit of a buffoon, despite his rhetorical prowess. What I really don't like about him is that he wanted to use the German military after WW2 to continue on fighting the Soviets. Unbelievable, you'd think both the Germans and British would be sick of war by then, yeah? Urgh!
TwilightCodex 9 months ago
I remember thinking how funny looking these guys were when I was a kid. Nowadays I better respect for them.
incrediblehulkmovies 2 years ago 5
They are deserving of your respect.
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Verdi...?
Thanks, but I'll take the Sherman Brothers.
fodsaks 2 years ago 3
I agree. They wrote sooooo many wonderful songs. I haven't seen the movie about them yet have you?
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
My grandad told my dad,that even if the germans hadmanaged to invade and the home guard had beeen killed,the women would have picked up guns,pans,axes,knifes and fought till teh death,he said Britian would not surrender and would rather die out then be slaves or exterminated under german hands.and the hosue wifes asked for boxes of grenades in their hosue so they could throw them at german tanks coming up the street
ccclllsport 2 years ago
I believe him :)
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
That I do not doubt at all. It happened everywhere else.
In Russia there are reports of old women gladly dying if they could just plant a knife in one of the Germans first.
In Poland hundreds of thousands of polish civilians fought and died
In France the resistance was one of the single greatest contributors to the success of Overlord as they sabotaged almost the entire country
In Yugoslavia the people kicked out the Germans on their own, with little help from any outside power.
yannos1000 2 years ago 3
My father said the same thing. He said that even if the Germans had managed to occupy the British Isles, they would never have been able to occupy the British people. My father said that every man, woman and child would have done everything in their power to get rid of the Germans. He said the country would have counter-attacked on home soil and the British people would have engaged in terrorism on a mass scale where the Germans were involved. God save the Queen! God save Great Britain!
huwwilson651 1 year ago 6
@huwwilson651 it seems we the British come together when it matters.we seem to pull together.Take wootten bassett for example,when one of our boys comes home in a coffin hundreds of people line the streets to pay respect.And when islam4uk wanted to protest,we came together to tell them to do one.
ccclllsport 1 year ago 4
@huwwilson651 I find it concerning that Your comment has had a thumbs down..
RocksNotDead101 1 year ago
God save what's left of Great Britain!
100j200 1 year ago 3
God save what's left of Great Britain!
100j200 1 year ago
I love this song.
Does anyone know if there is a longer version i could find?
spectre111 2 years ago
I have the extended version posted on YouTube :)
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
@spectre111 There is, but in my opinion it's very broken up and not as listenable as this one. Do a youtube search for like, "extended version" or something like that.
mtldemon6 2 years ago
Absolutely fantastic. The bravery of all those home guard soldiers who were willing to lay down their lives to defend this beautiful Isle. That is the patriotism of Great Britain.
soundideadiscos 2 years ago
the closed caption may be incorrect as well
carbine6 2 years ago
I always thought they said, "De Gaulles" too. Someone ask the Sherman Bros. Or do we at least have the closed caption to clarify?
Guernicaman 2 years ago
Dont mess with the british armed forces!!!!
DeadSilence2009 2 years ago 3
don't mess with the home guard they have shovels lol
bigrodgerb 2 years ago 3
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TheFraserWalker 2 years ago
we'll defend this island no matter what the cost may be!!!!
butzee 2 years ago
Call out the Navy, call out the ranks,
call out the Air Force, call out the tanks!
From the cliffs of Dover, call out the Gauls;
and don't forget the loyal territorials!
But, who's digging in here? Who will defend
Every inch of England, no matter what they send!
Who's standing firm in their own front yard?
The soldiers of the Old Home Guard!
newby964 2 years ago
It's "call up the gulls" as in seagulls.
"Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky."
kamikazesamurai 2 years ago
The UK kicked Hitler's rear end.
eagle45147 2 years ago 3
The US kicked in Hitler's front end. :)
TemplarReturns 2 years ago
you just dont mess with the old home guard.
chrisusmc0811 2 years ago 3
you dont see british nationalism like tht anymore :( are we allowed to have the union jack flying or will it upset our islamic friends?
Fatboylt2 2 years ago 4
Favourited this! It shows, in a jocular way, the patriotism of EVERYONE in Britain at the time. RicardosRealm is right in what he says about the Empire but if it wasnt for the Empire Britain would have survived. If the Empire wasnt their and Britain had fallen then Russia would have fallen. Not only because of extra German troops but the Japanese would have attacked Russia instead of the British Empire and Italy would have taken the oil of the Middle East. So most of the world would have fallen.
thebigJM92 2 years ago
Im American and I'm very proud that my country is Allies with that great nation of Great Britain. ;)
TemplarReturns 2 years ago 25
im brithish and I'm very proud that my country is Allies with the great usa.
hulkface121 2 years ago 4
Cheers to foreign friendship ! Likewise my friend ;)
TemplarReturns 2 years ago 2
I am American and you say great usa?? USA is doomed since we got Obama in the white house now LOL but thanks for your support
DeadSilence2009 2 years ago
If you think we're doomed don't re-vote him in 2012.
Then again, 2012 is supposed to be doomsday year anyway so i guess it won't matter.
Videot01 2 years ago
u think your doomed lol, we've got gordon brown...who basically takes anything that's thrown at him. we're not far off from inforcing muslim laws in this country...n when that bomb goes off at 20012 (which i predict it will) then hopefully that will be enough to start a civil war and i can put a sword to good use haha
skedtm 2 years ago
@TemplarReturns im glad that england loved us so much they tried to keep us<3
1998yanksftw 1 year ago
its a bloomin kids movie hush up you lot!
silvershields 2 years ago
I was a child was I first saw this. This brought tears to my eyes, and I'm not even British!
flipcritic 2 years ago 3
I understand completely! I feel the same way and I am American :)
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
same. been there. this might be my favorite song in the movie. it was on last night on TCM. i recoded it on my DVR so i got to see it, but it wasn't the extended version.
MrDiscovery1267 2 years ago
Sorry now I dont mean to spoil the conversation. Charming as the song and the old men proudly singing it may be, I cant agree with your wishes of restoring the British empire to its former glory. It caused a lot of suffering and pain in many countries including Ireland. I believed that the British people have realized that by now, or have they not?
whinger1234 2 years ago
Fair point. Celebrating the British Empire opens a whole can of worms. Both very positive and very negative things happened in it's name, and you can never bring it back.
I prefer to celebrate the character of British people at their best, which this charming clip does brilliantly.
RicardosRealm 2 years ago
i just wish the british empire could be restored to its former glory, if winston churchill was here now he'd put gordon brown to shame i love being british
danpayne118 2 years ago 3
I remember watching this movie as a kid! I always wondered why that guy had a shovel...
KhoalityNguyener 2 years ago 3
These guys kinda remind me of the soilders in Dads Army. :P
friendofthejawas 2 years ago 3
I believe that the comedy show "Dads Army" is based on the old home guard.
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
Ah, brings a lump to me throat it does! ^_^
DCLeadboot 2 years ago
makes me proud to be BRITISH!
darthkazden 2 years ago 2
Wow, I STILL Get goose bumps listening to this!
twitcher01 2 years ago
I know what you mean. I still do too! Magical isn't it :)
LoreneFaith 2 years ago
Does that one guy have a shovel?? Like really? He doesn't stand a chance.
akmusica 2 years ago 4