Malta Story (1953) - Excerpts: Part 1 of 2

Scenes from the British war classic directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with Nigel Balchin (screenplay) and Peter De Sarigny (idea), starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel and Muriel Pavlow.

Runtime: UK - 103 mins / USA - 97 mins

Filmed on location in Malta and at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England.

Plot Summary:
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. The Axis also wanted it for their own supply lines. Plenty of realistic reenactments and archival combat footage as the British are beseiged and try to fight off the Luftwaffe. Against this background, a RAF reconnaissance photographer's romance with a local girl is endangered as he tries to plot enemy movements. Plot summary Written by Derek Picken on imdb.com at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046029

The film was also released as 'Una storia di guerra' (Italy), 'Tonnerre sur Malte' (France), 'Vingar över Malta' (Sweden), 'Voittamaton Malta' (Finland).

Category:

Film & Animation

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[owenb18]

thanks....very nice video...(from malta and proud)

[Josef12056]

Great film with a lot of WW2 original footage.

[gwynnne]

I remember seeing this film when it first came out - how proud of our island we were then!Judith

[Gozitan246]

Germany takes most of Europe, yet fails to take Malta.. Good game Germany.

[cooneyfriday]

"A Long Road To Freedom" - By Mary Mc Cartan is a novel documenting Malta's struggle during the Second World War! ☆☆☆☆☆

[Vomtu100]

MALTI U KBURI LI MALTI

[Noodles37UK]

@MuzDupWog Yeah, I'm half Scottish and Mum's from Valletta. But you can take pride in the Italians who fought in the Seige. I'm not Catholic, but the Knights, and everyone who fought there were heroes.

[berlinmitte10117]

lovely scene with the people and the RAF officer on the bus

[killerlady1955]

7:52 Well nice.

[killerlady1955]

Alec Guinness makes me swoon in this film. :)

[pgjr00]

Malta were amazing

[kontralfaxxizmu]

VIVA MALTA, FAXXISTI TALJANI U GERMANIZI BQAJTU BIZ-ZOBB