for whom the bells toll

[les freathy]

Just turned the tele on this afternoon and caught the last 30 minutes of this film, its been around a long time but i have never bothered to watch it in the past. I caught the scene where they blow up the bridge but what was interesting were the enemy tanks which i take were supposed to be german and they consisited of a couple of U S light tanks the old combat cars of 1938 to 40 period and a couple of old WW1 French Renault tanks the latter in excellent and running order the others also in running order but slightly altered to suit the film. Am i right in thinking this is the WW1 period as the uniforms and guns seem to point this way or is it early WW2, it would appear that the scene is in Italy or one of the Balkan states but those tanks were amazing i wonder where they found them for the film and where they are now, any takers

[Bazz]

It's set during the Spanish Civil War, adapted from Ernest Hemingway's novel

 

Barry

[Snapper]

It is well worth reading even though it is a work of fiction with many a tangent, as is Orwell's Homage To Catalonia.

 

MB