tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6539947027182406851..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Dunkirk by Julie SummersMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38133710715278647792017-07-30T11:20:41.540+01:002017-07-30T11:20:41.540+01:00I have not yet seen the film but mean to do so. I ...I have not yet seen the film but mean to do so. I think the problem with Dunkirk is that there are thousands of stories, and no film will never be able to cover them all. I did not know that Dutch ships also helped the evacuation, for example, and I read this week that Indian troops were also rescued, although not shown in the film. <br />One story I read years ago is that on arrival at Dover, one of the first things the soldiers wanted to do was tell their families they were safe, but did not have writing paper, and were exhausted and often wounded. So one of the Wrens got a local printer up to run off thousands of postcards saying 'Safe in England', and the soldiers, or a helper for wounded men, just had to sign and address them. The Post Office workers did extra shifts to get them sent off as soon as possible. It would be nice if these stories could all be recorded somewhere.Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499490029910905577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78113588315574676292017-07-29T20:48:18.189+01:002017-07-29T20:48:18.189+01:00I saw it on Thursday and I hardly ever do to films...I saw it on Thursday and I hardly ever do to films - especially not war films. But I did feel the humanity you missed in it.<br /><br />I thought it was a great film.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75618658659005081802017-07-28T14:29:05.058+01:002017-07-28T14:29:05.058+01:00I've been wondering whether to go and see this...I've been wondering whether to go and see this, and now I shall. Thanks for your personal insights, Julie. My mother was driving an ambulance to pick up casualties in Kent, while my father was busy rewriting history for the Ministry of Information. Two months later they got married, and had babies in the blitz. <br />One of the Little Boats was a small lifeboat funded by Girl Guides holding jumble sales, and doing odd-jobs. It wasn't quite finished and still un-named when it went back & forth across the Channel. She was later named 'Guide of Dunkirk'. <br />Kenneth Branagh always finds it difficult to put any life into his characters. I imagine he mumbles in a depressed way through the film. I look forward to watching it.Janie Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474227107768216646noreply@blogger.com