Any WW II _artillery_ movies?

[Rich Rostrom]

I have seen many WW II movies about

- infantry

- paratroopers

- tanks (a little)

- Marines

- commandos

- bombers

- fighters

- merchant mariners

- submarines

- torpedo boats

- destroyers

- aircraft carriers

- battleships

- PoWs

- spies

- partisans


But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.

Has anyone else?

Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.

Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.

[sctvguy1]

Post by Rich Rostrom
I have seen many WW II movies about
- infantry
- paratroopers
- tanks (a little)
- Marines
- commandos
- bombers
- fighters
- merchant mariners
- submarines
- torpedo boats
- destroyers
- aircraft carriers
- battleships
- PoWs
- spies
- partisans
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?
Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.

How about the "Guns of Navaronne"? It was purely about knocking out the
huge German guns.

[Michael Emrys]

Post by sctvguy1
How about the "Guns of Navaronne"? It was purely about knocking out the
huge German guns.

Well, sort of. But really it was about the commando team that set out to
destroy them.

Michael

[Bill]

On Sun, 07 Jul 2013 15:27:32 -0400, Rich Rostrom

Post by Rich Rostrom
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?
Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.

'Spike Milligan's 'Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall' is set in an
artillery regiment. They made a film of that.

There's one set in Yugoslavia, can't remember its name, where the
central theme is the withdrawal of the Communist artillery pieces
which end up being destroyed by being rolled over a cliff.

[Rich Rostrom]

Post by Bill
Spike Milligan's 'Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall' is set in an
artillery regiment. They made a film of that.

That's one.

Post by Bill
There's one set in Yugoslavia, can't remember its name, where the
central theme is the withdrawal of the Communist artillery pieces
which end up being destroyed by being rolled over a cliff.

That's two.

Though both a bit fringe-y, sounds like.
- no real narrative of the guns in action.
(Haven't seen either.)

[news]

Post by Rich Rostrom
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.

Does The Charge of the Light Brigade count? It was about an unfortunate
cavalry attack on an artillery position.

Post by Rich Rostrom
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.

Artillery rarely operates on its own. It is usually behind the lines,
relatively safe from ground assault and acts in support of other units.

[Jim H.]

Post by Rich Rostrom
I have seen many WW II movies about

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Post by Rich Rostrom
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?
Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.
--
The real Velvet Revolution - and the would-be hijacker.
http://originalvelvetrevolution.com

Certainly not WWII, but the novel "The Gun" by
CS Forester was made into a movie, "The Pride and the Passion".

Jim H.

[Bill]

Post by Jim H.
Certainly not WWII, but the novel "The Gun" by
CS Forester was made into a movie, "The Pride and the Passion".

Just about any 'big ship' movie is an artillery movie.

[news]

Post by Bill

Post by Jim H.
Certainly not WWII, but the novel "The Gun" by
CS Forester was made into a movie, "The Pride and the Passion".

Just about any 'big ship' movie is an artillery movie.

A battle ship is basically a floating artillery base.

[Diogenes]

Post by Jim H.

Post by Rich Rostrom
I have seen many WW II movies about

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Post by Rich Rostrom
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?
Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.
--
The real Velvet Revolution - and the would-be hijacker.
http://originalvelvetrevolution.com

Certainly not WWII, but the novel "The Gun" by
CS Forester was made into a movie, "The Pride and the Passion".
Jim H.

I read that book in high school, but had completely forgotten about it
until your post. A quite excellent read, as I recall.
----
Diogenes

The wars are long, the peace is frail
The madmen come again . . . .

[David Wilma]

See Here Private Hargrove is set in an
artillery unit at Fort Bragg I believe.

[Bill Shatzer]

Post by David Wilma
See Here Private Hargrove is set in an
artillery unit at Fort Bragg I believe.

And the sequel, "What Next, Corporal Hargrove" follows Hargrove's
(mis)adventures with an American artillery unit in France.

[Rich Rostrom]

Post by Bill Shatzer

Post by David Wilma
See Here Private Hargrove is set in an
artillery unit at Fort Bragg I believe.

And the sequel, "What Next, Corporal Hargrove" follows Hargrove's
(mis)adventures with an American artillery unit in France.

That's two - though not with the guns in
action as the core of the narrative.

[Michael Emrys]

Post by Rich Rostrom
That's two - though not with the guns in
action as the core of the narrative.

I think the problem is that what artillery normally does doesn't make
for the kind of action that people want to see in movies. Which doesn't
mean that a good film could not be made centered on such a subject,
simply that no one appears to have yet turned their minds to it.
Something might be made of the interaction in combat between an FO team
and its battery, for instance. That would show the FOs confronting the
enemy face to face, in a manner of speaking.

Michael

[Jim H.]

On Sunday, July 7, 2013 3:27:32 PM UTC-4, Rich Rostrom wrote:
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Post by Rich Rostrom
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?

ISTR a novel or movie, maybe both, from the 70's (?) that was
set in winter of '44. It's a very faint and unclear memory,
perhaps set on a shoulder of the Bulge.

It was a US Army AA unit, and I think they wound up
killing a German tank (Tiger or Panther?) with a 40mm Bofors
by luring the tank crew to come after them by climbing a berm.
As the tank crested the berm, they had a shot at the thin belly
armor.

But I've racked my brain, and can't recall the title. Maybe this
will set someone else's memory to come up with it.


Jim H.

[Mario]

Post by Rich Rostrom
I have seen many WW II movies about
- infantry
- paratroopers
- tanks (a little)
- Marines
- commandos
- bombers
- fighters
- merchant mariners
- submarines
- torpedo boats
- destroyers
- aircraft carriers
- battleships
- PoWs
- spies
- partisans
But I have never seen or heard of a movie
featuring _artillery_ as the central element.
Has anyone else?
Maybe a Soviet film? The Soviets were justly proud of
their guns and gunners.
Perhaps there just isn't a good narrative to
be formed about artillery.

Engineers?

[Rich Rostrom]

Post by Mario
Engineers?

_The Fighting Seabees_, starring John Wayne.

Navy engineers, but still engineers.

[Jim H.]

On Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:03:00 PM UTC-4, Mario wrote:
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Post by Mario
Engineers?

There are several books and History Channel-type TV shows
about the real-life role US Army combat engineers played
in stopping the German advance during the Battle of the
Bulge. I've no knowledge of any movies about this, tho'.

Jim H.