Nine Men
Date: 1943
Director: Harry Watt
Production Company: Ealing Studios
Stars: Jack Lambert, Gordon Jackson, Frederick Piper, Grant Sutherland, Bill Blewett, Eric Micklewood, John Varley, Jack Horsman, Richard Wilkinson
Location(s): Berkshire, Glamorganshire
Region(s): South East M-Q, Wales
Storyline:
A sergeant tells a platoon of eager conscripts about his experiences in the North African desert.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
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Accompanied by rousing music, the tiles appear over shots of a Parade Ground.
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Following the appearance of the casts' names, the Professionals are featured.
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Bren Carriers are attended to.
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Soldiers linger on the Parade Ground as the titles continue to their conclusion.
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At a Battle Training School, Sergeant Watson puts his Platoon through their paces.
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The conscripted Soldiers make for a derelict building.
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Knowing that they need more training, at the top of a ridge Sergeant Jack Watson (Jack Lambert) waits for the Company.
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The Platoon march back to the barracks. Facing west on Victoria Street in Windsor, Berkshire with the Queen's Arms beer house on the corner of Alexandra Road in the left background.
Victoria Street today. The Queen's Arms closed in 1960, to be replaced by a multistorey car park. (SR)
- Capture 9
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"Right wheel". Victoria Street with the since demolished Brunswick Arms public house to the left and the still extant Windsor Almshouses on the right.
Slightly off-angle to avoid the road. The almshouses accompanied today by a building worker's ladder (SR)
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The Platoon turn to pass through the gates of their barracks. The gates to Victoria Barracks on Victoria Street, Windsor.
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On the wet parade ground the Sergeant calls his the Men to attention. The Parade Ground at Victoria Barracks.
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After they are dismissed, Sergeant Watson visits the impatient Platoon in the barrack room and tells them about his experiences in North Africa. Victoria Barracks in Windsor, Berkshire.
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As the blazing sun beats down onto the hot sand, Sergeant Watson and his Patrol look up after their truck is destroyed by gunfire from an enemy aircraft. Margam Sands in Glamorganshire.
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Consulting his map, Sergeant Watson signals his Men to move out. Margam Sands at Margam near Port Talbot.