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Fighting On Film: Siege of Jadotville (2016)
This week we discuss 2016’s Siege of Jadotville, a film which portrays the valiant last stand of a UN contingent of Irish troops holding off an overwhelming force of mercenaries
This week we discuss 2016’s Siege of Jadotville, a film which portrays the valiant last stand of a UN contingent of Irish troops holding off an overwhelming force of mercenaries
With the UEFA European Football Championship (the Euros) starting this week we thought what better time to tackle a curious John Huston film staring no
This week marks the 81st anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk Evacuations, so we’re examining the very first onscreen depiction of the evacuation – Channel Incident (1940). Channel
‘Panfilov’s 28 Men’, released in 2016, is the distillation of a legendary tale from the 1941 Battle of Moscow. In essence a last stand film
This week we discuss 2016’s Siege of Jadotville, a film which portrays the valiant last stand of a UN contingent of Irish troops holding off
With the UEFA European Football Championship (the Euros) starting this week we thought what better time to tackle a curious John Huston film staring no
This week marks the 81st anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk Evacuations, so we’re examining the very first onscreen depiction of the evacuation – Channel Incident (1940). Channel
‘Panfilov’s 28 Men’, released in 2016, is the distillation of a legendary tale from the 1941 Battle of Moscow. In essence a last stand film
Almost immediately after the end of the Second World War the British Government turned its attention to the realities of an impending confrontation with the
This week we tackled a truly harrowing film. Arguably director Peter Watkins’ finest work ‘The War Game’. An anti-nuclear war film that takes Watkins’ pseudo-documentary
In a recent episode we looked at Peter Watkins shocking and timeless docudrama ‘THE WAR GAME’ with Julie McDowell from the ‘Atomic Hobo’ podcast. During
This week we tackle a truly harrowing film. Arguably director Peter Watkins’ finest work, 1966’s ‘The War Game’. An anti-nuclear war film that takes Watkins’
Join us for the second edition of our Show & Tell series were we look at the escape and evasion epic ‘The 12th Man’ (2017)
This week we return to Korea. Following on from our look at ‘A Hill In Korea‘ a couple of weeks ago, in this episode we
Hello there and thanks for visiting the brand new Fighting On Film website! Robbie and I started the podcast as a fun side project just
I was aged 9 when I distinctively remember being affected by a war film, Having been too young to have been able to see the
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River, the Korean War battle perhaps most closely associated with the UK’s involvement
Join us this week as we slip on our flight suits, climb into our cockpits and fire up our Mosquitos for 1964’s 633 Squadron. The squadron
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River. To commemorate this we look the only film to be made about
This week we look at two of acclaimed British director Peter Watkins’ formative amateur films: The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) & The Forgotten
This week we tackle a true classic, Richard Attenborough’s ‘A Bridge Too Far‘, with some help from renowned comedian and history buff Al Murray. Al joined
Vic joins Matt and Robbie to bring Fighting On Film’s Merc Month to a close looking at a classic of the genre, ‘The Dogs of
Zip up your combat jackets & load up your ammo belts! Today we dive into 1985’s Commando starring none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger! The cult
Merc Month continues with SAS: Red Notice as brand new film about mercenaries who highjack the ‘Eurostream’ train. Based on a book by SAS veteran
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