Dunkirk (1958)

Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and was based on two novels: Elleston Trevor's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk. The movie tells the events of the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from Dunkirk in 1940 (Operation Dynamo). As her officer dies, Corporal "Tubby" Binns has the task of bringing his fighting men out of France and into Britain. Meanwhile, the British civilian population including Charles Foreman and John Holden crossing the English Channel by boat will be included in Operation Dynamo to rescue English and French soldiers on the beaches of Dunkirk from the advancing German Wehrmacht. 
Director Christopher Nolan would also tell the story of Operation Dynamo in the similarly named 2017 film.
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=Revolvers=
==Webley Mk. VI==
British officers including Lieutenant Lumpkin (Kenneth Cope) and Military Police officers are seen with holstered Webley Mk VI revolvers. An English soldier is later seen firing a Webley at incoming Germans.
=Rifles=
==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*==
The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is the correct rifle for the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 including Cpl. Binns (John Mills) and his platoon members Pvt. Harper (Roland Curram), Pvt. Fraser (Denys Graham), and Pvt. Balow (Ray Jackson). The matching Pattern 1907 sword bayonets are seen holstered.
==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III==
Some early Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III rifles with magazine cutoffs are also used by British soldiers like Pvt. Mike Russell (Robert Urquhart) and Pvt. Bellman (Meredith Edwards).
==Karabiner 98k==
German soldiers use Karabiner 98k with Lange Visier rear sights from Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles like in Richard Attenborough's 1977 World War II film A Bridge Too Far.
==MAS 36==
When Cpl. Binns' platoon has arrived at Dunkirk French soldiers can be seen with MAS-36 rifles.
=Submachine Guns=
==MP 40==
Some MP 40s are carried by German soldiers.
=Machine Guns=
==Bren Mk. I==
Several Bren Mk. Is are used by British soldiers including Pvt. Miles (Ronald Hines). Pvt. Harper is seen carrying his Bren while withdrawing.
thumb|none|400px|Bren Mark I - .303 British
==MG 34==
German soldiers place a MG 34 on a bridge.
==Vickers Mk. I==
A Vickers is seen in a defensive position. The gun is not actually fired; the cartridges are still in the belt coming out of the gun.
thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mk. I - .303 British
==Chatellerault M1924/29==
Two French soldiers are briefly seen carrying Chatellerault M1924/29s.
thumb|none|400px|Fusil Mitrailleur Modèle 1924/29 - 7.5x54mm MAS 1929C
==Lewis Gun==
A Lewis Gun is seen in a British position and later a troopship is also armed with one of it. During the newsreel at the beginning, two Lewis Mk II Aircraft MG equipped with 97-round magazines are seen mounted in an AA position.
thumb|none|400px|Lewis Gun - .303 British
=Shotguns=
==Blunderbuss==
Two Blunderbuss flintlock shotguns are seen hanging in a pub in England.
==Double Barreled Shotgun==
Two different types of 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun also hanging on a wall in the same pub.
thumb|none|400px|J. Stevens & Company Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge
=Handgrenades=
==Mills Bomb==
Mills Bombs are rarely seen in the movie.
==Model 24 Stielhandgranate==
A German soldier throws a Model 24 Stielhandgranate.
thumb|none|350px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate
=Other=
==Humber Mk. IV==
British Humber Mk. IV armoured cars are used by the German Army as a stand-in for the Sd.Kfz. 222.
==Panzer II==
==Panzer III==
==Ordnance QF 25-pounder==
British soldiers under the command of Battery Major (Peter Halliday) use Ordnance QF 25-pounder Howitzes.
thumb|350px|none|Royal Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun - 87.6mm
==QF 8" Howitzer Mk. VIII==
A QF 8" Howitzer Mk.VIII Howitzer is briefly seen used by British soldiers.
==Bofors 40mm==
Two Bofors 40mm AA guns are seen used by British soldiers at the Dunkirk perimeter line.
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