Codename Snake Eyes (1960) 

I'm 16 and by god do I want to be a bootneck now

BZ

None of those Officers look familiar to me ,also the Duke Of Edinburgh was standing on the right by the bow of the LCT on the first of 2 Rhinos (self propelled barges’)’ before hitting the beach

@@John-rh7oy - so now you're 19 what's the story?

I'm not even from England but thank you for your service ❤

Hat's off to your grandad.We won't see the likes of him again. Massive respect.

I know how ya feel, my Pop was a 60mm mortar man landed at Normandy on D plus 7 . Fought through the hedge rowes was bombed by his own planes twice in Operation Cobra and held Hill 412 at Mortain wounded . He was back with his unit and fought through to Germany crossing the Roer and the Rine. He saw men go mad from the artillery barrages and what the SS did when leaving villages . We’re very proud of him. It wasn’t till I was older and he passed that I realized how tough he was. Cheers to our Grandads ☘️

@Best of Scottish This choice of identity " Best of Scottish" suggests that you are related to Scotland. After I worked at Chatham Dockyard, I moved to Newcastle upon Tyne to attend the University, at about 1960 when the university was really Durham University. On my 30 cc motorcycle, I used to often go up to Scotland, Glasgow, Isle of Aran, Edinburgh, Pitlochry to see the Salmon that went up a special water tunnel to bypass the dam. At Edinburgh, I used to go to Ferrybridge to see the 1st suspension bridge being built and ofter admired the Forth Bridge a little further out. It was always so windy!! I was allowed to go up the 700ft towers of the first suspension bridge. I should go to Scotland to see the new suspension bridge and perhaps walk Princess Road for the last time and see that flower clock in those gardens. I also frequented the Cheviot Hills where the RAF used to practice low-level flying with the Jaguars aircraft, which was deafening for my ears. The film Codename Snake eyes could easily have been partly shot in Scotland or Ireland as the scenery in the film, " Ryan's Daughter" is much more spectacular than what we have in Malta, especially now, where, politicians, building contractors, and millionaires are taking over every piece of public land! Thank you for your comment.

@Best of Scottish Thank you for replying, You seem to be going over some difficult times,. Well, all the best and I am sure that you will cope. Good luck.

Remember it well……Paul’s Punchbowl……..hic

Jazzflute NON the latin for ships made of wood and men made of steel would be: Navi factus ex lignum et hominess factus ex ferro

@@brnesouthwest9915 - 🤣 you must be joking?

Essoldo ,as in Shoot up Hill/Kilburn?

No, the Essoldo circuit had hundreds of cinemas throughout the country at that time. In my case, I went to see it at the now long gone Essoldo Danilo, Hill Street, Stoke on Trent. @@donalwhelan2242

Even hauling yourself up the rope in that kit is a serious undertaking.

Is it not 'four five engage'? ;-)

That interesting.I can understand why. 👍

Great channel! Love these prestige color films

There still is, bandsmen are infantry trained,but not to commando standard.

My Dad was stationed there for a while . There used to be a tunnel under the road and they would do night canoe practice. Dad spent time with me on Sundays in the old museum and then looking for used mortar shells on Eastney beach at Fraser gun battery. We found one once with the fins sticking up and I took it to school next day.

Or the cable will have his nuts.

Sarcasm isn`t one of your strongpoints, is it lofty?

They're Sea Venoms, the FAA's all weather fighter at the time.

Why called Vampire jets?

@@gailshea2294 Vampire bats fly silently and suck blood. I assume thats why. These jets were not silent and didnt suck blood.

What was his name?

Thank him for his service for us.

It's only pain

EM-2 better than SLR?

@@james9311 It was.

I was in the REME as an armourer and stationed as permanent staff at Sandhurst. We also ran the armoury and they had many foreign and old weapons including an EM-280. Brilliant weapon and the .280 round was far superior to the American 5.56mm but politics prevailed. The modern version of the bullpup is not as good as the EM-280

@@james9311 w we q we

They're not SMLEs, they're the later No 4s, with the exposed muzzle, a much more accurate weapon, specially in the No. 4T version used for target shooting. I did that too. :-)

Oh you just reek of class do you. It's almost like people don't want to die for dumb reasons disguised as'national pride'anymore. I'd rather storm a beach with someone of whatever fucking gender or religion they are than share a foxhole with someone as'classy'and'civilized'as you

IRA? I presume you meant RA?

The SLR came into service proper in 1958 but replacement wasn't instantaneous and the RM tended to be slightly behind the times compared to the Army kit wise. Likewise with the 1937 Pattern webbing. The rifle they're using isn't the SMLE though it's the No. 4, the two are not one and the same though of course very similar.

+Rifleman Moore thanks very much for your thorough answer!

CJ Gangi Most welcome.

Not just style back then. The RMC wears no helmet in combat. They earned the green beret in a very hard way.

🤣 it's the rope box. Old Hemp based ropes used to rot when wet so wicker baskets gave them the best opportunity to dry out.

no. four-two cdo, four-five, but with 40 cdo its forty

Correct Im ex 40cdo Forty

magna4100 the governments of all countries have to set their spending plans in line with their tax income. When this was being filmed the Pound was under a lot of pressure due to falling productivity levels which those foreign currency traders were selling off the Pounds they had and were moving into better performing currencies. The Conservatives had created the problem with their economic policies that kept more people in employment than the economy could realy support. In the early 1960s Labour inherited the mess and tried to solve it, but they failed and the Pound was devalued by 14% in relation to the US$. The public wanted the NHS, education, railways, buses, etc and so the military budgets had to be cut (and as the Empire shrank we didn't need such a large military).

It was shot in Malta.

It might be 'Sarie Marais[Commando March]

dynmicpara2 ? Clueless !

I think the real sadness is, that if the British hadn't done as they were told, by the US, those commandos would have been using EM-2s

Prog X have you ever fired an AK47? Given that all ammunition had to be carried and it only takes one well aimed bullet to stop someone, I think I would have preferred an SMLE or SLR.

Mad Jack Tramper same, it seems, in the Falklands with the SA80

Though back in 1960 the Navy had 8 aircraft carriers, of various sizes. Quite different than half a century later.

We have the funds to raise and equip a large military, but at the moment the government prefer to spend it on trying to achieve ‘Net Zero’ and housing illegal migrants to the tune of £4.5 million a day! It’s ridiculous.

alekseyevich the Falklands is in the South Atlantic, not the Mediterranean. It’s actually Malta that the exercise was filmed on

Durrh

Half right.

@@magna4100 considering there is actually no invisible man....