I really don't care who argues what here for historical or military accuracy. You have to admit, it would be one helluva a feeling to turn around and see a Sherman come looming out of that tunnel, blaring American country music, opening up with the 30 caliber, and followed by two more. The 'tank terror' would be very real and you can feel the satire, and the power, of this one scene. That alone makes it awesome
Any other situation, "I've Been Workin' On The Railroad" would seem forced, cheesy, over the top, a big flat nope. Here, it not only works -- it works effortlessly.
It's hilarious genius, is what it is. I laughed my head off the first time I saw this scene. Technically, they were working on the railroad, just not the way the Germans wanted.
Casting was spot on EVERY CHARACTER the Actor chosen 100% nailed it Inc comical lines & facial expressions Oddball for me Donald Sutherland was simply awesome.Woof Woof lol
I was a junior officer in the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany in the early 90s, we were set one of those junior officer tasks - How can the Regiment continue to communicate orders in the face of Soviet or EMP jamming? The Cavalry officers immediately went for bugles, found a 1907 book on trumpet and bugle calls for advance, retire, left wheel, right wheel etc.. We of the oily beret, true tankers in a modern regiment decided bugles were a bit too Napoleon. We devised a system of loudhailer music which of course meant Retreat was Burning Bridges and Attack would be: All for the love of sunshine. Almost a shame we never got to use it.
+David Rendall Bugles were used because their tone carries over most other sound frequencies. Most people never figure that all the flag waving and bugle sounding of military drill and ceremonies is how armies communicated on the battlefield. They just think it's pageantry.
Yeah, and there's the helpful buzz siren at 2:03. Even a single pistol shot is DEAFENING - people wear ear protection even in outdoor gun ranges for a reason. Now imagine rifle fire, machine gun fire, and tank cannons firing, together with their targets exploding. What moron would be ho-humming but requiring a buzz siren to get off his duff?
@@IrishCarney Uhh,you've never been in the military in any branch,huh? Even at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7,1941,people had to be told that it wasn't a drill,that they needed to get out of the head & to their battle station.
Might I ask if you are a white race hating, white race genocide exterminating favoring jew? Because, any White male who expresses a POSITIVE opinion of two World Wars that jews managed to get White nations into, whereby White men were slaughtering their fellow White brothers while white race hating jews were sitting in the bleachers, gulping down copious quantities of Mogan David wine, laughing hysterically, and clapping each other on their backs over how they managed to trick the STUPID AS HELL White goyim into MASS MURDERING their racial kin - then I have no other course but to assume you are either one of the DUMBEST white wastes of white skin to ever pop out of a white female womb, or you are a member of the Satanic tribe of white race hating cockroaches who have as their #1 racial goal - the genocide of White European mankind. Which is it? And I would bet a case of beer that you are a sleazy, slimy, cuckservative racially castrated Boomer F-wad.
Great scene. Regardless of hollywood bravado etc etc. For the film it shows that for all thier clowning around the tanks under oddball were professional when the job needed to be done
That really brought back memories of when I was a kid and saw this movie. That's one of the best scenes in the movie. And we couldn't rewind it or replay it. Just had to wait until it was on TV again. Maybe a year or so later.
My Grandad absolutely loved this scene. Love this memory I have of him , he was tickled pink at 3 Sherman’s moving away to We’ve been working on the railway.
Historical accuracy be damned, this scene gives the true *feel* of being overrun by armor... The sheer futility of fighting back, no matter how courageous you are, without adequate weapons. The German soldiers were shown to be courageous and determined... And they went down like wheat before the scythe.
I wonder if they were meant to portray a Luftwaffe unit meant to screen the railyard against air attack? That would explain the number of Flakvierlings and yet not a single anti-tank gun or panzerfaust...
It was shot in place called Vrdnik in modern Day Serbia, then Part of Yugoslavia. Tank is coming out of an abondon coal mine. My neighborhood. Oddballs Tank is still standing in Front of a Museum in the City of Novi Sad. Half of the movie was shot in nearby locations. The other half in Istra, Adriatic Coast in Croatia. My favorite movie from childhood next to MASH. 😊
I freakin' love this movie "Don't worry we'll be there, baby." Later on we see him coming out of a god damn train tunnel right through a German outpost. Oh Oddball, I love you.
Please help me understand. You are saying that you. "love" a war that we were lied into by the spawns of Satan, where two White nations were willingly allowing themselves to be duped into slaughtering their White racial brothers and sisters in order to "rescue" the white race hating, white culture and white Christian civilization destroying architects & enemies of White Western Civilization? You view that as something that you are PROUD of? Which means, you are 100 percent on board today with the LBQBXYZ sexually degenerate grooming of our White kids and the GlobalHomo Agenda which is funded and heavily promoted by the same tribe of White Christian civilization destructive degenerates who Hitler wanted to kick out of Germany and all of Europe? Hey, let me offer a disclaimer. I saw this Kelly's Heroes movie and liked it because I was a fan of Clint Eastwood. It wasn't until a few years later that I got red pilled on WW1 and WW2, and from that point forward - my opinion of 100 percent of these War movies that the jewish Hollywood pumps out - has been 100 percent negative. They are a jewish gloating of how they conned their #1 enemy, White men, into murdering other White men.
It is ridiculous, over the top, far fetched, and brilliant. Also, in my experience, it is guys like Oddball that make impossible things work because they just go for it. Where as I would hesitate, and say nah, thats impossible, they say "Fuck that, lets go".
The thing about this scene is that it does a really good job of portraying the craziness of war. At the end of the day Odd Ball and the rest of them are trained professionals that have fought their way across Europe. They are efficient and effective at taking an objective, and moving forward. It’s a job, and they just get on with it.
A friend of mine said in Kuwait,they took out a truck depot while this was playing over their loudspeakers just for that very reason.They didn't take a lot of return fire because the Republican Guard had bugged out the moment they saw the tanks coming.
Great scene. Great movie. Who cares if the tanks, music, cultural leaning of Oddball is all out of place. Troy Kennedy Martin did film history a very big favour writing this movie, as he did with The Italian Job. They will never be bettered, and have more than stood the test of nearly 50 years of repeated showings....
Max Kane Better because the tanks are right, same with the German ones, T-34s mocked up to be Tigers, not some weak as Stuart with an iron cross on it.
@@killerdragon2011 "Kelly's Heroes" was shot in Yugoslavia. Several M4A3(75)W Shermans retrofitted with 76 mm guns were used in the making of this film. As far as can be ascertained, the Shermans of the Yugoslav Army were all M4A3-E4 76MM Shermans, remanufactured and retrofitted with 76 mm guns in the M34A1 gun mount. While some Sherman's were fitted with 76 mm for trials as early as 1942 the bulk of the retrofitting activity took place after WWII. During WWII many Shermans (Firefly) were fitted with a long barrel British 17 pound anti-tank gun in place of the 75 mm. The muzzle of that gun was very distinctive. Here's a movie quote from Sutherlands character Oddball. "Well, yeah, man, you see, like, all the tanks we come up against are bigger and better than ours, so all we can hope to do is, like, scare 'em away, y'know. This gun is an ordinary 76mm but we add this piece of pipe onto it, and the Krauts think, like, maybe it's a 90mm."
my favourite scene of all , watched it as a kid and is what kick started my obsession with armoured vehicles (and what may influence my future, hoping to join the Royal armoured corps when i turn 17 next year) Thanks for putting this video on youtube
The ironic part is that after the attack they play "I've Been Working on the Railroad" as they move out. Yes, they definitely worked on the railroad. ;-)
Blasting the place up on the way out rolling away turret traversed 180° driver driving away, Oddballs crew cannon pointing backwards shells still obliterating the scene to pieces
Every one always knocks the Sherman because German tanks could knock it out so easily. That's because the primary mission was to support infantry not to kill tanks. The US Army had other vehicles for that task. When infantry supported them German infantry had a tough time stopping them. So this clip is great because Sherman's could do a lot of damage.
@@rebelfoxgaming5776 It definitely wasn't made more. Only 1.1 million or so MP40s were made, while they made over 14.6 million Kar98ks. In most infantry units, only the squad and platoon leaders would have been issued an MP40.
@@brettlloyd5764 Not really, only one man in about 12 would have an MP40, the rest would have K98k rifles, MG34s (or 42s) with the rifles being updated later to semi-automatics. Rear line troops would get vintage kit like MP28s or Erma sub-machine guns or captured French and Polish weapons but basic Hollywood rules state every German carried an MP40 and nobody, but nobody ever used the folding stock.
You really want to know what an abrams can do to a village and it's defenders? I suggest reading Battle of 73 Eastling (Desert Storm Feb 25-26 1991 Eagle Troop 2nd Armored Cav. Regiment vs. Taikwanains Republican Guard). Surprise, Speed and Training really saved our bacon. Let me tell you, after the battle, I'd remembered thinking about the scene and sang the song in the mist of looking at the carnarge. In one word, "EPIC".
I read somewhere that the RG's were hiding in the doorways with RPGs waiting for the Abrams to come down the street. The solution was to fire the main gun straight down the street which would suck them out of their doorways. Can't vouch for that but my mind retains odd details when I see them.
Anytime I play War Thunder or another game that has you driving Sherman tanks, I always think of this scene and I have to turn on "All For the Love of Sunshine" by Hank Williams Jr. The song didn't fit the WWII theme, especially when you consider the fact that the singer wasn't even born and his father, Hank Williams Sr., hadn't even become popular yet. Regardless I think it fits perfectly. The movie was supposed to be somewhat goofy and not very historically accurate either, so it's acceptable. It's a good song too.
Top Movie Casting director nailed selection actors for every character .Clint ,Telly superb but Donald as Oddball simply class Tank riding warrior Hippy Even General Colt "Get me my Uniform" Oddball comedy lines wearing cap " Take it easy Big Joe some these people have sensitive feelings " Negative Waves ,facial expressions Woof Woof dog impressions Here & There Theyre Beautiful People" Hey it's the Band" haha One those movies they could remake BUT couldn't chose better actors than originals .Ever brought back Family Sunday Afternoon Matinee (many will have memories of sat with grandparents a fully belly good times" This is a must No swearing ,no filth just a,great movie .
Towards the end of the movie, all that's left is Oddball's tank. He sort of tells what happened to the other 2 tanks, but I think it would've been better had they showed what happened, Other than that...a great war movie. The Tigers look real (converted T-34/85s).
@jnadreth You are correct, in an open field the Sherman wouldn't have had a chance. But in an urban setting, with some surprise and luck on their side, the smaller and more manueverable tank had a better chance of getting the Tigers softer backside
Wehrmacht tactics on contact with the enemy were to run around in the open crazy fashion bumping into each other and fumbling with weapons apparently. Who knew ?
When it needed to be done Oddball was not so much a freak as portrayed. " you take the right flank and you the left, and keep it tight till I say " . Master tactician even when stoned .
Well, after all, he might have been goofy but he still wanted to stay alive to survive the war. The best way to do that in a tank platoon is to be very good at what you do.
One of my all-time favorite movies. Though I always wondered what they would playing the music on. There were no tape players in WW II and a record player in a tank would be all but impossible if the vehicle is moving. But that's ok, still one of the greatest movies ever. I'd love to see a longer version cause you know there must have been all kings of footage left out from the editing.
Fred Derf yeah 8 tracks didn't happen till later and reel to reel wasn't portable if they had it at all. I wonder if they were playing some sort of servicemen radio station?
I like the start of the movie when they were in line with German trucks in the rain when they were moving and a German guard stopped them and then his bell went off and tried to stop them. If you can find a copy of this movie watch it several times. You will enjoy it.
Very good! They are M4A3E3's! You can tell they are later model Sherman's because the hulls are welded and not cast, you can tell it's not a Easy 8 (E8) because they had the long barrel high velocity 76mm gun, and a larger turret with a Bustle Rack on the rear. Very good tank knowledge tho... XD
"Easy 8" is a designation for Shermans with the "HVSS" or horizontal volute spring suspension. These are Czech Shermans with 76mm guns shoe horned into the older style, smaller turret....much like the British crammed the 17lber into the smaller turret, thus creating the "Firefly" Sherman.
Great movie Donald Sutherland superb as odd ball great acting. It's a good scene especially when you see tank cannon panning round for targets , great watch even today it does look quite realistic, if you have the gore it would be outstanding but still great movie for year and still own is today 😮
I imagine it's simply that they're dressed to look like workers/mechanics/etc to distinguish them from soldiers - and blue's a common colour for worksuits and overalls and so on.
