The childish P.E. teacher, who makes every possible peadagogic mistake while managing a session for his class... from the lovely film by Ken Loach, 1969, UK. Hebrew subtitles.
It's hard to believe they were acting. The film is so realistic and reminds me of my school days, everything from teachers dishing out punishment to freezing days playing football in sleet and snow and sometimes freezing cold showers afterwards if the heating wasn't working.
I only hope today's kids don't realize how realistic this was. With today's standards I could have sues so many of my teachers I'd never had needed to work for a living
I was at a secondary all boys school during the 1970s. Watching these old clips of Kes, especially the head master brings back lots of horrible memories. Psychotic teachers with a taste for violence, bullying, intimidation and humiliation. And I got off lightly! If any of my old teachers are still alive I hope most of them look back on their careers with shame and hopefully remorse.
Sean, i'm old school and very old fashioned in so many ways. Just look at society nowadays, unruly kids, no manners or respect. The school we wennt to we often got a thrashing ,and at on so many occasions we deserved it. 😂😂However, I agree with certain sentiments of yours and one cannot condone violence, but it often madeth the man!🤔🤔 I got the slipper but no caning!
I concur mate but trouble is a lot of these teachers believed that living & maybe fighting through a World War or even two gave them the right to be 🐖's. Shame on them.
@@berttrueman5008 I don't think teachers are to blame for today's kids... it's the parents who indulge them when they misbehave, rather than teachers being nice.
I got cane only nearly broke my fingers off fairy liquid got squirted into my mouth I told teacher fuck off in primary school I was only about 5 year old was loving it though blowing bubbles all rest day lol
Our PE teacher at Lady Lumleys in Pickering was cast from a similar sadistic mould. He had been on Norwich City's books but had failed to make the grade - and now someone was going to pay for it! Us! Mind you, I caught him in the face with a beauty of a ball while he refereed a five-a-side match. Most popular thing I did at school.
Indeed. A failed bitter man who puffs himself up bullying children. Comedy gold this but sadly so close to the truth. Sad for the kids under his care. Genius Hines was in capturing & explaining this. Timeless.
Great tale, well told. We in Cirencester merely had an ex Navy PT type who quite definitely had a sadistic streak though some thought they "respected Robbie." No he ruled by fear and to do so with 1st years (year 7 in new money I think), well it was bullying. I loathed him then and loathe his memory. Glover captures the better eccentrics who could find a place teaching in secondary schools. Not so in today's Taylorised educational system.
A beautiful film. Did it for my gcse English. Sad, funny, strong, great film. Barry Hines wrote a legendary book. Ken loach bought it to life brilliantly
What a marvellous ,weird and and wonderful world this is. I lived where this was filmed in 1969 ,know the places ,recognise the characters and spoke with the same accent that was so unintelligible it had to have sub titles. And when I search for it ,I find an Israeli geezer has uploaded it and now it has Hebrew sub titles.
Beautiful film. The acting, cinematography, and editing give it such a naturalistic appearance. Im far too young to have lived it, but I feel like this is a documentary
The PE coach in red is Brian Glover,best known for telling a joke in a strange pub ( Remember the alamo ) in a film called " American Werewolf in London"". It was only a bit part.
Hilarious this film lol, the state of caspers shorts, cut off trousers haha. PE teacher playing rough af with the kids lol. I can remember we read this book in English lessons at high school, it's the only time I can remember liking English.
I think this must be the greatest scene in movie history! Totally hilarious and Brian Glover nails it as the psycho PE teacher. At the time Glover was a French and English teacher a a nearby Grammer school, the schools for the "smart kids". He was also a wrestler. The bandage he is wearing on his leg is from a wrestling injury the night before. Loach was thinking of replacing him because of it. Little did he know that this part would change his life, as he became a household name in the uk after getting parts to showcase his mighty acting talents, as was so well shown here. Check the dive when he has the ball, have you ever seen a non stuntman do that so well?
The PE coach in red is Brian Glover,best known for telling a joke in a strange pub ( Remember the alamo ) in a film called " American Werewolf in London"". It was only a bit part.
Very much the real thing.I remember a Mr Sharp on a day visit to a technical college we were going to,singled me and two others out and in front of all the other boys humiliated us because of the way we were dressed and sent us back into the school to another class.The way we dressed was through poverty and no other reason,over sixty years later I can remember the day as if it were yesterday and I believe my confidence was lost for ever.
The bit that makes me cry is when billy is running through the woods at dawn with the sunshine breaking through and that beautiful music. We grew up with the same skint life.
@@summan41man Yeah - I seem to remember in my class back in 1969/70 no 'Poorly kids' Yeah some skinny weedy kids and big lads girls that would have been picked on, but they seemed to have friends, I was friends with most of them. No-one had mental health problems or any physical malaise. But, that might be because if they had mental health problems they were in 'Special schools'. Skip forward and we had 'Care in the community' and Borstals were shut down. My father in law worked as a care-taker in a primary school he showed me the cloak room once - almost 70% of the kids had asthma pumps. Instagram and other social media as well as celebrity culture foist ideas onto young minds who seem ill-prepared to make sense of it. This was a very black and white time with clearly defined lines, maybe easier to negotiate your way through as a youngster? These days it's far harder.
Ere kes!..........met the man at a reading at school whilst reading the book...nothing like casper, posh; an he told us they got cained for real.they got paid extre... an the young lad wi the ciggies cried for real bless...GREAT YORKSHIE OR WOT 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏👏👏
Brian Glover was nearly replaced by Loach in this film; the day before filming he took part in a wrestling match as he was an amateur wrestler. He was beaten so badly in the bout, that when he turned up the following day, Loach was considering replacing him.
Yep even in 90's northern born and bred these were our days and they were Belter. We gave as good as we got with teachers after we'd plucked the courage up. It was a baptism of life and I wouldn't change it
Just how School was. Forgot your kit or haven't got a note then get kit out of the lost property box. We used to wet our heads and flick it all over the floors to make out we had a shower to stop our PE Teacher having a perv at us. 😂. Best days of my life with all my friends. I can't believe Casper toe poked that ball with borstals on. Ouch.
Not many kids identified as a cat in those days. School in my day, was alot like this. Some things have improved since then, but others have declined to the point of being madness.
Oooh let's see now. Man Utd at home, the ref on their side for one and ordering the retaking of a penalty for arbitrary reasons! Flagrantly fouling the opposition and then the opposition player gets sent off for protesting the horseplay! Quite realistic when you consider things! :))))))))))
................ere. the other lads had the proper house shirt, I had an ole callaghan shirt with white hoops lol. Whenever someone had the house shirt stolen, they'd come to me first. Took 3 years to get the official house shirt. T'other lads had boots with six studs they could take out. I had 2 sizes second hand moulded boots with 13 chuffing studs. One detail they missed out on here and not like Ken Loach, the blotchy marbled effect of poor circulation on your legs as the sleet battered ya. Would not change the days of games at school though lol. Ken Loach, what a wonderful dude. Bet the Noonans still jealous of The Ward Brothers he had take part in Raining Stones............................Anyone for a pint at The Dusty Miller or, Junipers can do it for fifty p as a mixed of slurps and greenall whitleys. Ya tell the kids of today as they take a comb in the back pocket for games, and they won't believe you! Can you imagine the footballers of today going up against Ron Yeats, or Joe Jordan or how about............."Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried." (Bill Shankly). Ken Loach, still to this day a thorn in the side AND FACE of the vile and disgusting 'class act.' Nice one Geezer.
you need to re-title this.The PE teacher is NOT in the least "CHILDISH".He is EXACTLY what REAL PE teachers were like in our schools in the 1960's and 70's!!!. "I'm the Sergeant, you're the squaddie-JUMP TO IT"!. played BEAUTIFULLY by that beautiful Yorkshire lad...Brian Glover!.EEH, worrit were lyk back int dey!
