Then get the RUSSIAN CINEMA COUNCIL version of Bondarchuk's WAR AND PEACE.
In the Henry Fonda version the battle barely lasts ten minutes.
In the Bondarchuk version, Bordino lasts over an hour with much leading up to the battle.
Posted on 04/25/2015 9:39:10 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
With the 200th anniversary of the famous Battle of Waterloo just two months away a survey in Britain has revealed that most ofthe public know little about it and some even think it's just an Abba song, while many thought the French actually won.
A survey of Britons published in the build-up to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo found three-quarters knew little or nothing about it -- while many thought France won.
The poll of 2,070 people for the National Army Museum found 73 percent either knew nothing or next to nothing about the battle, one of the most important in the nation's history.
When asked what came to mind when Waterloo was mentioned, 54 percent of people aged 18 to 24 said the London railway station named after the battle, while 46 percent cited the Eurovision-winning song by Swedish pop group ABBA.
The Battle of Waterloo, fought outside Brussels in 1815, saw the Duke of Wellington lead the British and allied forces to a final, decisive victory over French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
But the survey found only 53 percent knew Wellington commanded the British troops.
The other 47 percent thought it could have been 16th-century navigator Francis Drake, Britain's World War II prime minister Winston Churchill, King Arthur, who ruled in the fifth century, and even the wizard Albus Dumbledore from the "Harry Potter" books.
Fourteen percent thought Napoleon actually won.
"Despite the Battle of Waterloo being an iconic moment in British history, UK public awareness is dramatically low," said Janice Murray, director-general of the National Army Museum.
Perhaps they should make a Waterloo branded gin or vodka.
How about Stonewall Jackson's 1959 hit, Waterloo? There's also an English version by the Mudlarks, from the same year. The young Britishers ought to listen to this song, because it describes what happened at the Battle of Waterloo (in Stonewall Jackson's version, Napoleon lost his pants; in the Mudlarks' version, he lost his chance).
Time to re-release the 1970 movie WATERLOO with Christopher Plumber and Rod Steiger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_%281970_film%29
Sergei Bondarchuk also did the Russian language version of WAR AND PEACE, eight hours worth!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Bondarchuk
“His first English language film was 1970’s Waterloo, produced by Dino De Laurentiis. In Europe the critics called it remarkable for the epic battle scenes and details in capturing the Napoleonic Era.”
There is an old joke about the Frenchman who applied to become a British citizen. It horrified his friends and they could not understand why.
When he was granted British Citizenship, he told his friends why...”Yesterday, Waterloo was a defeat. Today, it is a VICTORY!”
Mine too. I especially like the Battle of Borodin, the dress rehearsal for Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Russia, and the archetypal Pyrric victory.
Few (younger) Americans have any idea about the American Revolution either.
True, but why is it that somehow only Americans are portrayed as ignorant of history? I’d bet that a lack of historical knowledge runs pretty wide across the globe. At least in Western countries.
Doesn’t surprise me.
Most Americans don’t understand why we attacked Japan after Germany obliterated Pearl Harbor...
Thnx!!!
Always had a thing for that blonde.
She could’ve been a California girl.
You just wonder what their “Beef” was...
“Stonewall” wasn’t that a gay rebellion against the straight establishment in NYC back in the 60s?
Or were you referring to LTG Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson of the American civil war?
I’m guessing most lgbt-alphabeters know only of the former.
Most Britons are drunk.
bfl
Ho Lee Chit!!!
I made it through the first two black kids and they had no fooking idea who won “The Great War”???
Blasphemy and I can’t freaken see how they got to college.
Just a bunch of Beauregard Shiloh.
I wouldn’t think it possible to be that stupid but, there it is and glaringly...
Definitely; revisionist historians will completely gut those topics to suit their agendas.
WWII will disappear because not only was the military segregated, but blacks weren’t used as combat troops. Not that some didn’t end up in combat; they simply weren’t assigned to combat units, but instead to support roles.
Geesus!
Who did we gain our independence from?
Maybe someone counts cadence so these idiots know when to breath....
People don’t understand how uneducated our urban population is; I had a black co-worker tell me he had just seen the movie “Titanic”, and when I commented that is was a high ration of passengers that had drowned, he asked: “That relly happened?”.
At the time he was thirty five years old, a proud product of Jersey City’s public school system.
I think just about everyone has heard of Gettysburg.
I suspect not many know that casualties on both sides were just about even. Some say one side lost more and others say the opposite. I think the best sources say the Union lost more.
Then get the RUSSIAN CINEMA COUNCIL version of Bondarchuk's WAR AND PEACE.
In the Henry Fonda version the battle barely lasts ten minutes.
In the Bondarchuk version, Bordino lasts over an hour with much leading up to the battle.
https://youtu.be/pOePGV9Utrk
See tag line.
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