Carrier film stars?

carrierbarry · #1 29-12-10, 21:02

Over the Xmas break my wife settled down to watch the film Evita starring Madonna made a couple of years ago. I was just leaving the room when I was stopped. I could't believe my eyes about 5 mins into the film there is a scene with 4 sandy coloured MkII carriers driving down a road.
Got me thinking how many more films are there with carriers in them and do the owners know they own a film star.

LIST

Evita
A Bride Too Far.
The Longest Day (Great scene on beach that won't start. I know it well!!!.)
Dunkirk
My carrier was used in the film Atonement, (But did't make the film)

Barry

kevin powles · #2 29-12-10, 21:19

Barry, Was this one of them?.

Ron Pier · #3 29-12-10, 22:15

And I bought a van full of carrier spares from the film prop company involved in the film....All sold now though.

Ron

shaun · #4 29-12-10, 22:49

I was asked if they could use my carrier for the film (1995) but seening as i had just started a new posting i would not let it go. my mate sent his (the one that was on milweb just before christmas). They were painted sand by the film company and then back to green after they had been finished, he was appauled by the paint finish when it came back to him. It was so bad he put it at the back of the shed and left it there in shame.
My carrier "Puddle Jumper" was used in "D-Day to Berlin" along with my another mates one "Windy".
If you watch the film "the way ahead" they push very realistic wooden carriers and wooden Dingos over the side of a sinking ship. There is a really brilliant film with Arthur Askey in ( i cant remember what it was called)where he is a carrier crewman, all sing and servicing early carriers. then there is the start of a "Canterbury tale" with carrier tearing through the country side and attacking a horse and cart. ok so its off to you tube !

RichardT10829 · #5 30-12-10, 00:28

not to be too critical

but......... that light stone appears to be the wrong shade (if it is meant to be 1940's light stone) ...unless its actually desert ZI pink in which case its spot on : i would love for my carrier to get used in a film but would have to specify i drove it and had a cameo part in the movie

now that we have more carriers in use here it would be nice for HBO to do a band of brothers type affair about other commonwealth forces other than the US of A all the time.

Jordan Baker · #6 30-12-10, 02:03

King Arthur Was A Gentleman is the movie you were thinking of. I downloaded it from the following site.

http://www.archive.org/details/KingArthurWasaGentleman

kevin powles · #7 02-01-11, 18:29

Hi, Just been watching a film called 'up in the world' at work starring Norman Wisdom, great scenes at the end with a T16 Carrier crashing into a stately home ball room causing mayhem.

Thats the third Norman Wisdom film we have watched today, I need to get another job!.

kevin.

shaun · #8 02-01-11, 18:34

There are some good shots of a T16 in "Theirs is the Glory" brilliant film about Arnhem. black and white, and a must to watch using the troops who were there, they even have a burning King Tiger !

carrierbarry · #9 02-01-11, 19:35

John

Great carrier how long have you had it?
I did'nt think Baptys supplied vehicles, I thought it was only weapons.

Barry

Peter Walsh · #10 03-01-11, 08:34

Has anyone seen 'The Best of Enemies' lately. It has some carriers and armoured cars in it. It's been a while since i've seen it, not too sure if the trucks near the end are CMP's.

Pete

kevin powles · #11 11-01-15, 22:10

I usually watch one old black and White 'St Trinians' film over the Christmas period as Christmas isn't the same if you don't!.

Great mortar carrier footage near the end of the film.
"the pure hell of st trinian's "

stephen crowhurst · #12 11-01-15, 23:01

Some other films with carriers in are;

"A Canterbury Tale" made towards the end of the war around Canterbury and the local villages. There are some good shots of carriers whizzing about.
And watch out for the way you are meant to exit the carrier from the commanders seat. Mind your backs while trying it out.
Also the are some good shots of the city centre which was bombed out.

"Hitler, My Part In His Downfall" staring Jim Dale as Spike Milligan. You see Arthur Low as an officer in a carrier.

And I think the film is called "The Duck That Laid the the Golden Egg" where towards the end there are a few shots of carriers.

Happy Watching Stephen

Jim Baker · #13 12-01-15, 10:04

In February 1979 I took my LP2A carrier to wellington on the back of my GMC for use in a TV advertisement for BASF cassette tapes. it is on You Tube, search for "BASF Dear John" and you will see it. I got paid the princely sum of $100.00 for this, didn't even pay the cost of getting it there, but it was a lot of fun. This advertisement won a lot of awards both nationally and internationally.

jeepfinger · #14 13-01-15, 23:32

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Originally Posted by carrierbarry

John

Great carrier how long have you had it?
I did'nt think Baptys supplied vehicles, I thought it was only weapons.

Barry

Just caught onto this thread. I do know that Charlie Mann supplied some vehicles for a B.T.F and also for Yanks. I think that they where mainly GMC's Jeeps and a Harley. Some of the Sherman's where Airportable Land Rovers with a fibreglass body, I was told that the driver sat on the wing.
Dave