They just dont make movies like that anymore. That climb to the top, a whole army regiment warned only at the last moment by a great hero and man who knew his fate. Just sends chills down the spine and tears in the eyes.
The soldier's singing 'Will ye no come back again" is so powerful. It's the best version of the song out there imo. Makes me friggin proud to be from Europe knowing we produced such beauty.
As a small boy in the late 60's we were were on a group family vacation in Margate, NJ. My father and Uncles some how acquired this movie (on old fashioned reels!) and ran it on a bed sheet in the garage for all the neighborhood kids. We were entranced, laughing, terrified, and held in thrall for the entire movie. During this climactic scene, my Uncle (also a bugler) hit these notes from behind us at the same time as the movie! WOW! It was magical night that left its mark on my for the rest of my life. When that Uncle died about 15 years ago, his son ended his eulogy with "Good work, Bugler." Good work indeed!
I posted this video in honor of my fallen Gunga brothers. I watch this clip every time I start missing them and the great times we had together. Our friendship lasted over 40 years, come hell or high water nothing could separate us. Long after I'm gone this scene will be forever. The Bugle's calling us.
Unforgettable, powerfully emotional scene! Saw it a million times in the 50s on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie" in NYC. Only wish the clip showed Din smiling in his English uniform at the end.
The double meaning of the song, in this instance, is chilling. The old Scottish fair well vs the chance that many of them would actually never 'come back again'.
Moves me to tears. His sacrice saved them, and all he ever wanted to be was to be a soldier like them. What he could not accomplish in life he accomplished in death as seen in the end when the commander bestows it upon him.
My uncle took my dad to see this movie when he was 10 years old and he told him at the end, "if Din , didn't make it to the top , he wanted his money back" 1939, when it was released. Anyway, True story . My dad, used to wake us 1-3 am for New Jersey USA, late movie tv ..have my mom make popcorn and fudge and let us skip school the next day. Rip dad . Rip uncle Gil.
One of the most famous and brilliant scenes in Hollywood movie History Same Jaffe brilliant as Gunga Din and his determination to crawl up to warn the Colonel and British Army of the Thuggi ambush by blowing his bugle as loudly as he could never tire of this wonderful scene !🤗😂👳📯💂💂💂🐎🐎🐎🇮🇳🇬🇧
Any man who has been a soldier cannot but help but me moved by the sight of those troops marching into battle and singing the song. I served in Afghanistan and wonder what has happened to some of our snowflake youth. God help this nation if we cannot right the wayward course they have taken!
Aside from 'Will ye no come back again' as a marching cadence, I loved the precision with which they formed their battle positions when the order was given.
I am not interested in the politics of the British Empire etc. etc.This scene has always been so powerful to me when I saw it as a child, and even to this day as an adult. You can't help but be inspired by his sacrifice. Thank you so much for posting this clip. The perfect addition would be the scene where he is honored by the commanding officer and his reading of the final section of "Gunga Din", with the music. Damn, it still makes me cry! thanks again
Actually, despite the bizarre transformation of the thuggee chief from cult leader to patriot (the thugs were religious fanatics who could have cared less about India) this is really a good guys vs bad guys movie. This may account for the delight most people have watching this very well directed, and acted, movie.
@@minnowpd Gandhi was a politician. He didn't like the movie (which was more an anti-terrorist film) showing the British trying to deal with what was nothing more than a murder cult that killed thousands. It should be noted noted that Indian lancers are plainly shown in the cavalry attack. The film actually had very little to do with India as a nation.
I have to say the tech advisors and extras as did their jobs. The ones playing playing British infantry had "snap" -- discipline and precision when Alarm, the bugle call was sounded. Wonder how many times they had to rehearse it? Great performance by Sam Jaffe
@@ducksinarowpatience3670I love when the calvary splits and you see the infantry take positions. I’m 43 and grew up watching this with my Uncles and Gran and Pop . My favorite movie
@@Mosey410 my father would wake us kids in the middle of the night have my mom make fudge and popcorn to watch it and let us skip school the next day, to sleep it off. He was the second to youngest of twelve and his big sisters husband Gil, took him and his little brother to see it in 1939, when my beloved father was ten. My uncle Gil told my dad and his little brother as Din climbed the tower "if he doesn't make it to the top I'm getting my money back." It's my favorite movie and I'm in my 60's and miss my sweet daddy. The music during the scene you mentioned is in my opinion the best use of music to depict mood in cinema history. I bought the DVD.
And this was done in 1939...before the storm clouds broke over the world. I cringe when I behold what has happened to Great Britain today. It pains me to see the monuments to the men who so bravely gave their lives.
"So I'll meet 'im later on, In the place where he has gone- Where it's always double drill and no canteen; "E'll be squattin' on the coals Givin' drink to pore damned souls And I'll get a swig in Hell from Gunga Din."
+Suzette DuPont I have watch thus film sooooo many times and now with the internet and You Tube I can see it when-ever I want. One good thing for the computers!! You must be a wonderful person and film goer and have a heart ifmyou tear up on this scene!!! LOL
***** Thank you Frank............I try to be a nice person. Another scene that generates tears is from the Grapes of Wrath when Ma Jode (SP) is going through her box of little treasures and keeping some and letting go of the rest. Reminds me of my midwestern roots. Yes, Youtude is GREAT for revisiting .
+Suzette DuPont My other scene is Robert DuVall in To kill a Mockingbird--he is just stranding behind the door and when he walks Scout home. His first real film scene. Also the entire movie "On the Beach" Greg Peck and all the cast. The last scene when the sub leaves for the last time. Tears for me. But Gunga Din climbing the Temple and blowing the bugle etc. Tears ! Did you know that Sabu was supposed to do that role but could not get away to do it--they gave it to Sam Jaffe--when he asked George Stevens how he wanted him to play it --George said "Play it like Sabu would have".
Pity that the film is only available for a fee. This is a classic that is much art as anything done by one of the Italian Masters. Its sentiments are immortal, loyalty, courage, comradeship and self-sacrifice. In this age where the lessons of this film are so needed and the craftsmanship that went into creating it so rare it is only available on-line for a harlots wage.
Self-sacrifice has been done in other movies since (The Iron Giant; Endgame) but this is the epitome, because Din was just a man with a bugle, no superpower to help him defeat the enemy.
My old crew and I will go out on hikes or walks and one will start singing 'Will Ye No Come Back Again?" then before we know it we're all marching again singing
I posted this scene dedicated to my buddies. We used to watch this movie every 4th of July while we were selling fireworks as a fundraiser we did this for about twenty years. This is movie has meant so much to me as a reminder what friendship and loyalty truly means. There were seven of us called the Gunga's. We all took a different moniker starting with the letter D, as in Din, Doz, Doc, Dic, Dos you get the idea. We lost four of the Gungas in the last few years I miss those Guys. To my Gunga Brothers the 4th is coming up you know where I'll be...
According to the British army advisors for the film, the area near Mt. Whitney where the film was shot resembles the region in the Hindu Kush perfectly.
Bonnie Charlie's noo awaSafely o'er the friendly main;He'rts will a'most break in twaShould he no' come back again.ChorusWill ye no' come back again?Will ye no' come back again?Better lo'ed ye canna beWill ye no' come back again?Ye trusted in your Hieland menThey trusted you, dear Charlie;They kent you hiding in the glen,Your cleadin' was but barely.*(Chorus)English bribes were a' in vainAn' e'en tho puirer we may beSiller canna buy the heartThat beats aye for thine and thee.(Chorus)We watch'd thee in the gloamin' hourWe watch'd thee in the mornin' greyTho' thirty thousand pound they'd gi'eOh, there is nane that wad betray.(Chorus)Sweet's the laverock's note and lang,Liltin' wildly up the glen,But aye to me he sings ane sang,Will ye no come back again?(Chorus)
I enjoyed the movie however the sound of the British troops signing the lament for Bonnie Prince Charlie always struck me as a bit humorous since, of course, he led a revolt against the British.
He would still be a significant figure to highland Scots; and since the soldiers in the film singing are from a highland regiment I always thought it seemed plausible, but I see what you mean.
I was there 2004-2005. I remember standing on a hill outside Kabul looking across the way at the ruins of the old British fort from which they began their retreat in 1842. Chilling moment.
At this period of history could easily be either. The British government would let soldiers be used in movies that would help the war effort. 1939 I think?
+213thAIB That's the column coming to rescue their buddies. The noise, as you call it, are drummers and the men singing Will Ye No Come Back Again. Look at the whole sequence and it will sound better.
They just dont make movies like that anymore. That climb to the top, a whole army regiment warned only at the last moment by a great hero and man who knew his fate. Just sends chills down the spine and tears in the eyes.
The soldier's singing 'Will ye no come back again" is so powerful. It's the best version of the song out there imo. Makes me friggin proud to be from Europe knowing we produced such beauty.
This clip is so awesome! Those drums gave these men the hope that they needed! It makes me so proud to be learning marching snare drum right now!
It’s the marching song of the old Gordon Highlanders. In my day the song was still a firm favourite and used in many Scottish regiments
I agree. My grandmother was a macpherson. Wish I knew more about her family
Agreed, a thousand times over.
there will only be one England, a grace to mankind despite its faults!
As a small boy in the late 60's we were were on a group family vacation in Margate, NJ. My father and Uncles some how acquired this movie (on old fashioned reels!) and ran it on a bed sheet in the garage for all the neighborhood kids. We were entranced, laughing, terrified, and held in thrall for the entire movie. During this climactic scene, my Uncle (also a bugler) hit these notes from behind us at the same time as the movie! WOW! It was magical night that left its mark on my for the rest of my life. When that Uncle died about 15 years ago, his son ended his eulogy with "Good work, Bugler." Good work indeed!
Nj here with equally poignant comment.
The eternal Gunga Din is and shall forever be an example of what a soldier should be until death.
Love this even more now, 50 years later. Who fails to feel a lump in their throat or shed a tear at the conclusion?
LazlosPlane Absolutely impossible!😢😭👳🇮🇳
I seem this movie with my pops when I was small and the part where gunga din blows the horn pumped me up... Sacrifice all time
@@jironsr9558 that was the plan.
I posted this video in honor of my fallen Gunga brothers. I watch this clip every time I start missing them and the great times we had together. Our friendship lasted over 40 years, come hell or high water nothing could separate us. Long after I'm gone this scene will be forever. The Bugle's calling us.
Bless you.
Glorious
Unforgettable, powerfully emotional scene! Saw it a million times in the 50s on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie" in NYC. Only wish the clip showed Din smiling in his English uniform at the end.
NJ here. I bought the DVD.
Watched in PA with Dad. He loved it so!
a very moving scene, one of the best Hollywood every produced. All without special effects.
the echo of "Will Ye No Come Back Again" is haunting.
agreed
Best movie ever!
Make way for the expedition!
I saw it the other day and have had the song stuck in my head since. That's what led me here.
i like when the trumpet picks up the call and it echoes back.
The double meaning of the song, in this instance, is chilling. The old Scottish fair well vs the chance that many of them would actually never 'come back again'.
Moves me to tears. His sacrice saved them, and all he ever wanted to be was to be a soldier like them. What he could not accomplish in life he accomplished in death as seen in the end when the commander bestows it upon him.
John 15:13
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
@@PaulGruendlerBeau indeed.
One of the most memorable movie scenes in history..........and with good reason.
My uncle took my dad to see this movie when he was 10 years old and he told him at the end, "if Din , didn't make it to the top , he wanted his money back" 1939, when it was released. Anyway, True story . My dad, used to wake us 1-3 am for New Jersey USA, late movie tv ..have my mom make popcorn and fudge and let us skip school the next day. Rip dad . Rip uncle Gil.
One of the most famous and brilliant scenes in Hollywood movie History Same Jaffe brilliant as Gunga Din and his determination to crawl up to warn the Colonel and British Army of the Thuggi ambush by blowing his bugle as loudly as he could never tire of this wonderful scene !🤗😂👳📯💂💂💂🐎🐎🐎🇮🇳🇬🇧
One of the greatest movies ever made. My father introduced me to this movie.
Any man who has been a soldier cannot but help but me moved by the sight of those troops marching into battle and singing the song. I served in Afghanistan and wonder what has happened to some of our snowflake youth. God help this nation if we cannot right the wayward course they have taken!
Aside from 'Will ye no come back again' as a marching cadence, I loved the precision with which they formed their battle positions when the order was given.
I am not interested in the politics of the British Empire etc. etc.This scene has always been so powerful to me when I saw it as a child, and even to this day as an adult. You can't help but be inspired by his sacrifice. Thank you so much for posting this clip. The perfect addition would be the scene where he is honored by the commanding officer and his reading of the final section of "Gunga Din", with the music. Damn, it still makes me cry! thanks again
I agree with your entire comments sir, well said........who are these playful subjects
Gandhi hated it.
Actually, despite the bizarre transformation of the thuggee chief from cult leader to patriot (the thugs were religious fanatics who could have cared less about India) this is really a good guys vs bad guys movie. This may account for the delight most people have watching this very well directed, and acted, movie.
@@minnowpd Gandhi was a politician. He didn't like the movie (which was more an anti-terrorist film) showing the British trying to deal with what was nothing more than a murder cult that killed thousands. It should be noted noted that Indian lancers are plainly shown in the cavalry attack. The film actually had very little to do with India as a nation.
@@BOORAGG India never was a nation. Only a large group of different ethnics. Until today.
I have to say the tech advisors and extras as did their jobs. The ones playing playing British infantry had "snap" -- discipline and precision when Alarm, the bugle call was sounded. Wonder how many times they had to rehearse it?
Great performance by Sam Jaffe
My favorite all time
My favorite all time movie.
First saw this movie in 1975, and each viewing is great-----
That man was a true hero in every sense of the word.
The Colonel’s got to know.
Good job bugler
Exactly
@@ducksinarowpatience3670I love when the calvary splits and you see the infantry take positions. I’m 43 and grew up watching this with my Uncles and Gran and Pop . My favorite movie
@@Mosey410 my father would wake us kids in the middle of the night have my mom make fudge and popcorn to watch it and let us skip school the next day, to sleep it off. He was the second to youngest of twelve and his big sisters husband Gil, took him and his little brother to see it in 1939, when my beloved father was ten. My uncle Gil told my dad and his little brother as Din climbed the tower "if he doesn't make it to the top I'm getting my money back." It's my favorite movie and I'm in my 60's and miss my sweet daddy. The music during the scene you mentioned is in my opinion the best use of music to depict mood in cinema history. I bought the DVD.
And this was done in 1939...before the storm clouds broke over the world. I cringe when I behold what has happened to Great Britain today. It pains me to see the monuments to the men who so bravely gave their lives.
"So I'll meet 'im later on,
In the place where he has gone-
Where it's always double drill and no canteen;
"E'll be squattin' on the coals
Givin' drink to pore damned souls
And I'll get a swig in Hell from Gunga Din."
Hollywood at its best, Steven's worked his cast hard, he knows how to direct whole armies.
This film prompted me to enlist in the Marines in 1965.
Never gets old......like me.
Learned "Will Ye No Come Back Again" from this movie and sing it as I march to adventures with my pooch.
Very regimental.
You have to see the whole movie to cry in the end.
I still cry at this scene
+Frank Fraser Me too Frank........I always tear up.
+Suzette DuPont I have watch thus film sooooo many times and now with the internet and You Tube I can see it when-ever I want. One good thing for the computers!!
You must be a wonderful person and film goer and have a heart ifmyou tear up on this scene!!! LOL
*****
Thank you Frank............I try to be a nice person. Another scene that generates tears is from the Grapes of Wrath when Ma Jode (SP) is going through her box of little treasures and keeping some and letting go of the rest. Reminds me of my midwestern roots. Yes, Youtude is GREAT for revisiting .
+Suzette DuPont My other scene is Robert DuVall in To kill a Mockingbird--he is just stranding behind the door and when he walks Scout home. His first real film scene.
Also the entire movie "On the Beach" Greg Peck and all the cast. The last scene when the sub leaves for the last time. Tears for me. But Gunga Din climbing the Temple and blowing the bugle etc. Tears !
Did you know that Sabu was supposed to do that role but could not get away to do it--they gave it to Sam Jaffe--when he asked George Stevens how he wanted him to play it --George said "Play it like Sabu would have".
Every time.
Almost unbearable suspense--One of the best movies of 1939 -if not ever!-You will laugh and cry!
Pity that the film is only available for a fee. This is a classic that is much art as anything done by one of the Italian Masters. Its sentiments are immortal, loyalty, courage, comradeship and self-sacrifice. In this age where the lessons of this film are so needed and the craftsmanship that went into creating it so rare it is only available on-line for a harlots wage.
I bought the DVD.
Self-sacrifice has been done in other movies since (The Iron Giant; Endgame) but this is the epitome, because Din was just a man with a bugle, no superpower to help him defeat the enemy.
Aww... It cuts out Sgt Cutter saying "Good work, Bugler."
Because of this film, I'm learning Will Ye No Come back Again on the bagpipes!
+Pamela Zilly Post it when you learn.
My old crew and I will go out on hikes or walks and one will start singing 'Will Ye No Come Back Again?" then before we know it we're all marching again singing
Where.?
No one should have to see a 72-year old man crying in front of LabCorp at Walgreens.
Love this movie you are a hero gunga din
I posted this scene dedicated to my buddies. We used to watch this movie every 4th of July while we were selling fireworks as a fundraiser we did this for about twenty years. This is movie
has meant so much to me as a reminder what friendship and loyalty truly means. There were seven of us called the Gunga's. We all took a different moniker starting with the letter D, as in Din, Doz, Doc, Dic, Dos you get the idea. We lost four of the Gungas in the last few years I miss those Guys. To my Gunga Brothers the 4th is coming up you know where I'll be...
This is the only scene I remember from the movie when I saw it with my uncle Alex decades ago.
Now, you're all under arrest!
Cutter.
The colonel's got to know
"You fight for your country, but you die for your friends." -- Col Michael Radcliff, ret.
A Most Welcome Dream of Childhood
GREAT ENDING
Love this movie
George Stevens was a great director, he moved the cast to the high Sierras just to get the right look.
According to the British army advisors for the film, the area near Mt. Whitney where the film was shot resembles the region in the Hindu Kush perfectly.
“I’m sorry sir - I flunked flank”
If you know - you know.
They don't make movies for adults anymore.
Great movie
You take the left flank and I'll take the right.
Died a soldier.
That Indian Temple is made of solid Gold hidden under the concrete. What a price for the British?
It has taken a few years to allow this video allowed on youtube again ... feel free in its honesty of humanity.
Got to save (Cary )I started crying then you'll for real I think if they had held their cover they could have gotten da Brits talk to me yo big up
Hero
#1 Will ye no come back again
Bugle call stand to
As in four feathers also!
Indiana Jones The Temple of Doom
Bonnie Charlie's noo awaSafely o'er the friendly main;He'rts will a'most break in twaShould he no' come back again.ChorusWill ye no' come back again?Will ye no' come back again?Better lo'ed ye canna beWill ye no' come back again?Ye trusted in your Hieland menThey trusted you, dear Charlie;They kent you hiding in the glen,Your cleadin' was but barely.*(Chorus)English bribes were a' in vainAn' e'en tho puirer we may beSiller canna buy the heartThat beats aye for thine and thee.(Chorus)We watch'd thee in the gloamin' hourWe watch'd thee in the mornin' greyTho' thirty thousand pound they'd gi'eOh, there is nane that wad betray.(Chorus)Sweet's the laverock's note and lang,Liltin' wildly up the glen,But aye to me he sings ane sang,Will ye no come back again?(Chorus)
Alabama Hills!
Sergeants 3 a remake of original
Story set in wild west!
I call my wifes sister's boyfriend gunga din
IS IT ASSEMBLY CALL HE'S BUGLING IS IT PARTNER
I enjoyed the movie however the sound of the British troops signing the lament for Bonnie Prince Charlie always struck me as a bit humorous since, of course, he led a revolt against the British.
He had a revolt against the English.British Island=England+Scotland+Wales
They're Highlanders....Scots Troops in British service. Notice the kilts.
He would still be a significant figure to highland Scots; and since the soldiers in the film singing are from a highland regiment I always thought it seemed plausible, but I see what you mean.
Nowadays the British troops follow those soldiers' steps in Afghanistan.
I was there 2004-2005. I remember standing on a hill outside Kabul looking across the way at the ruins of the old British fort from which they began their retreat in 1842. Chilling moment.
@@majerstud
Her or his majesty's soldiers will return , be it 2021 or 2040.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205hopefully to a lot of other places too
@@majerstud
The mountains that surround Kabul , soon or later, will hear like an old song played over and over the bagpipes.
2:12, were those men actors or true soldiers?.
At this period of history could easily be either. The British government would let soldiers be used in movies that would help the war effort. 1939 I think?
What the devil is that background noise?
+213thAIB Drummers
+213thAIB That's the column coming to rescue their buddies. The noise, as you call it, are drummers and the men singing Will Ye No Come Back Again. Look at the whole sequence and it will sound better.
+213thAIB I just heard it like a clicking noise.
Someone is making a copy (it seems) from their TV. Background noise may be the cat playing with the blinds? :D
That´s just a copied scene. Here´s the original: th-cam.com/video/kGi2AlMhraQ/w-d-xo.html
What was that bugle called he played?
Chode216 Alarm.
The colonel says "sound off" and we hear the echo down through the alabama hills. Its beautiful
Parody version is nicer
I Flynn Parker am GAY
Stop rustling papers in the background you amateur!
MIGHTY GUNGA DIN... FEARLESS..!!