The Convoy Is Ambushed | Lost Command | Silver Scenes

The 10th regiment come under fire and must fight to survive.


French Army Colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrilla during the Algerian War.

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The Convoy Is Ambushed | Lost Command | Silver Scenes

[zhubotang]

My man who was returning fire with his service pistol towards the ambush ridge line had tons of faith.

[MyelinProductions]

'Lost Command' (aka Les Centurions) is a 1966 American war film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Ronet and Claudia Cardinale. It is based on the best-selling 1960 novel The Centurions by Jean Lartéguy. The film focuses on the story of French paratroopers battling in French Indochina and French Algeria. ~ Good movie - good historical portrayals & based on real true events. ~ Be Safe out there folks ~ Peace & Health to Us All.

[hannotn]

Love the revelation of the soldier telling the officer at 2:40 "they have automatic weapons!" I think by that stage it was readily apparent that they had automatic weapons.

[johnmoreno]

My father was a Colonial Parachutist in Algeria in 1949. He mentioned a time when his unit was issued the wrong ammo for their rifles, and they were about to enter a hostile village. So they fixed bayonets, and marched in like they owned the village. No trouble.

[nickmitsialis]

This is probably the first film I had ever seen on the French/Algerian War.

[jimdunlap]

They guy saying "they have automatic weapons" thank you Sgt Obvious 😂😂

[hubertcarret]

Les hommes politiques actuels salissent la mémoire des militaires Français morts en Algérie, c'est indigne, car c'est le gouvernement de l'époque qui avait décidé de les envoyer là bas, en particulier le gouvernement Guy Mollet socialiste.Respect à nos morts, c'est la moindre des choses.Savoir se taire et ne pas toujours remuer des discordes, c'est le minimum que l'on demande.

[sharonhaywood]

I love this movie remember it when I was a little girl. In my day this was a scary movie 😊😊😊 now 66 years old and I still enjoyed it ❤️

[antoniopinto]

Indochine (Vietnam). Seel "La 317eme section" 1965. Very good film.

[ronaldmcdonald]

Those mortars sound exactly the same as the explosions in the army men games!

[mikearmstrong]

Completely realistic. Whenever I ambush a convoy, I always chose a position with a jeep trail right on my flank.

Just last Thursday I was getting ready to ambush a convoy, and my wife said "Why don't you guard that jeep trail on your flank? And why don't you try to hide that mine in the road? "

I told her "Ethylene, why don't you just worry about your brussels sprout and marshmallow casserole? I used to be a movie director before I went to work at the used food discount store, and I know far more about this kind of jungle warfare than you do!"

[bouse]

The algerian commander was formerly a soldier in the french army and had served with the french colonel. That was often the case with fln commanders

[johnco]

Whilst I can understand the French making so few films about Algeria or the Indochina War its a pity that their major film industry hasn't made some effort.

[robertoborsalino]

le titre du film : Les Centurions tiré du livre de jean Larteguy ! Alain delon et antony Quin ainsi que d'autres acteurs francais comme on n'en verra plus !

[markf]

"Get the spaghetti, Captain. And bring extra napkins".

[francisfouquet]

Les centurions. Tres bon film avec de grand acteur. Mis en scènes par mark robson. La guerre d'Algérie vu par hollywood.

[zebradun]

OK so when does the convoy commander ride point and why no point recon unit before the column, Now if you are driving in a vally send out guards to sweep the heights.
Good movie though Anthony Quinn was a good actor.

[ralang]

Waiting for one of them to say "are we the baddies?"

[olivercraig]

Both Algeria and Vietnam were colonial wars where both sides committed dreadful atrocities. I don't think the American government understood this because of their paranoia about communism and if so they would have realised that the Vietcong and NV army were not going to give up.

[Rhubba]

Anthony Quinn and Alain Delon look cool in French lizard pattern camouflage. Lots of nice MAT 49 SMGs depicted as well but when the order is given "advance 20 yards" the French would have said metres instead.