Dunkirk Darkest Hour Fan Edit - 'We Shall Fight' (Finest Hour)

This is the ending of Finest Hour, a fan edit/supercut of Dunkirk and Darkest Hour. I combined Winston Churchill's "we shall fight" speech with the ending of Dunkirk since they overlap each other so well.

[itsblitz]

It's kind of surprising that two films set around this time period all released in 2017. It's kind of impressive, coincidental but impressive.

[cameron]

"What just happened?"
"He just mobilized the English language--and sent it into battle."

[BoldOne]

Imagine this. War broke out a year ago, in that timeframe you have lost seven of your allies to one country, you are the last one standing against a superpower while you sit on your island. You could surrender, or give them the middle finger.

[J_C_CH]

The world's darkest hour would become Britain's finest.

[booksrule]

I like how the officer remained behind for the French soldiers still fighting

[josiahscarrmusic]

"I'm staying... for the French"
you'd never think you'd hear that considering all those hundreds of years of fighting against France we had, .

[TheWhiteWolf_bflm]

My dad said many times after watching The Darkest Hour "Imagine if this movie and Dunkirk were put together?"
He'd have liked this montage...
Miss him

[RiderSousa]

I'm not even British, and suddenly I was so proud of being one.
Greetings from your oldest allies, Portugal.

[joekaput]

There's a way to edit these together to make one movie. A very, very good movie, I think.

[olivergooding]

Churchill definitely made mistakes in his life but theres a reason the cranes saluted his funeral barge.

[L.J.Kommer]

A united America was unstoppable, but a united Britain was undefeatable.

[SomeGunNerd]

Winston Churchill's "Fight on the Beaches" speech is one of very few speeches throughout history that really gets to me. Most people, regardless of how noble or important their goals are, just kinda end up saying words. It ends up as a snore fest.
Churchill's speech is different. It stirs something inside. It's such a masterful work that draws on the emotions of the listener and makes you wish you were there. It makes me wish I could join them in their fight, to defend Britain from German aggression, whatever the cost may be.
I think the only other speeches I've heard that have this kind of effect would be Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" and Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream."

[pilotgeorge]

Fun fact: the character 'Mr. Dawson' was based heavily on Charles Lightoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, who rescued over 100 men at Dunkirk :)

[MaxwellAerialPhotography]

As much as I love Gary Oldman’s dramatic delivery of such a famous speech, there is something poignant about one soldier reading it from the paper to another. That would have been how most men heard it, how most of them would have experience those famous and courageous words, in a decidedly less dramatic fashion than is commonly invoked in our minds eye.

[wabbitlord]

My Great Grand uncle died to help evacuate the British from the shores of Dunkirk, it is through masterpieces like these two films that I can see what he died for, for hundreds of thousands of troops to go home and kiss their wives and children, and then liberate my home, the British didn't need to come to France to liberate us, they could have stayed home with their Roast Beef and tea and surrender to Hitler, that was the easy way out. But nevermore shall we find such resolve in a people, country or man as found in Churchill. God bless England, Dieu sauve la France.

[oscartoft]

The people vandalising this mans statue need to seriously rethink what they’re doing.

[sheriffsushi]

Dunkirk portrayed brilliant themes alongside gorgeous visuals and a searing score. It shows both the best and worst of humans, and how we can be both our own saviours and our own destroyers. Gorgeous edit.

[Captainkebbles]

I know he was referring to the British empire, but there is something about the end making me think of the Empire, Canada, Free French, and Americans, their landing craft ramps dropping into the surf, storming into Italy and France. To liberate the old world.


*Edit*

Quotes I've come across since posting this feels fitting

"Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy"
-Eisenhower, the day the war in Europe began

"Who kind of people do they think we are?" Churchill on learning of the Pearl harbor attack

[ajcaraballo]

Dude, words are not enough to describe how perfect this edit was. I nearly cried. No joke. Lol







P.S. It's funny to see this since Gary Oldman starred in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

[Alex_Gorell]

Watch the King’s Speech, then the Darkest Hour up to the Dunkirk part, then Dunkirk, then finish the darkest hour.