Hey guys!
So I guess my hint was a bit too obvious, since someone guessed this update correctly… (Curse you Lowknave! LOL! JK!)
Anyway… This recreation is for the first official trailer that came out for the upcoming movie, Dunkirk. It is about the successful evacuation of 338,226 British and French soldiers from France to England in the face of the German Blitzkrieg that swept through Europe in the early years of the Second World War. It is considered to be the first of many fatal mistakes that Hitler made, (Well, maybe except for invading Poland!) and can be made as the first of the Allied victories despite being called a defeat, because all those soldiers who made it out, lived to fight another day…
Dunkirk Trailer 1
Warner Bros. Pictures
A TimeWarner Company
Syncopy
In a small, deserted French town, a small group of British soldiers were walking through while leaflets were falling down onto the street. One of the British soldiers grabbed one in midair with his wing and looked at it. On it was a picture of part of northern France, most of it colored red and in the red was the words, "We surround you" with blacks arrows pointing at a white space and in the white space was the single word, "You".
The screen faded to black before showing a beach, with some dead soldiers scattered about and abandoned military vehicles, one of which had a British flag which was being fluttered about by the wind. Also on the beach was a line of British soldiers, all alive, waiting for something. As the British soldiers waited on the beach and in the water, one of them pushed away a dead comrade.
"The enemy tanks have stopped."
A British officer spoke while the screen was black before showing the officer, a gruff looking older Blue macaw. (Eduardo) He was with two other officers on a pier on the beach.
"Why?"
Another, younger officer (Roberto) asked to the older officer.
"Why waste precious tanks when they can pick us off from the air like fish in a barrel?"
As the officer spoke, a British soldier by the name of Nightfly was just coming from the outskirts of the French town, looking at the beach, which was filled with many rows of British soldiers waiting for the Royal Navy to get them. As they waited, silence was on the beach as no one spoke, all calm and peaceful.
"There are 400,000 men on this beach."
Eduardo stated as it then showed a German pilot closing the canopy of his plane, as the screen faded to black, the tension became alive as back on the beach. German dive bombers attacked the British soldiers, the soldiers laying down and hoping to still be alive as the German planes bombed and sprayed bullets at the British soldiers, chaos reigned on the beach as British soldiers stayed still while others panicked and tried to run for it. Nightfly was laying face first down on the beach, his wings over his ears as a bomb exploded nearby and sand flew on top of him.
From Christopher Nolan
As the beach became clam again, Nightfly and a couple of other soldiers were sitting down on the beach, as they watched another British soldier get rid of his gear and letting it fall on the sand as he walked to the water. As Nightfly and the others watched, the soldier went into the water and began to swim, as if he wanted to swim all the way to England.
The Event That Shaped Our World
Back on the beach, German planes attacked yet again as a British soldier pulled back the bolt of his rifle as the planes came in.
"He's coming back around."
A British soldier who was a on a boat explained as he was holding onto some railing with his wings.
"He's coming back around!"
The British soldier shouted louder as a bomb hit and exploded no the boat he was on along with other soldiers. Nightfly, along with other British soldiers, who were swimming to get on the boat, ducked down under the water, Nightlfy holding his ear with his wings again as the muffled screams of men could be heard. As Nightfly let himself go back up the surface of the water, German planes were still attacking, targeting the troop transports as they tried to escape.
On a hospital ship, soldiers were abandoning ship as they jumped over the side of the ship into the water. The German planes finally peeled off, most likely out of ammo, while Nightfly and other British soldiers were still in the water.
This Summer
As Nightfly was standing on top of a sunken ship, he was recused by some normal citizens in a small yacht, one of them tossing a rope to Nightfly. As Nightfly was saved, one of the citizens wrapped a blanket around the soaking wet Nightfly.
"Where are we going?"
Nightfly asked to one of the citizens who saved him.
"Dunkirk."
The citizen answered, while steering his small boat, the British flag flying from the back. And as the screen expands, it shows many small boats, such as sailboats and yachts heading for the beaches of Dunkirk.
"We're not going to make it."
Nightfly said with doubt, but the man who saved him didn't give in.
"There's no hiding from this, son."
The man said, unafraid. The screen turning to black before showing a line of british soldiers boarding a boat.
"We have a job to do."
The screen going black before showing a group of British soldiers desperately trying to take a rowboat out into the water, but having to fight the waves coming in onto the beach. The screen going to black again before showing Nightfly.
"If we go there, we'll die."
Nightfly replied, still hopeless about the situation.
Hope is a Weapon
Back on the beach, while the British soldiers were waiting, some of their comrades and friends, who were dead, were laid on the beach, side by side with their bodies covered up. And then it showed Nightfly up against a wall, loading his rifle, pulling back and pushing the bolt back as the next scene showed a capsizing ship, an explosion rocking the ship as British soldiers were thrown back by the force into the water. And inside the ship, where crew members were attending to the British soldiers, the hull gave way and water rushed in, flooding the room.
Up in the air, British fighter planes were flying through, while back down on the ground, Eduardo, on the pier took his cap, looking up at the sky, where three British fighter planes split formation.
The next scene showed British soldiers down in a ship's hull when some of them heard something, Nightfly, who was along them also heard something as well. As one of the British soldiers came to a hole where water was seeping in, looking through it, something must have hit his beak from the outside for he gave a mighty cry and fell down holding onto his beak in pain. While Nightfly and other soldiers watched, a couple of soldiers held the pained soldier to help him out.
Survival is Victory
Back on the beaches, French citizens in a sailing boat were helping British soldiers board their boat, grabbing onto wings and pulling the Brits up. And as that was happening, german planes still kept up their assault, British soldiers on the boats and piers again laying down as best they could, while bombs landed nearby, exploding in the water.
Meanwhile Nightfly must have been blown off the side of a ship, for he was down in the water with a life vest on, begging for someone to come and save him. Back up in the air, British fighter planes were flying to Dunkirk and back on the seas, a few small yachts were passing by a Royal Navy destroyer, where soldiers were lined up on the deck, cheering by clapping their wings, or taking off their helmets and waving them in the air. And back on the beach, Nightfly and another soldier were carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher, running along the beach. And back in the French town, from earlier, Nightfly and other British soldiers were running, probably from German troops since a couple of them fell down, most likely from bullets.
The screen faded to black before it showed Eduardo again.
"You can practically see it from here."
Eduardo spoke as Roberto was confused about what he meant.
"What?"
Roberto asked as it showed the scene from when the German planes attacked the beach, while Nightfly was holding his wings to his ears, finally looking around when the sound became quiet again, while Eduardo answered Roberto.
"Home."
Dunkirk
Summer 2017
"The miracle at Dunkirk" as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it, would be a very defining moment for Great Britain and for the Second World War.
Hitler's failure to allow the German army to continue their advance and destroy what remained of the British and French armies in France would be fatal and would be a first step to his downfall. For if the German army destroyed what was left of the Allied forces in France, then Hitler might have been encouraged to invade Great Britain right away and Great Britain most certainly would have fallen to the Axis Powers. In turn, leaving America, at that time, as the only major power left to oppose the combined forces of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
However, the resolve of the Royal Navy to evacuate the remains of the British and French armies at Dunkirk pulled through, and over 300,000 Allied soldiers made it to England. And shortly after, with the resolve of the Royal Air Force and the British people's determination to not give in because of the rallying speeches of Winston Churchill, pulled through during the Battle of Britain, when Hitler tried to bomb the British into submission, instead 2,000 German planes fell from the skies during Great Britain's lone resistance to the Axis Powers.
P.S. I decided to use Nightfly's OC, since Nightfly himself is British and I thought he would very much appreciate being part of this update!