Churchill’s confident handling of World War II was arguably the last expression of the worldview that built the British Empire; even as it was being dismantled, the Allies’ victory in 1945 kept their confidence going for another decade. British films like A Night to Remember and the equally superb 1955 World War II drama The Dam Busters were the last gasp of the mindset. (Speaking of Lawrence of Arabia, recall how shattered Peter O’Toole as Lawrence appeared as he left Arabia in David Lean’s 1962 film.)
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