Hi Jack
The little cartoon 'one way to tell the time' made my colleague & I roar with laughter
I found your puzzle very interesting. I presume we're talking about D-Day which was launched on 6th June 1944.
The 2 films are The Longest Day & Saving Private Ryan. I've seen the first but never plucked up the courage to watch the latter.
I've done a bit of research on Beethoven's 5th & found this -
"During World War II, the opening motif of Beethoven's 5th Symphony became a powerful symbol for the Allied forces. The short-short-short-long rhythmic pattern corresponded in Morse code to the letter 'V' for Victory, which was an acknowledged symbol of the war effort, most famously made by Winston Churchill forming a 'V' with the first and second fingers of his raised right hand."
and then this...
"During World War II, the opening motif of Beethoven's 5th Symphony became a powerful symbol for the Allied forces. ... The song was broadcast on Radio-Londres, most influentially on 1 June 1944, when the Allied forces sent the first messages to France to prepare for attack."
Interestingly, my former father in law took part in The Normandy Landings. He was a few days short of his 20th birthday. His best friend, who was beside him in the landing craft, was sadly killed. He himself still has the shrapnel in his body from where he was shot. It's always been deemed too dangerous to remove it. He's still going strong - the last time Zoe saw him (before lockdown) he was planning what veggies he was going to plant!
I think my brain's slowing up from lack of use
I was a bit short of an original idea so my puzzle is a classic film. 4 words 2, 5, 1, 5. The first picture is a bit of a red herring to try & make it a little trickier!
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For your bonus points please name the 2 stars of the film. What was the leading actors real name? Which iconic film role did our leading actress turn down?
I thought you might enjoy a small Simon's Cat. Apologies if I've posted in before!
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