Talk:Dad's Army (2016 film)

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Also cameo from Oliver Tobias — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.163.186.139 (talk) 12:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following section was added by Kings Men. While it's interesting - without any supporting references it looks more like original research. I've moved it to the talk page, so that it's not lost for now. Rehnn83 ^Talk 12:09, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Myths of the film

By 1944 (when the film was set) most of the elderly volunteers of the original Home Guard had been weeded out. Even in 1940, 50% of the Home Guard were aged under 27 years.
Was the Home Guard the collection of bumbling, middle class, volunteers as portrayed in the film? Most of the Home Guard comprised factory workers, farmers, railwaymen, dockers, engineers or teenagers awaiting call-up. By 1944 the Home Guard had taken over duties of Anti-Aircraft defence, coastal artillery and even bomb disposal. There was also a womens' section ('Nomimated Women' or 'Auxiliaries').
The film cast wear binocular cases as ammunition pouches. This is presumably an homage to the original series. In the late 1960s it was not possible to source the distinctive Home Guard ammo pouches and binocular cases looked vaguely similar. In 2016, reproductions of the genuine Home Guard pouches are widely available.