The Way Ahead

Carol Reed’s WW2 documentary about the training of raw recruits and their subsequent baptisms of fire., Carol Reed’s World War II documentary-drama captures the training of raw recruits and their subsequent baptisms of fire. With David Niven, Raymond Huntley, Billy Hartnell, James Donald, Stanley Holloway and John Laurie. B/w, Carol Reed’s World War II documentary-drama captures the training of raw recruits and their subsequent baptisms of fire., During World War II, an easy-going British army lieutenant must learn to take a tough line in order to make his wildly diverse crew come together and understand the importance of both the war and of their place in it., After an infantry battalion has suffered casualties at Dunkirk, the gaps in the ranks must be filled by ‘call-ups’. The men that arrive range from a boilerman and a rent collector to a nervous business man. The new recruits are given a brand new officer who has the arduous task of moulding them into some for of useful platoon., Following the events surrounding eight British men from various backgrounds we see how they learn to overcome differences and band together to fight Hitler.