From Movietone News, a newsreel produced to be
shown in cinemas at the time.
More
cheering evidence of the success of this amazing
military exploit is the presence in Britain of large
numbers of French soldiers…
They are showered with hospitality and find
the tea of old England almost as refreshing as their
familiar coffee…
Enjoying an unexpected seaside holiday, they
bask in the sun, awaiting orders to return to
France.
The story of that epic withdrawal will live
in history as a glorious example of discipline
[amongst our troops]…
Every kind of small craft - destroyers,
paddle steamers, yachts, motor boats, rowing boats -
have sped here to the burning ruins of Dunkirk to
bring off the gallant British and French troops
betrayed by the desertion of the Belgian king.
Here in these scenes off the beaches of
Dunkirk you have one of the dramatic pictures of the
war. Men
wade to a vessel beached at low tide, its crew
waiting to haul them aboard.
Occasional German planes fleck the sky, but
where was the German Navy?
Of German sea power there was little trace.
What does Source A tell us about the withdrawal from
Dunkirk?