Ray Jackson

En 1940, après des victoires fulgurantes sur les fronts, l'armée allemande encercle les troupes à Dunkerque. Sous les bombardements et les feux d'artillerie, entre le 27 mai et le 7 juin, l'opération Dynamo consiste à rembarquer vers l'Angleterre les troupes britannique et françaises soit 330000 soldats.

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.

Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson) to see his final innings. But Reggie prefers poetry to cricket and when he is offered the opportunity to read his poetry to England's greatest playwright Alexander Whitehead (Robert Morley) on the last day of the test, the relationship between father and son is tested to the limit. As Sam prepares for his final knock, the conflict with his son weighs heavily on his mind, but he is also upset over England's young batsman and ladies-man, Syd Thompson (George Relph), dating the woman whom he hopes to marry.

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

En 1949, pendant la guerre civile chinoise, navire de guerre britannique HMS Amethyst navigue jusqu'à la rivière Yangtse, mais sur le voyage de retour trouve son chemin bloqué par un tir de barrage des batteries côtières chinoises communistes.

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.