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Known as: Political
1 title in the archive · first depicted 1940
Lived1873 – 1954
Shelfmark Vita CLII
1 year of an 81 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon’s lifetime (1873 – 1954) — 1.2% of it.
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Event
The surrounding and subsequent evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and allied forces from the town of Dunkirk in Northern France in 1940. The evacuation cemented itself in the popular imagination with the mass deployment of British civilian craft to help rescue trapped soldiers as the German forces surrounding them closed their encirclement.
filed under 1940
Runs throughWestern Front (World War II)3 titlesInterwar Years
What the films portraying John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.
| Film | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|
| Darkest Hour | $30,000,000 | $150,847,207 |
US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 1 film of the 1 portraying them carries either sum.