THE NEW LOT [Main Title] Object description British Army training film, later reworked as THE WAY AHEAD. Full description The film takes five very different new recruits, with all their vocal concerns and grievances, and shows how an unexpectedly and at times self-effacingly concerned Army turns them into an efficient, well-motivated team. Domestic difficulties and problems of personal attitude are overcome, and by the film's close the five are able to score a tactical victory over a Home Guard unit in a training exercise and to laugh knowingly at the foolish heroics on display in a war-film at the local cinema (a self-mocking cameo performance by Robert Donat) before leaving to play their part in their country's war effort. Object details - Category : Army Kinematograph Service (Production company) Reed, Carol (Production individual) Dickinson, Thorold Barron (Production individual) Pitt, Ray (Production individual) Goddard, Roy (Production individual) Ustinov, Peter Alexander (Production individual) Ambler, Eric Clifford (Production individual) Wilcox, John (Production individual) Newbrook, Peter (Production individual) Warwick, Norman (Production individual) Cox, John (Production individual) Mills, Reggie (Production individual) Broadhouse, Lawrence (Production individual) Parker, Charlie (Production individual) Johnstone, Joan (Production individual) Rawsthorne, Alan (Production individual) Addinsell, Richard (Production individual) Laurie, John Emilius (Production cast) Miles, Bernard (Production cast) Ustinov, Peter Alexander (Production cast) Huntley, Raymond (Production cast) Godfrey, Philip (Production cast) Harrison, Kathleen (Production cast) Johnson, Mike (Production cast) Lieven, Albert (Production cast) Slater, John (Production cast) Keen, Geoffrey (Production cast) Trevor, Austin (Production cast) Fleming, Ian (Production cast) Lee, Bernard (Production cast) Ambler, Eric Clifford (Production cast) Schofield, Johnnie (Production cast) Donat, Robert (Production cast) Rome, Stewart (Production cast) Barnard, Ian (Production cast) -- x -- The New Lot - Wikipedia The film was later expanded and remade as The Way Ahead, co-written by Ambler and Ustinov, directed by Carol Reed, and starring David Niven The Way Ahead - Wikipedia
