super integration of song and plot and superb acting by all . one of my favorite movie and although it really too long to be a movie . giles thomas be wonderful a private francis francis . i own this one and watch it at least once a year . it that good . this be not a movie for child and a none of potter work be . one of the song and dance number be integrate into the plot in a most extraordinary way . it the one in the military intelligence office about egypt with the camel . the room be floor be full of balloon . when the number end and and we get back to reality and col. bernwood walk across the floor and kick a final and pink balloon out of the way .