Am changing this to MOVIE instead of TELEVISION. Though it was a made for Television, it was a MOVIE, as are Direct to Video Titles or cable movies. Television refers to recurring episodic series. MoviePropMaster2008 17:34, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to screencap the rest of this movie when i have the chance.-Oliveira 16:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
"Gewehr 98s"
Those aren't actual Gewehr 98s in the pictures. Long handguards and no Lange sight. They're probably Czech 98/22s.
1 Handed vs. 2 handed grip
In the pictures it seems only Captain Holderman is using a 2 handed grip on his 1911, but all other officers with pistols were using a 1 handed grip. Was the 2 handed grip taught during WW1 or did James just prefer the 2 handed grip over a 1 handed grip?
--MarineCorps1 02:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Maybe it was just the actor's preferred method of holding it. Some might be more comfortable with the 2 handed grip. Crackshot 03:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
The One handed grip was taught to military and law enforcement in the early 1900s carried over from the previous eras of revolvers and even handguns before those. 2 hand grips that are the standard now came slowly but eventually replaces the 1 hand grip only and the 1 hand grip is taught in the event your other hand is disabled or you are holding something else if your other hand. Excalibur01 04:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Actually, yes, that explains it. In the movie, Captain McMurtry is wounded by shrapnel, so he would have to use the 1 hand grip on account of his other arm being useless. Crackshot, 05:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
M1911A1?
I think this one is an M1911A1, since it has the cuts near the trigger. There's also a crimp in the magazine, so maybe this is a 9mm model. --Funkychinaman (talk) 07:23, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
It seems to me that this pistol has a flat mainspring housing. If I'm not wrong, this feature in combination with the relief cuts matches Colt Series 80. Greg-Z (talk) 07:44, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
So is this just a one-off goof or do you think he's using one the entire film? --Funkychinaman (talk) 08:01, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
Whittlesey's pistol look the same on this screenshot and the one above, the cuts can be seen on both. Images of McMurtry's pistol doesn't show the frame next to trigger or mainspring housing, so it can be of the same or of another version than Whittlesey's one. I haven't seen this film so I cannot add anything new. Greg-Z (talk) 08:38, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
It's a pretty good film. I guess we can just mark Whittlesey's as the Series 80, since it's the only one we're sure of. --Funkychinaman (talk) 09:27, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
Gewehr 98
It looks like a real Gewehr 98 was also indiscriminately thrown out. The sniper also looks like he's utilizing the Stirnpanzer brow plate, appropriate for a sniper. --Funkychinaman (talk) 08:12, 19 August 2014 (EDT)
