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I was experimenting with doing some screen saves the other night. Here are some pics of helmets used in the 1950 Warner Bros. film "Breakthrough" which deals with a unit taking part in the D-Day landings. The shots are from scenes in the landing craft moving toward the beach. The first pic show actor John Agar. Note the Hawley liner.

 

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Here's a shot of Frank Lovejoy also with a Hawley liner. Note the man in the left foreground with a minty looking M1C para helmet!

 

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Among the worst! :pinch: I cringe every time I see the jump-helmets in this movie....which was made just 15 years or so after the war when the real stuff was still relatively plentiful!

 

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Among the worst! :pinch: I cringe every time I see the jump-helmets in this movie....which was made just 15 years or so after the war when the real stuff was still relatively plentiful!

What? You have an issue with the chin cup and straps? :yucky:

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What? You have an issue with the chin cup and straps? :yucky:

 

Ever so slightly Scott! ;) Tell you what though...if that lid had turned up in the recent auction of "The Duke's" movie memoribilia, I shudder to think what it would have sold for, fantasy rubber chin-cup or not!!

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The movie GUADALCANAL DIARY made in 1943 makes me envious every time I see one of the actors walking around with a mint 1st pattern Hawley. :crying:

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Another bad movie: Days of Glory - 2006

 

They used post war helmets. It totally ruined my pleasure watching it! I prefer replica's, as long as the uniforms are correct.

Same goes for The Longest Day, although it's not a bad movie.

 

Probably one of the disadvantages of being a collector: getting frustrated all the time watching movies if the uniforms aren't the way they ought to be :lol:

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I was experimenting with doing some screen saves the other night. Here are some pics of helmets used in the 1950 Warner Bros. film "Breakthrough" which deals with a unit taking part in the D-Day landings. The shots are from scenes in the landing craft moving toward the beach. The first pic show actor John Agar. Note the Hawley liner.

 

Breakthroughhelmet.jpg

 

Here's a shot of Frank Lovejoy also with a Hawley liner. Note the man in the left foreground with a minty looking M1C para helmet!

 

Breakthroughhelmet2.jpg

 

How bout the 1977 movie MacArthur, There where several of the WWII and even the korean sequences where the mitchell pattern cover was being worn.

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Captain Miller, "SPR". A friend who was involved with the production said Hanks had several identical helmets available to him.

 

 

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Captain Miller, "SPR". A friend who was involved with the production said Hanks had several identical helmets available to him.

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Most of the main cast had more than one helmet, you can buy the one Matt Damon wore most of the end battle on some prop site for only $4,000. :w00t:

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Does any helmets specialist here know which manufacturers made these?

Some of these were simply surplus helmets drafted into the Hollywood Military machine, others were made from fiberglass by prop departments and still others were M-1 helmet clones from other countries. To the average movie goer, perfection isn't needed, at least in the eye's of a director, however, when I see really bad props and costumes, it ruins the movie for me.

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I was experimenting with doing some screen saves the other night. Here are some pics of helmets used in the 1950 Warner Bros. film "Breakthrough" which deals with a unit taking part in the D-Day landings. The shots are from scenes in the landing craft moving toward the beach. The first pic show actor John Agar. Note the Hawley liner.

 

So does this prove that M-1 Carbines w/ bayonet lugs were in at D-Day.... in the movies?

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So does this prove that M-1 Carbines w/ bayonet lugs were in at D-Day.... in the movies?

What, are you doubting the historical photographic evidence offered by Hollywood? :lol:

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What, are you doubting the historical photographic evidence offered by Hollywood? :lol:

 

I could never understand the use of the M2 carbine in the WWII war movies of the 50s and 60s even in the 70s, it would seem that everyone of them the M2 was being carried, this is puzzling given the hugh amount of M1 carbines that where certainly avilable, conversely at the time in the 1950s the M2 carbine was a standard issue weapon in the Armed Forces and I find it equally puzzling that Hollywood could get its hands on so many of this weapon that was being used by the Armed Forces, was there such a glut of the M2 carbines ?, In closing do any of you guys ever remember seeing a late 40s through 70s WWII movie, especialy a late 40s -50s movie where the M2 carbine was not used but rather the correct M1 carbine ? Moderators feel free to move this if its deemed better in another forum.

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Some of these were simply surplus helmets drafted into the Hollywood Military machine, others were made from fiberglass by prop departments and still others were M-1 helmet clones from other countries...

Thanks so much.

 

The thought struck me that maybe there were actual facsimile helmet factories or something.

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