BOLO Posted July 6, 2016 Share #276 Posted July 6, 2016 Was watching Escape from the Planet of the Apes last night, and noticed in the beginning, all of the Marines are wearing 1st pattern helmet covers. Most of the helmets appear to be swivel loop (there could be a fixed loop or two in the mix), with sewn straps. More than likely, these were all surplus in a prop department, and are now sought after by collectors. Funny when you think about it. Movie was released in 1971, however takes place in 1973. back in 1973 the old USMC camo helmet covers didnt seem so old or outdated yet, just s few years earlier some of the Marines in Vietnam were still wearing older camo helmet covers like that. that would be similar to showing a soldier with the old Desert Storm "Choc Chip" camo cover on a helmet, it would look outdated but not that bad, because most people remember it like it was yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted July 6, 2016 Share #277 Posted July 6, 2016 I couldn't agree more, BOLO, regarding USMC camo covers being worn by Marines in Vietnam at the time. Every Marine in this movie was wearing one, though. I assume they (they being the prop department) didn't outfit the Marines in Mitchell covers due to the fact they weren't as readily available. Movie was released May 21, 1971, so you assume production took place towards the end of 1970 - early 1971, when # of US troop in Vietnam was relatively high at around 430K. For a low budget film, I imagine it was easier/more cost effective for the prop department to obtain surplus WWII covers, compared to relatively new Mitchell covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted July 6, 2016 Share #278 Posted July 6, 2016 Gomer Pyle often wore the older style camo helmet cover, and this was the USMC in the late 1960's, and some of them had the Mitchell pattern covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 6, 2016 Share #279 Posted July 6, 2016 Bolo, what movie is that from? I watched when trumpets fade last night and the helmets were surprisingly good, especially all the higher ranking officers helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted July 6, 2016 Share #280 Posted July 6, 2016 Still is from the TV show Gomer Pyle (Gomer Pyle: USMC). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057752/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 6, 2016 Share #281 Posted July 6, 2016 Still is from the TV show Gomer Pyle (Gomer Pyle: USMC). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057752/ Awesome thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted July 6, 2016 Share #282 Posted July 6, 2016 Awesome thanks!! So, to test your knowledge (although we'll never truly know), what year do you think the Mitchell cover in the still is from? Thinking 1959? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted July 6, 2016 Share #283 Posted July 6, 2016 I always wanted a helmet like the guy wore in the tv show "GOMER PYLE USMC" I thought that camo cover that fits like a glove was really cool, I finally have a helmet like it in my collection, but with a repro cover. Sgt Carter was my favorite, he was Gung Ho, and funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted July 6, 2016 Share #284 Posted July 6, 2016 The beach scenes are both filmed at Zuma Beach in Malibu, Ca remember the ending scene in the first Planet of the Apes with the statue of Liberty? thats the same beach the Marines are standing in Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted July 7, 2016 Share #285 Posted July 7, 2016 Aha i thought it looked familiar!....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted July 9, 2016 Share #286 Posted July 9, 2016 X-Men Origins Wolverine (2009) D-Day scenes with 29th painted M1's, lots of nets too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted July 9, 2016 Share #287 Posted July 9, 2016 Gee those 29th helmets look awful for a d-day look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 1, 2016 Share #288 Posted December 1, 2016 Martin Milner Sands of Iwo Jima. Halls of Montezuma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 26, 2017 Share #289 Posted March 26, 2017 I'm not savvy enough to post a photo from a video but I was just watching the movie Hatari. In the scene where Red Buttons shoots a rocket dragging a net over a tree full of monkeys there is a WWI German Helmet on one of the people who go into the tree to catch the monkeys. Not a big deal but another helmet in the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted March 26, 2017 Share #290 Posted March 26, 2017 I love that movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Hazard Posted March 26, 2017 Share #291 Posted March 26, 2017 The Notebook (2004) had a brief WW2 scene set in Battle of the Bulge; looks like they used SB helmets with OD3 chinstraps and shrimp nets? Still pretty well done for such a brief scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted March 27, 2017 Share #292 Posted March 27, 2017 There is a helmet on ebay right now that the seller claims is from the movie "Wake Island". It is ebay item number 322461011413. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27, 2017 Share #293 Posted March 27, 2017 There is a helmet on ebay right now that the seller claims is from the movie "Wake Island". It is ebay item number 322461011413. Hmm, here's the Wake Island film GOOGLY Image page, not seeing Tin Hats with EGA. https://www.google.com/search?q=wake+island+movie&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3mbW41_XSAhVTlxQKHY3VDxcQ_AUIBygC&biw=1366&bih=634#tbm=isch&q=wake+island+film&*&imgrc=_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted March 27, 2017 Share #294 Posted March 27, 2017 Hmm, here's the Wake Island film GOOGLY Image page, not seeing Tin Hats with EGA. https://www.google.com/search?q=wake+island+movie&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3mbW41_XSAhVTlxQKHY3VDxcQ_AUIBygC&biw=1366&bih=634#tbm=isch&q=wake+island+film&*&imgrc=_ What, you mean we can't trust a seller's description of an item on ebay? What's the world coming to... I wondered about that myself, I have not seen "Wake Island" in decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted March 27, 2017 Share #295 Posted March 27, 2017 I know this is a helmet thread but you guys are missing the coolest thing about this picture. The second jeep from the left is an M422 "Mighty Mite", one of only 3922 made for the Marines! They were a special light-weight, mostly aluminum jeep with an air-cooled, V4 aluminum engine. Way back when I was in high school & college in the 70's, I had two of them. Mine were actually M422A1's, six inches longer than the M422's. I always look for them movies and every now and then one shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27, 2017 Share #296 Posted March 27, 2017 What, you mean we can't trust a seller's description of an item on ebay? What's the world coming to... I wondered about that myself, I have not seen "Wake Island" in decades. I've clicked on several of the real good close up images and not seeing that rivet either on any of them. The helmet sure does look like a prop, if used in Wake Island movie, maybe then one not worn by the principle actors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted March 27, 2017 Share #297 Posted March 27, 2017 I think its just an aluminum private purchase parade helnet...mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27, 2017 Share #298 Posted March 27, 2017 I think its just an aluminum private purchase parade helnet...mike That's a good call dorango, we can see a silvery underside where the paint ends in the dome area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 15, 2017 Share #299 Posted May 15, 2017 A pair of Navy pots on Stacy Keach and another actor, Keach as McVay, Skipper of Indianapolis in The Mission of the Shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted June 16, 2017 Share #300 Posted June 16, 2017 Guadalcanal Diary early M1's with Hawley liners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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