gunbunny Posted October 21, 2011 Share #1 Posted October 21, 2011 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. 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #2 Posted October 21, 2011 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted October 21, 2011 Share #3 Posted October 21, 2011 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #4 Posted October 21, 2011 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #5 Posted October 21, 2011 How about Clint's / aka Kelly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargunner Posted October 21, 2011 Share #6 Posted October 21, 2011 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 21, 2011 Share #7 Posted October 21, 2011 Who would have manufactured these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfacedsoldier Posted October 21, 2011 Share #8 Posted October 21, 2011 Hey, Love this article and would love to see more pics, thank you! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #9 Posted October 21, 2011 A pair of real turkeys from "A Bridge Too far" !! :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted October 21, 2011 Share #10 Posted October 21, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #11 Posted October 21, 2011 "Days of Glory" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted October 21, 2011 Share #12 Posted October 21, 2011 1949: Battleground, all the helmets were fixed bail :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 21, 2011 Share #13 Posted October 21, 2011 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. 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! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #14 Posted October 21, 2011 Captain Miller, "SPR". A friend who was involved with the production said Hanks had several identical helmets available to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted October 21, 2011 Share #15 Posted October 21, 2011 Captain Miller, "SPR". A friend who was involved with the production said Hanks had several identical helmets available to him. 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant G. Posted October 21, 2011 Share #16 Posted October 21, 2011 This is my favorite "Hollywood Helmet" worn by Leonard Nimoy in an episode of Twilight Zone. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...6&hl=d+bail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 21, 2011 Share #17 Posted October 21, 2011 "Combat"...complete with parachute silk camo cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 21, 2011 Share #18 Posted October 21, 2011 Does any helmets specialist here know which manufacturers made these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted October 22, 2011 Share #19 Posted October 22, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted October 22, 2011 Share #20 Posted October 22, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted October 22, 2011 Share #21 Posted October 22, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 22, 2011 Share #22 Posted October 22, 2011 What, are you doubting the historical photographic evidence offered by Hollywood? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted October 22, 2011 Share #23 Posted October 22, 2011 I remember in Combat, the Lt always had a carbine, i cant remember if it was an M2 or not?.... :think: ..mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 22, 2011 Share #24 Posted October 22, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 22, 2011 Share #25 Posted October 22, 2011 How about Telly's tanker helmet from "Battle of the Bulge"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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