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{{Infobox Movie
|name = Beneath Hill 60
|picture = Beneath-hill-60-poster-0.jpg
|caption = ''Movie Poster''
|country =
[[Image:AUS.jpg|25px]] Australia
|director =  Jeremy Sims
|date=15 April 2010
|language =English<br /> German
|distributor =Paramount Pictures
|character1=Oliver Woodward 
|character2=Jim Sneddon
|character3=Walter Sneddon
|character4=Frank Tiffin 
|character5=Tom Dwyer
|character6=Bill Fraser 
|character7=Billy Bacon
|actor1=Brendan Cowell
|actor2=Alan Dukes
|actor3=Alex Thompson
|actor4=Harrison Gilbertson
|actor5=Duncan Young
|actor6=Steve Le Marquand
|actor7=Mark Coles Smith
}}
'''''Beneath Hill 60''''' is a 2010 World War I film that tells extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]), a former miner turned military officer leading a unit fighting for the Australian Army in 1915 who must must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.
{{Film Title|Beneath Hill 60}}
{{Film Title|Beneath Hill 60}}


The extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]). It's 1916 and Woodward must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front. Deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.
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=Commonwealth Weapons=
 
==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*==
The [[Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*]] is used by various Australian and British soldiers in the film, including Percy Marsden ([[Warwick Young]]), Norm "Pullthrough" Morris ([[Gyton Grantley]]) and Frank Tiffin ([[Harrison Gilbertson]]).
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British]]
[[Image:Australian EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III* rifles rest against the tin wall to the right.]]
[[Image:Tiffin EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Frank Tiffin ([[Harrison Gilbertson]]) carries a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III* rifle.]]
[[Image:Fusilier EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Northumberland Fusilier carries a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifle around his shoulder.]]
[[Image:Norm EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Norm "Pullthrough" Morris ([[Gyton Grantley]]) aims his Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifle in No-Man's-Land.]]
[[Image:Tunnelers EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Tunnelers with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles as they are introduced to Hill 60.]]
[[Image:Norm Percy EnfieldMkIII.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Percy Marsden ([[Warwick Young]]) and "Pullthrough" with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III rifles*.]]
[[Image:Australian EnfieldMkIII 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian soldier fires his Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* at Hill 60.]]
[[Image:Australian EnfieldMkIII 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles rest on a trench wall behind Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]).]]
[[Image:Tunnelers EnfieldMkIII 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Three of the Tunnelers carry Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles as they unload a truck. A fourth rifle can be seen resting on the truck.]]
[[Image:Australian EnfieldMkIII 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Australian soldiers with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles wait for the orders to charge.]]
 
==Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*==
Percy Marsden ([[Warwick Young]]) loads a sawn-off [[Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*]] before going down the tunnels. Norm "Pullthrough" Harris later uses it to kill several enemy tunnelers.
[[File:Sawed Off Lee Enfield.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British.]]
[[Image:Percy SawnOffShotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Percy Marsden ([[Warwick Young]]), sitting to the right of the table, loads the Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*]]
[[Image:Norm SawnOffShotgun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Norm "Pullthrough" Harris fires the Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*.]]
 
==Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun==
Two Northumberland Fusiliers, Potsy ([[Bob Franklin]]) and Stoat ([[Anthony Ring]]) use a [[Vickers|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun]] to cover a night patrol across No-Man's-Land. An Australian crew also use the Vickers at Hill 60.
[[Image:VickersMk1.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British]]
[[Image:Potsy Stoat VickersMMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Potsy ([[Bob Franklin]]) and Stoat ([[Anthony Ring]]) with their Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun.]]
[[Image:Australian VickersMMG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian crew fire the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun at Hill 60.]]
 
==Webley Mk VI==
Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]) uses a [[Webley Mk VI]] throughout the film. An Australian officer can also be seen with one before the Hill 60 charge.
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley]]
[[Image:Woodward WebleyMkV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]) draws his Webley Mk VI as he navigates the tunnel system.]]
[[Image:AustralianOfficer WebleyMkV.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An Australian officer, Webley Mk VI in hand, gives the order to fix bayonets.]]
 
==Mills Bomb==
Before the Battle of Messines an Australian soldier distributed a few [[Mills Bomb]]s .
[[File:Mills Bomb SGM-1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|No. 36M Mk.I "Mills Bomb" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[File:hill60_mills.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier holds grenades .]]
 
=German Weapons=
 
==Mauser Gewehr 1898==
German soldiers can be seen with the [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]. A German sniper uses a scoped Mauser in an attempt to kill Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]).
[[Image:MauserGewehr1898EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:German Gewehr98.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier aims his Mauser Gewehr 1898 behind Karl Babek ([[Kenneth Spiteri]]).]]
[[Image:German Gewehr98 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers await the Australian charge with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.]]
[[Image:Gewehr98scope.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Scoped Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:GermanSniper Gewehr98Scoped.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German sniper aims his Mauser Gewehr 1898 with scope at Oliver Woodward ([[Brendan Cowell]]).]]
[[Image:GermanSniper Gewehr98Scoped 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German sniper chambers his Mauser Gewehr 1898 with scope.]]
 
==Maxim MG08==
German soldiers use the [[Maxim|Maxim MG08]] to harass the trenches from a dug in position known as the "Red House."
[[Image:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:German MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German gun crew fire the Maxim MG08 from the "Red House".]]
[[Image:German MaximMG08 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the Maxim MG08 barrel.]]
 
==Luger P08==
A German tunneler can be seen using a [[Luger P08]].
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px| Pistole 08 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:GermanTunneler LugerP08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German tunneler brandishing a Luger P08 pistol.]]
 
==Mauser C96==
A German soldier can be seen with the [[Mauser C96]] as he awaits the Australian charge.
[[Image:C96Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser]]
[[Image:German MauserC96.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German soldier with his Mauser C96.]]


[[Image:Beneath-hill-60-poster-0.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Beneath Hill 60'' (2010)]]
==Model 16 Stielhandgranate==
A German soldier holds a [[Model 16 Stielhandgranate]] as he awaits the Australian charge. Recognizable by the larger warhead and the thicker stick than the [[Model 17 Stielhandgranate]].
[[Image:m16stick.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Model 16 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.]]
[[Image:German Model24Grenade.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The German soldier with a Model 16 Stielhandgranate.]]
[[Image:hill60_m16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same  soldier with the Stielhandgranate. Here you see the stick and the fuse.]]


'''The following weapons were used in the film ''Beneath Hill 60'''''
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Beneath Hill 60
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Australia
Directed by Jeremy Sims
Release Date 15 April 2010
Language English
German
Distributor Paramount Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
Oliver Woodward Brendan Cowell
Jim Sneddon Alan Dukes
Walter Sneddon Alex Thompson
Frank Tiffin Harrison Gilbertson
Tom Dwyer Duncan Young
Bill Fraser Steve Le Marquand
Billy Bacon Mark Coles Smith


Beneath Hill 60 is a 2010 World War I film that tells extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell), a former miner turned military officer leading a unit fighting for the Australian Army in 1915 who must must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.


The following weapons were used in the film Beneath Hill 60:


Commonwealth Weapons

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*

The Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* is used by various Australian and British soldiers in the film, including Percy Marsden (Warwick Young), Norm "Pullthrough" Morris (Gyton Grantley) and Frank Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson).

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Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British
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Two Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III* rifles rest against the tin wall to the right.
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Frank Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson) carries a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III* rifle.
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A Northumberland Fusilier carries a Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifle around his shoulder.
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Norm "Pullthrough" Morris (Gyton Grantley) aims his Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifle in No-Man's-Land.
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The Tunnelers with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles as they are introduced to Hill 60.
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Percy Marsden (Warwick Young) and "Pullthrough" with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III rifles*.
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An Australian soldier fires his Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* at Hill 60.
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Two Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles rest on a trench wall behind Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell).
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Three of the Tunnelers carry Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles as they unload a truck. A fourth rifle can be seen resting on the truck.
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Australian soldiers with their Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* rifles wait for the orders to charge.

Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*

Percy Marsden (Warwick Young) loads a sawn-off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* before going down the tunnels. Norm "Pullthrough" Harris later uses it to kill several enemy tunnelers.

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Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British.
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Percy Marsden (Warwick Young), sitting to the right of the table, loads the Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*
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Norm "Pullthrough" Harris fires the Sawn-Off Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk.III*.

Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun

Two Northumberland Fusiliers, Potsy (Bob Franklin) and Stoat (Anthony Ring) use a Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun to cover a night patrol across No-Man's-Land. An Australian crew also use the Vickers at Hill 60.

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Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British
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Potsy (Bob Franklin) and Stoat (Anthony Ring) with their Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun.
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An Australian crew fire the Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun at Hill 60.

Webley Mk VI

Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell) uses a Webley Mk VI throughout the film. An Australian officer can also be seen with one before the Hill 60 charge.

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Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley
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Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell) draws his Webley Mk VI as he navigates the tunnel system.
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An Australian officer, Webley Mk VI in hand, gives the order to fix bayonets.

Mills Bomb

Before the Battle of Messines an Australian soldier distributed a few Mills Bombs .

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No. 36M Mk.I "Mills Bomb" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.
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A soldier holds grenades .

German Weapons

Mauser Gewehr 1898

German soldiers can be seen with the Mauser Gewehr 1898. A German sniper uses a scoped Mauser in an attempt to kill Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell).

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Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German soldier aims his Mauser Gewehr 1898 behind Karl Babek (Kenneth Spiteri).
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German soldiers await the Australian charge with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.
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Scoped Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German sniper aims his Mauser Gewehr 1898 with scope at Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell).
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The German sniper chambers his Mauser Gewehr 1898 with scope.

Maxim MG08

German soldiers use the Maxim MG08 to harass the trenches from a dug in position known as the "Red House."

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Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A German gun crew fire the Maxim MG08 from the "Red House".
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Close-up of the Maxim MG08 barrel.

Luger P08

A German tunneler can be seen using a Luger P08.

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Pistole 08 - 9x19mm
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The German tunneler brandishing a Luger P08 pistol.

Mauser C96

A German soldier can be seen with the Mauser C96 as he awaits the Australian charge.

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Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser
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The German soldier with his Mauser C96.

Model 16 Stielhandgranate

A German soldier holds a Model 16 Stielhandgranate as he awaits the Australian charge. Recognizable by the larger warhead and the thicker stick than the Model 17 Stielhandgranate.

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Model 16 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.
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The German soldier with a Model 16 Stielhandgranate.
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The same soldier with the Stielhandgranate. Here you see the stick and the fuse.