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'''''Paths of Glory''''' is a 1957 World War I film directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]] (''[[The Killing]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'' , ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'') and stars [[Kirk Douglas]] as a French officer who defends three soldiers who are to be executed for cowardice as a result of a disastrous attempt to take a well-defended German position and a French general's desire to shift the blame. | '''''Paths of Glory''''' is a 1957 World War I film directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]] (''[[The Killing]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'') and stars [[Kirk Douglas]] as a French officer who defends three soldiers who are to be executed for cowardice as a result of a disastrous attempt to take a well-defended German position and a French general's desire to shift the blame. | ||
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=Revolvers= | =Revolvers= | ||
== Mle 1892 Revolver == | ==Mle 1892 Revolver== | ||
The [[Mle 1892 Revolver]] is carried by several French officers and soldiers including Lieutenant Roget ([[Wayne Morris]]), Cpl. Philippe Paris ([[Ralph Meeker]]) and Pvt. Lejeune ([[Kem Dibbs]]). Colonel Dax | The [[Mle 1892 Revolver]] is carried by several French officers and soldiers including Lieutenant Roget ([[Wayne Morris]]), Cpl. Philippe Paris ([[Ralph Meeker]]) and Pvt. Lejeune ([[Kem Dibbs]]). Colonel Dax ([[Kirk Douglas]]) is briefly seen with this revolver, too, as he goes over the top but it then switches to a [[M1917 Revolver|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver]]. Major Saint-Auban ([[Richard Anderson]]) carries another Mle 1892 in holster. | ||
[[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Modele d’Ordonnance Mle 1892 Revolver - 8x27 mm SR.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Roget holds his revolver before he goes over the top for a reconnaissance mission.]] | [[Image:Paths 01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Roget holds his revolver before he goes over the top for a reconnaissance mission.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Paris carries | [[Image:Paths 18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cpl. Paris carries a Mle 1892 Revolver into no man’s land.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_mle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Dax draws his revolver before the charge.]] | [[Image:Paths_mle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Dax draws his revolver before the charge.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_mle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He orders his men to come out of the trench.]] | [[Image:Paths_mle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He orders his men to come out of the trench by brandishing his revolver. In the next scene his revolver becomes an S&W M1917.]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson M1917== | ==Smith & Wesson M1917== | ||
Colonel Dax ([[Kirk Douglas]]) carries what appears to be a [[M1917 Revolver|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver]] as his sidearm. | Colonel Dax ([[Kirk Douglas]]) carries what appears to be a [[M1917 Revolver|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver]] as his sidearm. | ||
[[File:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Dax carries a | [[Image:Paths 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col. Dax carries a M1917 Revolver while leading in his men in a charge across no man's land. ]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Paths 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While in a crater, he holds his revolver at the ready.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dax: "''Sergeant, where's B company?''"]] | [[Image:Paths 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dax: "''Sergeant, where's B company?''"]] | ||
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==Lebel 1886== | ==Lebel 1886== | ||
French soldiers are seen carrying [[Lebel 1886]] rifles and firing them during the battle scenes. | French soldiers are seen carrying [[Lebel 1886]] rifles and firing them during the battle scenes. The three main defendants soldiers Corporal Philippe Paris ([[Ralph Meeker]]), Private Maurice Ferol ([[Timothy Carey]]) and Private Pierre Arnaud ([[Joe Turkel]]) can be seen with Lebel rifles during the inspection of Général Mireau ([[George Macready]]). | ||
[[Image:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|450px|French Lebel M1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mm Lebel]] | [[Image:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|450px|French Lebel M1886 Rifle - 8 x 50mm Lebel]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sentry salutes his Lebel to Col. Dax.]] | [[Image:Paths_lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sentry salutes his Lebel to Col. Dax entering his HQ.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers | [[Image:Paths_lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers marching in front of the prison.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_lebel3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Staff Sergeant Boulanger ([[Bert Freed]]) introduces the prison guards.]] | [[Image:Paths_lebel3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Staff Sergeant Boulanger ([[Bert Freed]]) introduces the prison guards.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_lebel4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier escorts injured Private Pierre Arnaud | [[Image:Paths_lebel4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier escorts injured Private Pierre Arnaud to the execution. Note the Bavarian Schleißheim Palace in the background.]] | ||
==Gras Model 1874== | ==Gras Model 1874== | ||
Some French soldiers are seen with [[Gras Model 1874]] rifles. | Some French soldiers are seen with [[Gras Model 1874]] rifles. | ||
[[Image:Grasrifle1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Gras Mle 1874 - 11 x 59mm Gras.]] | [[Image:Grasrifle1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Gras Mle 1874 - 11 x 59mm Gras.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_gras1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier greets Général Mireau | [[Image:Paths_gras1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A French soldier greets Général Mireau with his Gras.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_gras2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French soldier in the lower crater holds a Gras.]] | [[Image:Paths_gras2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French soldier in the lower crater holds a Gras.]] | ||
== | ==Wänzl 1854/67== | ||
The majority of French troops seem to be use Austrian [[Wänzel Rifle| | The majority of French troops seem to be use Austrian [[Wänzel Rifle|Wänzl 1854/67]]s during the charge on Hill 19. Maybe that’s because the movie was shot in Bavaria that got many of these rifles form Austria-Hungary in the late 1800s. | ||
[[Image:Wänzl rifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Infanteriegewehr M 1854/67, System Wänzel - 14×33R.]] | [[Image:Wänzl rifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Infanteriegewehr M 1854/67, System Wänzel - 14×33R.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers make room for Dax.]] | [[Image:Paths_rifle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tense French soldiers armed with the Austrian rifles with fixed bayonets make room for Dax.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_rifle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French soldier in the middle holds the rifle | [[Image:Paths_rifle2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The French soldier in the middle holds the rifle which offers a view of the breech-loading.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Col Dax walks | [[Image:Paths 04.jpg|thumb|none|600px|More French soldiers on the left hold their rifles as Col Dax walks by.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_rifle3.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | [[Image:Paths_rifle3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Even more soldiers take cover with their Wänzls.]] | ||
==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ||
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==Lewis Gun== | ==Lewis Gun== | ||
A [[Lewis Gun]] is briefly seen | A [[Lewis Gun]] is briefly seen held by one French soldier at the beginning of the attack. | ||
[[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Lewis Gun - .303 British]] | [[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Lewis Gun - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_mle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier second from the right holds a Lewis gun.]] | [[Image:Paths_mle1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier second from the right holds a Lewis gun.]] | ||
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==Citron Foug modèle 1916== | ==Citron Foug modèle 1916== | ||
Lieutenant Roget throws a Citron Foug mle 1916 grenade and kills Pvt. Lejeune accidentally. | Lieutenant Roget throws a Citron Foug mle 1916 grenade and kills Pvt. Lejeune accidentally. | ||
[[File:Citron1916.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:Citron1916-1st.jpg|thumb|none|150px|Citron Foug modèle 1916 with 1st Model cap.]] | ||
[[Image:Paths_gre.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Roget's grenade on the right.]] | [[Image:Paths_gre.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Roget's grenade on the right.]] | ||
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Paths of Glory is a 1957 World War I film directed by Stanley Kubrick (The Killing, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, A Clockwork Orange) and stars Kirk Douglas as a French officer who defends three soldiers who are to be executed for cowardice as a result of a disastrous attempt to take a well-defended German position and a French general's desire to shift the blame.
The following weapons were used in the film Paths of Glory:
Revolvers
Mle 1892 Revolver
The Mle 1892 Revolver is carried by several French officers and soldiers including Lieutenant Roget (Wayne Morris), Cpl. Philippe Paris (Ralph Meeker) and Pvt. Lejeune (Kem Dibbs). Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is briefly seen with this revolver, too, as he goes over the top but it then switches to a Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver. Major Saint-Auban (Richard Anderson) carries another Mle 1892 in holster.
Smith & Wesson M1917
Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) carries what appears to be a Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver as his sidearm.
Rifles
Lebel 1886
French soldiers are seen carrying Lebel 1886 rifles and firing them during the battle scenes. The three main defendants soldiers Corporal Philippe Paris (Ralph Meeker), Private Maurice Ferol (Timothy Carey) and Private Pierre Arnaud (Joe Turkel) can be seen with Lebel rifles during the inspection of Général Mireau (George Macready).
Gras Model 1874
Some French soldiers are seen with Gras Model 1874 rifles.
Wänzl 1854/67
The majority of French troops seem to be use Austrian Wänzl 1854/67s during the charge on Hill 19. Maybe that’s because the movie was shot in Bavaria that got many of these rifles form Austria-Hungary in the late 1800s.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
French soldiers are also frequently seen using German Gewehr 98 Mauser rifles, probably due to the lack of available Lebel 1886 rifles.
Mauser Gewehr 1888/05
What appears to be a German Gewehr 1888/05 is seen carried by French soldiers.
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Some French soldiers use Russian Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.
Dreyse Infanteriegewehr M1841
A Dreyse Infantry Rifle M1841 is briefly seen used by a French soldier in No Man's land.
Unknown Rifles
Several French soldiers use unknown rifles.
Machine Guns
Vickers Mk 1
French soldiers use British Vickers machine guns in the trenches.
Lewis Gun
A Lewis Gun is briefly seen held by one French soldier at the beginning of the attack.
Browning M1919
An anachronistic Browning M1919 is seen on the ground of the French trench. Stanley Kubrick himself is seen next to the Browning on a Promotional Picture.
Other
Citron Foug modèle 1916
Lieutenant Roget throws a Citron Foug mle 1916 grenade and kills Pvt. Lejeune accidentally.
