The Big Parade: Difference between revisions
The Big Parade: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Big Parade: Difference between revisions
The main battle rifle of the Doughboys including James ([[John Gilbert]]), Bull ([[Tom O'Brien]]) and Slim ([[Karl Dane]]) is the [[M1903 Springfield]] Mk1. German soldiers can also be seen with this rifle instead of accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] rifles.
The main battle rifle of the Doughboys including James ([[John Gilbert]]), Bull ([[Tom O'Brien]]) and Slim ([[Karl Dane]]) is the [[M1903 Springfield]] Mk1. German soldiers can also be seen with this rifle instead of accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] rifles.
[[File:BigParade-Springfield1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The three friend march with their Springfield after the boot camp.]]
[[File:BigParade-Springfield1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The three friends march with their Springfield after the boot camp.]]
[[File:BigParade-Springfield2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|American troops marching with the rifles to the front.]]
[[File:BigParade-Springfield2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|American troops marching with the rifles to the front.]]
[[File:BigParade-Springfield3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bull, James and Slim carry their Springfields with fixed M1905 bayonets as they are advancing into Belleau Wood.]]
[[File:BigParade-Springfield3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Bull, James and Slim carry their Springfields with fixed M1905 bayonets as they are advancing into Belleau Wood.]]
The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent World War I film directed by King Vidor. The United States enters World War I on April 6, 1917. The young Jim Apperson gets infected by the war euphoria of his family and his friends Tom and Karl and volunteers. In a French training camp, he and the other recruits lead a seemingly carefree life. Jim falls in love with the local peasant girl Melisande, whom he must leave, however, as his unit is transferred to the front. There, the young soldiers are confronted with the horrors of war.
This movie is considered the first realistic war film that does not glorify heroic death but condemns it. It paved the way for productions such as All Quiet on the Western Front, Westfront 1918 and numerous other anti-war films.
The following weapons were used in the film The Big Parade:
The French Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 field gun is used by American and German forces. For the Germans, it stands for 7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 n. A. field guns.
