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Some [[Lebel 1886]] rifles are also used by the Legionaries. | Some [[Lebel 1886]] rifles are also used by the Legionaries. | ||
[[File:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Fusil Lebel Modèle 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | [[File:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Fusil Lebel Modèle 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Lebel is | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Lebel is held by one legionnaire on the left.]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The first row of legionnaires have Lebel rifles.]] | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Lebel2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The first row of legionnaires have Lebel rifles.]] | ||
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Francois ([[Reginald Gardiner]]) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]s are inside. | Francois ([[Reginald Gardiner]]) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the [[Mle 1892 Revolver]]s are inside. | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Francois gets his holster in position...]] | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Francois gets his holster in position...]] | ||
[[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|... and unclips it.]] | [[File:FlyingDeuces-Holster1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...and unclips it.]] | ||
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The Flying Deuces is a 1939 comedy movie directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Stan and Ollie are on vacation in Paris. Ollie falls in love with Georgette, the hotelier's pretty daughter. When he proposes to her, he discovers she is married to the officer Francois. Out of disappointment and frustration, Ollie wants to drown himself in the Seine. He sees it as Stan's duty as a friend to drown himself with him. Then an officer appears, Georgette's fiancé Francois, unbeknownst to Ollie, and suggests that Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that he can forget his grief.
The following weapons were used in the film The Flying Deuces:
Rifles
Berthier Mle. 1916 Carabine
Berthier Model 1916 Carabines are briefly seen carried by French legionnaires during archival footage.
Berthier Mle. 1907/15
French Foreign Legionaries including Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) are mainly armed with the Berthier Mle. 1907/15 rifle.
Ollie shoulders his rifle during the disorder of the appeal. The ejecting hole of one Berthier is seen on the left held by a legionnaire.
Lebel Mle. 1886
Some Lebel 1886 rifles are also used by the Legionaries.
Trivia
Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holster
Francois (Reginald Gardiner) and other French officers carry Lebel 1873/1892 Revolver Holsters. There is no way to tell if the Mle 1892 Revolvers are inside.
