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The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka)
Original Poster
The Black Seagull (original title Chyornaya chayka ) is a Soviet 1962 B&W adventure movie directed by Grigori Koltunov. The story takes place on Cuba soon after the Cuban Revolution and depict the adventures of a teenage lad Manolo and his grandfather, old fisherman Manuel known as "The Black Seagull".
The following weapons were used in the film The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka) :
Handguns
Browning Hi-Power
Jose (Sergey Yurskiy ), a circus marksman nicknamed "Guillermo Tell", carries a pair of Browning Hi-Power pistols. One of them is an early FN P-35 with pearl grips, another one is a standard post-war model. Ramon (Aleksei Loktev ), the officer of Cuban army, dual-wields a Hi-Power with a Walther P38 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jose holds both pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jose shows his marksmanship.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of P-35.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jose holds a P-35 during the scene on the schooner.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manolo is awarded with Jose's pistol for his bravery.
Vis wz. 35
A Vis wz. 35 pistol that belonged to Manolo's late father is a valuable plot device.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maria (Yulia Sevela), Manolo's mother, takes the pistol from the box.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Yankee" (Igor Dmitriev ) holds the Vis. The damaged grip allows Manolo to identify this particular pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Yankee" grabs Manolo and threatens him with the pistol.
Walther P38
Ramon (Aleksei Loktev ) carries a Walther P38 in holster. He dual-wields P38 with Browning Hi-Power when boarding the schooner.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramon holds a Hi-Power and a P38.
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
Several of Cuban civilian volunteers are armed with double barreled shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female volunteer in center carries a double barreled shotgun on sling.
Submachine Guns
M3 Grease Gun
M3 "Grease Gun" SMGs are carried by crewmembers of the Cuban patrol boat. In Manolo's dream both Ramon (Aleksei Loktev ) and Antonio (Anatoli Adoskin ) carry "Grease Guns".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Antonio (at the left) and Ramon hold M3 SMGs in Manolo's dream.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cuban seamen board the schooner with "Grease Guns" in hands.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M3 is seen at the right in the final scene. Note the crank lever that allows to identify the SMG as original M3 rather than M3A1.
Thompson M1928A1
When the Cuban patrol boat boards the schooner, one of the seamen is armed with a Thompson with drum magazine, most likely an M1928A1 Thompson .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A seaman in center holds a Thompson.
Rifles
M1 Garand
M1 Garand rifles are part of smuggled cargo of the schooner.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cuban soldier hands a Garand to a civilian volunteer.
M1 Carbine
M1 Carbines are also part of smuggled cargo of the schooner.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Cuban soldier holds an unloaded M1 Carbine.
Machine Guns
Goryunov SG-43
A Goryunov SG-43 is mounted on Cuban patrol boat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A seaman readies the pivot-mounted machine gun. The belt is filled with live ammunition.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun fires. Now the belt is filled with blank ammunition.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The plain unfluted barrel allows to distinguish this SG-43 from later SGM. The flash hider is removed.
Other Weapons
F-1 Hand Grenade
"Pineapple" hand grenades (most likely F-1 ) are part of smuggled cargo of the schooner. During the scene on the schooner Manuel (Nikolay Volkov, Sr. ) finds a grenade and uses it.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Old Manuel holds a grenade. It appears to lack a fuze.