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The [[Trapdoor_Springfield_Rifle|Springfield Model 1873 Carbine]] is a very common weapon in the film seen in the hands of the US Calvary, infantry officers, and reservation police. Interestingly, members of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police carry the | The [[Trapdoor_Springfield_Rifle|Springfield Model 1873 Carbine]] is a very common weapon in the film seen in the hands of the US Calvary, infantry officers, and reservation police. Interestingly, members of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police carry the weapon as well. It was most likely standing in for the [[Snider-Enfield Cavalry Carbine]] | ||
[[Image:UmbertiTrapdoorCarbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield Model 1873 Carbine - .45-70.]] | [[Image:UmbertiTrapdoorCarbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield Model 1873 Carbine - .45-70.]] | ||
[[File:BMHWK Trapdoor Carbine 0.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of the 7th Cavalry patrol the woods during the Battle of the Little Bighorn carrying Springfield Model 1873 Carbines.]] | [[File:BMHWK Trapdoor Carbine 0.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Members of the 7th Cavalry patrol the woods during the Battle of the Little Bighorn carrying Springfield Model 1873 Carbines.]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:07, 29 March 2017
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the 1860s and 1870s, focusing upon the transition from traditional ways of living to living on reservations and their treatment during that period.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee:
Handguns
Single Action Army
The Colt Single Action Army in the 7 1/2" barrel length is the most common revolver seen in the film. It is used by both native Americans, US soldiers, and Indian agency police officers.
Chief Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg) carries a Colt 1851 Navy percussion revolver as his personal sidearm.
Rifles
Springfield Model 1873 Carbine
The Springfield Model 1873 Carbine is a very common weapon in the film seen in the hands of the US Calvary, infantry officers, and reservation police. Interestingly, members of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police carry the weapon as well. It was most likely standing in for the Snider-Enfield Cavalry Carbine
Springfield Model 1873 Rifle
The Springfield Model 1873 Rifle is carried by the US Army infantry in the film.
Sharps Model 1874 Cavalry Carbine
During the Wounded Knee Massacre, a couple US Calvary soldiers are seen carrying Sharps Model 1874 Cavalry Carbines.
1860 Henry Rifle
The 1860 Henry Rifle is a common weapon carried by Lakota warriors.
Winchester Model 1866
The Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" is another common weapon seen in the hands of Lakota warriors including Sitting Bull.
Winchester Model 1873
The Winchester Model 1873 is perhaps the most common lever-action rifle in the film seen in the hands of multiple Lakota warriors as well as Chief Sitting Bull.
Artillery
Hotchkiss Mountain Gun
The US Army fields several Hotchkiss Mountain Guns when fighting with the Lakota in 1876 and during the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
