Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana): Difference between revisions
Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana): Difference between revisions
Storm Over Asia (original title Potomok Chingis-Khana ("The Heir to Genghis Khan")) is a Soviet 1928 silent B&W movie directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin (Minin and Pozharsky, The Death Ray (Luch smerti)). In 1920 British troops occupy Mongolia (this is a pure fictional event). Young Mongolian hunter Bair quarrels with deceitful British fur merchant, wounds him in a brawl and runs away from pursuing soldiers. Soon Bair joins a Red partisan unit but he is captured in a battle and sentenced to death. Suddenly a British missionary who is skilled in Mongolian language and history finds out that Bair wears an amulet that belongs to a direct heir to Genghis Khan. The British general plans to use Bair as a ruler of Mongolia under British protectorate. But Bair soon understands these plans and leads the uprising.
The following weapons were used in the film Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana):
British troops are armed with Winchester Model 1895 rifles. In reality British army never used Winchester 95, but these guns were most likely the only foreign rifles, available for movie makers in large quantities. Some Red partisans also use Winchesters.
Several Red partisans are armed with archaic Matchlock Muskets. In the opening scene Bair is seen with a hunting gun that is also possible to be a matchlock but it is seen very unclear.
Colt M1895 machine guns are used by British troops and Red partisans. Most likely the machine guns are of Russian contract M1895/14 model. One year before, this movie prop was used in previosly Pudovkin's movie The End of St. Petersburg.