The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
A North Korean infantryman charges with a [[PPSh-41]] “Burp Gun.”
A North Korean infantryman charges with a [[PPSh-41]] “Burp Gun.”
[[Image:burp_gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px| PPSh-41 Chinese “Burp Gun” - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:burp_gun.jpg|thumb|none|400px| PPSh-41 Chinese “Burp Gun” - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[Image:helmet76_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The squad examines a captured PPSh.]]
[[Image:helmet48_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:helmet48_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:helmet31_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The PPSh against the column next to the BAR.]]
[[Image:helmet31_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The PPSh against the column next to the BAR.]]
Revision as of 17:40, 24 March 2013
The Steel Helmet (1951) was the first American movie to depict the Korean War in a feature film. This was also the breakout film for writer/director Samuel Fuller, who went on to direct such notable war films as Merrill's Marauders and The Big Red One. The production was also the first (but not the last) to use the Santa Monica Mountains as a stand-in for Korea. The film is a meditation on race, bigotry, tolerance, and morality in wartime.
The following weapons were used in the film The Steel Helmet: