The Blue Express
Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
The European
Sergei Minin
An Overseer
Yakov Gudkin
An Overseer
Ivan Savelyev
The Girl
San Bo Yan
The Merchant
Lian Din Do
The Peasant
Chu Chai Wan
The Fireman
Chzan Kai
The Blue Express China Express , is a 1929 Soviet silent drama film directed by Ilya Trauberg (Assistant director of October: Ten Days That Shook the World )
The following weapons were used in the film The Blue Express :
Handguns Mauser C96 A Mauser C96 is used by one of the overseers (Ivan Savelyev ) who killed The Girl (San Bo Yan) and later by Chinese officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Overseers playing cards in the third class. Note the grip of the holstered C96 on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He grabs his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The C96 in his hand while entering another third-class wagon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He shoots unarmed Chinese workers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A first-class traveler destroys his personal wine bottles with a C96 so as not to let them fall into the hands of the workers. Mauser M1914 The other overseer (Yakov Gudkin) owns a 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol . It is also used by the Chinese General (Chai Wan Sen) and the British envoy (Sergei Minin ) at the end.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 7.65x17mmSR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol being fired during the wrangling. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same situation, a few scenes later. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The English Man fires his pocket pistol at incoming workers. Steyr M1912 Chinese workers arm themselves with Austrian Steyr M1912 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr Hahn Modell 1912 - 9x23mm Steyr Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr pistols in an broken up crate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The workers hold their pistols into the air. In the center, a Mauser C96 is seen. Roth-Steyr M1907 A Roth-Steyr M1907 is seen among the guns of Chinese workers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roth-Steyr Repetierpistole M 1907 - 8x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol is seen at the left. Smith & Wesson No. 3 Russian Model The Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model is used by the brother (Chu She Wang) of the Girl.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson No. 3 Russian Model - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Peasant with his S&W revolver in a close-up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He aims at the Chinese officer. Ortgies 6.35mm Pocket Pistol The Secretary of the English envoy (Igor Chernyak) uses an Ortgies 6.35mm Pocket Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ortgies Pocket Pistol - .25 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Secretary threatens the train driver to stop the train. The barrel length allows to identify the pistol as 6.35 mm version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing As workers coming to him, he opens fire at them. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is also used by a first-class traveler in the background. Star Ruby An English diplomat can be seen with a Star Ruby .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Garate, Anitua y Cia Ruby-Type Pistol - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The diplomant fires his pistol from cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Left side of the Star Ruby. Rifles Mauser Gewehr 1898 Chinese soldiers, some policemen, and later workers can be seen carrying German Gewehr 98s , probably standing for Hanyang Type 88 , M1907 and Type 24 Zhongzheng rifles. Most of these rifles are fitted with Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chinese soldiers on the railway platform stand with their Gewehrs with fixed bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A line of police officers stands guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coolie (A Vardul) fires his Mauser at soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another angle of his firing rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chinese worker on the roof of the wagon, fires his rifle at a Chinese officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After laying down their arms, three soldiers allowed to pick them up to join the fight on the worker's side. Note the large "butcher blade" bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the last remaining loyal soldiers aims his Mauser. Arisaka Type 30 Some Arisaka Type 30 rifles with fixed Type 30 bayonets are also used by soldiers and workers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 30 with Type 30 bayonet - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers behind the Chinese Officer (Spasaevsky) with their rifles with fixed bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldiers carry out the command to arrest the Coolie. Before and after these scenes in the third-class wagon, the soldiers are all armed with G98s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Workers take the Arisaka rifles out of the crate. Note the typical Type 30's hook safety. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the receivers, straight bolt handles and typical Type 30's hook safety. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Good view of a grasping groove. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles held in the air by the workers. 
