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The Lost Battalion (1919)
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The Lost Battalion is a 1919 American silent World War I film directed by and produced by Edward A. MacManus. The movie describes the events of the encircled units of the U.S. 77th Division by German forces in the Argonne Forest in 1917. The movie features many actual soldiers including the commanding officer Major Charles W. Whittlesey who portrayed themselves.
In 2001, the movie was remade by Russell Mulcahy.
The following weapons were used in the film The Lost Battalion:
Pistols
Colt M1911
The Colt M1911 is used by American soldiers including Major (then Captain) George McMurtry and one German soldier of an MG-crew.
Rifles
Enfield M1917
American troops are armed M1917 Enfield rifles in the movie. This is correct since the Enfield was more massively produced in World War I as the Springfield M1903 was in short supply when the US entered the war. The Lost Battalion may be the first movie ever to feature this rifle (except for war footage), since the Enfield M1917 issued two years earlier.
Beaumont M1871
German soldiers carry rifles with straight bolt handles that appear to be single shot Dutch Beaumont M1871 rifles.
Machine Guns
BAR M1918
The Browning Automatic Rifle is used by one soldier of the Lost Battalion. Like the M1917 Enfield, it is also most likely the first movie that featured this gun.
The soldier reloads his BAR while complainting about the low magazine-capacity.
Hotchkiss M1914
What appears to be a French Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun is used by German soldiers.
