Young Winston is a 1972 British drama based on the early years of Winston Churchill. The film covers Churchill's schooldays, his service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, including the famous cavalry charge at Omdurman, and his participation in the Boer War as a war correspondent. The film's cast includes Simon Ward, Edward Woodward, Robert Shaw, and was directed by Richard Attenborough.
The following weapons were used in the film Young Winston:
A Webley "WG" Army Model revolver is a personal weapon of Lt. Winston Churchill (Simon Ward) during his service in Northwest India. These revolvers are also seen in the hands of other British officers.
Mr. Howard (John Woodvine), whose door Churchill had knocked on after his escape from Boer captivity, is armed with a compact revolver that appears to be a Webley Bulldog. Later, he gives his revolver to Churchill.
The Mauser C96 is Lt. Winston Churchill's (Simon Ward) personal sidearm during his service in Sudan, especially in the charge of the 21st Lancers, and during the Boer War. In real life, Churchill was fond of the C96 and carried one throughout his military career.
During Churchill's service in the frontier region of British India, most of the 35th Sikhs soldiers are armed with Lee-Enfield rifles. There are at least two different models: one of them is Lee-Enfield Mk.I (or possibly even Lee-Metfords- its front sight looks more like a Lee-Metford), the other is Lee-Enfield Mk.I*, which can be identified by the loading bridge for stripper clips (this model appeared in 1908). The events took place in 1897, so Lee-Metford rifles are more suitable for this place and time. British soldiers of the Boer War are also armed with Lee-Enfield Mk.I and/or Lee-Metford rifles.
The Pashtun tribesmen in Northwest India are armed with traditional Jezail muskets. Jezails are also seen in the hands of Mahdists during the Battle of Omdurman.
Stock footage of the Yalta Conference (February 1945) depicts Red Army honor guards armed with SVT-40s. They can be identified by the sword bayonets, a style of bayonet only used by the SVT-40 in the Red Army at the time.
During the Boer attack on a British armored train, a Maxim on a large artillery-style wheel mount is seen in the distance. This machine gun can be of rifle caliber or a 1-pounder "Pom-Pom". Another Maxim is seen at the border post.
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