The Big Parade
Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
James Apperson
John Gilbert
Melisande
Renée Adorée
Bull
Tom O'Brien
Slim
Karl Dane
The Big Parade
This movie is considered the first realistic war film that does not glorify heroic death but condemns it. It paved the way for productions such as All Quiet on the Western Front Westfront 1918
The following weapons were used in the film The Big Parade :
Handguns Smith & Wesson M1917 Some American officers use Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolvers as their duty sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson M1917 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer fires the revolver at a German MG position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After emptying out he throws it in direction of the position. Colt M1911 The Colt M1911 is used by U.S. officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer with a holstered Colt pistol informs Slim to move out. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another officer holds the M1911 before a massive assault on German lines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After the time has come, the officer leads the charge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During hand to hand fight, the Colt is used as a club by an officer. Luger P08 A German soldier and officer are seen with Luger P08 pistols during the fighting.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires at the advancing James. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldier looks at what happened. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Later in the heat of battle, the officer holds the Luger. Rifles Springfield M1903 The main battle rifle of the Doughboys including James (John Gilbert), Bull (Tom O'Brien), and Slim (Karl Dane) is the M1903 Springfield . German soldiers can also be seen with this rifle instead of accurate Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The three friends march with their Springfields after the boot camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing American troops marching with the rifles to the front. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 with M1905 bayonet - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bull, James, and Slim carry their Springfields with fixed bayonets as they are advancing into Belleau Wood. The sword bayonet below James appears to be from a Beaumont-Vitali rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Slim fires at a German sniper hiding on a tree. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier on the right (George Beranger) in a foxhole with the rifle with extended rear sights. Error creating thumbnail: File missing James works the bolt handle on his muddy Springfield. Krag-Jørgensen M1896 The Krag-Jørgensen M1896 is the second most used rifle in the movie of the American and Germans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing US Property Marked Krag-Jørgensen Model 1896 - .30-40 Krag Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Doughboy with glasses marches with the Krag in the boot camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier holds the rifle to assemble his men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing U.S. soldiers marching with the Krag-Jørgensen behind James. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German sniper aims his rifle at approaching Yankees. Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 Some rifles that appear to be Dutch Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88 rifles can be seen. This rife is often seen in American movies in the 1910s and 20s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beaumont-Vitali Model 1871/88 - 11.3x50mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle lies on the ground next to a dead French soldier. Note the straight bolt handle and side-mounted bayonet which is common on the Beaumont-Vitali. Unfortunately, the rear part is hidden by an Adrian helmet. Machine Guns Hotchkiss Mle. 1914 French Hotchkiss M1914 Machine Guns in AA-mountings are used by American soldiers to shoot down a plane.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hotchkiss Modèle 1914 - 8x50mmR Lebel Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers fire at the plane. This seems to be archive footage. Browning M1917 Browning M1917 machine guns are used by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning M1917 mounted on tripod - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A (bored) German soldier mows down advancing Americans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German gunners fire at Renault FT light tanks. Maxim MG 08 German troops use the Maxim MG08 machine gun against AEF infantrymen as well. Some of them are fitted with the Patronenkasten 16 belt drum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Pilot fires a (ground-use) Maxim from his plane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim position in the woods. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German Maxim team with the MG. Note the mounted Patronenkasten . Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned Maxim on the right. Maxim MG 08/15 A Maxim MG08/15 is fired by a German soldier from a house in No Man's Land.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim being fired by the German. Grenades Mills Bomb The Doughboys use British Mills Bombs .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing No. 36M Mk. I "Mills Bomb" Error creating thumbnail: File missing James and Slim about to throw the grenades. Stielhandgranate Mockup German soldiers use Stielhandgranate Mockups standing for Model 17 Stielhandgranaten .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Model 17 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing The mockups in a crater while a soldier readies one of them. Whatever the soldier screws off on the stick. Other Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 The French Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 field gun is used by American and German forces. For the Germans, it stands for 7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 n. A. field guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Canon 75 mm modèle 1897 - 75×350 mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Canon de 75 mm in AA-mounting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.58 cm Minenwerfer Two German soldiers fire a 7.58 cm Minenwerfer from a crater.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leichter Minenwerfer neuer Art - 75.8 mm (2.99 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Renault FT Error creating thumbnail: File missing Renault FT light tank Error creating thumbnail: File missing Howitzer Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unclear howitzers are seen in German positions. 
