66mustang

On the history channel they have a show called Holloywood and history, or something like that. They discuss many times how the producer / writer wants to be accuarate, but if it is more dramatic to have the sniper / driver, etc., do something for affect, then they do it.


Sometimes very frustrating when they change history that to you and me matters. Of course with weapons, we have probably either seen the same weapons used again and again (there are several companies that provide weapons), or we are seeing plastic weapons.


When I was in Holland, there was a WW2 Resistance movie, which I was in (you can see my legs as I walk by), it is in Dutch, but it was very interesting watching them do this scene and that scene and see how much ended up on the cutting floor. And I was only there one day! We played with M-1's, I don't remember seeing any Lugers, but there were K-98's used by the Germans. This was a small production by a Dutch company, but they were fairly professional and used several weapons companies and for uniforms. I saw several inaccuaracies, they had a friend of mine in one scene, as an infantry guy. He is African American and there were few real times that a black guy was in an integrated company!


BTW, the battle was arounbd Overloon, the largest tank battle in Holland. They have a musuem of guns, the actual vehicles left behind in the fight and a seperate musuem of concentration camps. Overall a really nice place.


Ed