The Great Escape Photo Album

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 09:22 AM

Definitly one of the best~ 165 pictures http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/mediaindex Each one enlarges~~ Eric~

alanint · 06-12-2014, 09:57 AM

I always wanted to see an extreme close-up of Steve McQueen's A-2 jacket to see the name strip and who it belonged to originally. It is an authentic, issue jacket and the nameplate looks original as well. I doubt the studio would add a "V. Hilts" nameplate, since nobody would ever actually read it on screen.

I also wonder where the jacket is today. (It is NOT the jacket Frank Sinatra later wore in Von Ryan's Express, as many people claim. Anybody who has collected these jackets as I have would know they are completely different garments).

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 10:15 AM

Do we know what motorcycle was used and where it is today?

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 10:17 AM

I think I found it! http://www.mcqueenonline.com/thegreatescapetriumph.htm

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 10:24 AM

I refound the motorcycle chase scene~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zwW7iWinrk

alanint · 06-12-2014, 10:31 AM

It was indeed a Triumph, dressed up to look loosely like a wartime German Zundap.

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 10:41 AM

Just came across this article on this bike~ http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...-great-escape/

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 01:30 PM

Was this simular? This has a "USN" on the colar~

alanint · 06-12-2014, 01:58 PM

Eric,
At best, only similar. You have a WW2 vintage Navy M422 Deck/Flight jacket, which was made of goatskin and featured a mouton collar. Steve McQueen wore a standard issue A-2 Army Air Corps issue jacket. From what I am able to deduce, the jacket is a 1942 pattern, based on the cut of pockets, collar and epaulets. It is made of horse hide. The jacket looks very much like the coats put out by the Roughwear Clothing Company. One point of observation is that there were discolorations at each shoulder, indicating that the jacket once had either Lieutenants, Captains or other rank insignia on them, which were removed for the movie. Here is a decent closeup from the website you posted.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm39283929...i_mi_all_sf_11

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 02:08 PM

Thanks Doug you can certainly see the difference. This must have ben made for warmer climates. The lining bears this out!

cirelaw · 06-12-2014, 02:46 PM

The Steve McQueen estste auction~ http://www.mcqueenonline.com/stevemc...ateauction.htm

06-12-2014, 09:22 AM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	The Great Escape Photo Album Definitly one of the best~ 165 pictures http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/mediaindex Each one enlarges~~ Eric~

06-12-2014, 01:30 PM	#8
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Was this simular? This has a "USN" on the colar~ Attached Thumbnails

06-12-2014, 02:08 PM	#10
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Thanks Doug you can certainly see the difference. This must have ben made for warmer climates. The lining bears this out! Attached Thumbnails

06-12-2014, 09:57 AM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	I always wanted to see an extreme close-up of Steve McQueen's A-2 jacket to see the name strip and who it belonged to originally. It is an authentic, issue jacket and the nameplate looks original as well. I doubt the studio would add a "V. Hilts" nameplate, since nobody would ever actually read it on screen. I also wonder where the jacket is today. (It is NOT the jacket Frank Sinatra later wore in Von Ryan's Express, as many people claim. Anybody who has collected these jackets as I have would know they are completely different garments).

06-12-2014, 10:15 AM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Do we know what motorcycle was used and where it is today?

06-12-2014, 10:17 AM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I think I found it! http://www.mcqueenonline.com/thegreatescapetriumph.htm

06-12-2014, 10:24 AM	#5
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I refound the motorcycle chase scene~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zwW7iWinrk

06-12-2014, 10:31 AM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	It was indeed a Triumph, dressed up to look loosely like a wartime German Zundap.

06-12-2014, 10:41 AM	#7
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Just came across this article on this bike~ http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...-great-escape/

06-12-2014, 01:58 PM	#9
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Eric, At best, only similar. You have a WW2 vintage Navy M422 Deck/Flight jacket, which was made of goatskin and featured a mouton collar. Steve McQueen wore a standard issue A-2 Army Air Corps issue jacket. From what I am able to deduce, the jacket is a 1942 pattern, based on the cut of pockets, collar and epaulets. It is made of horse hide. The jacket looks very much like the coats put out by the Roughwear Clothing Company. One point of observation is that there were discolorations at each shoulder, indicating that the jacket once had either Lieutenants, Captains or other rank insignia on them, which were removed for the movie. Here is a decent closeup from the website you posted. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm39283929...i_mi_all_sf_11

06-12-2014, 02:46 PM	#11
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	The Steve McQueen estste auction~ http://www.mcqueenonline.com/stevemc...ateauction.htm