15 Things You Missed In 1917
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Date: 2022-06-06
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Robert
Surprised to see persons of colour? Trying to divert attention away from [British Army] black actors, talking about USA Black troops are we. Well no the French had their colonial troops from Africa. We had Indian divisions from the start, 7th (Meerut) Division.
The man in the lorry getting a lift, they had to point him out with the Turban, oh look an Indian, not all wear Turbans. This distracts from all the brave Indians who died for King and Country. As far as black troops go, there were black/mixed race troops, very few individuals who lived in the UK. The West Indian Division 15, 000 were used in Egypt/Mesopotamia, in non combat rolls. Less then 200 brave men died. But we now live in 2021, so we parachute in token faces, I counted nine, dont forget the close up in the trees. The non history buffs will except the liberal/SWJ/Woke narrative, as history. Please dont forget all those Chinese who died on the Western front.
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Surprised to see persons of colour? Trying to divert attention away from [British Army] black actors, talking about USA Black troops are we. Well no the French had their colonial troops from Africa. We had Indian divisions from the start, 7th (Meerut) Division.
The man in the lorry getting a lift, they had to point him out with the Turban, oh look an Indian, not all wear Turbans. This distracts from all the brave Indians who died for King and Country. As far as black troops go, there were black/mixed race troops, very few individuals who lived in the UK. The West Indian Division 15, 000 were used in Egypt/Mesopotamia, in non combat rolls. Less then 200 brave men died. But we now live in 2021, so we parachute in token faces, I counted nine, dont forget the close up in the trees. The non history buffs will except the liberal/SWJ/Woke narrative, as history. Please dont forget all those Chinese who died on the Western front.
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msspi764
African Americans? This movie takes place on the day the US declares war. This was a world war so Africans from the colonies were included in the European Theater.
As to the comment about the extras using post war Short Magazine Lee Enfields (not to be confused with the Pattern 14 Enfield and the US 1917 Enfield) I tend to give them a pass on that because a prop company couldnt have laid their hands on enough Mark III SMLE rifles to outfit all those extras in a single shot. The ones you get to see close up are fairly random but accurate which is accurate for 1917. In addition the actors are great at cycling their rifles quickly which a soldier who had fought for three years would have had down. BTW you reversed the shot when making the point about chambering a round. Also their uniforms and gear were spot on, even the fleece vests which were a favorite. There are a lot of really little things they got right.
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African Americans? This movie takes place on the day the US declares war. This was a world war so Africans from the colonies were included in the European Theater.
As to the comment about the extras using post war Short Magazine Lee Enfields (not to be confused with the Pattern 14 Enfield and the US 1917 Enfield) I tend to give them a pass on that because a prop company couldnt have laid their hands on enough Mark III SMLE rifles to outfit all those extras in a single shot. The ones you get to see close up are fairly random but accurate which is accurate for 1917. In addition the actors are great at cycling their rifles quickly which a soldier who had fought for three years would have had down. BTW you reversed the shot when making the point about chambering a round. Also their uniforms and gear were spot on, even the fleece vests which were a favorite. There are a lot of really little things they got right.
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nachtjager77
Ummm. black soldiers DID NOT serve side-by-side with white troops during WWI, neither British, nor American, nor any standing army. The British used black troops primarily as laborers in rear areas, they DID NOT mix them in with front line troops. Colonial troops served in their own units, again, they WERE NOT mixed in with British regular troops. Americans sent tens of thousands of black men to France in WWI, then turned them over to the French because our soldiers would not serve with them - they sailed over wearing an American uniform, then served with French Colonial troops in 1918, then came back to the U. S, if they were lucky, wearing their American uniforms again - quit trying to change history, it is what it is.
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Ummm. black soldiers DID NOT serve side-by-side with white troops during WWI, neither British, nor American, nor any standing army. The British used black troops primarily as laborers in rear areas, they DID NOT mix them in with front line troops. Colonial troops served in their own units, again, they WERE NOT mixed in with British regular troops. Americans sent tens of thousands of black men to France in WWI, then turned them over to the French because our soldiers would not serve with them - they sailed over wearing an American uniform, then served with French Colonial troops in 1918, then came back to the U. S, if they were lucky, wearing their American uniforms again - quit trying to change history, it is what it is.
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shavedeyeball
Entertaining movie but look closer: all the swearing 'fck' is very Rambostyle, multiracial 21st century regiments, soldiers look too well fed, where are the moustaches, strange wide excavator dug style trench in end scene, mean German soldiers act like WWll nazis, high waterfall and rocky fast flowing river in this part of France (Somme river, no sounds far away of artillery it's too silent, grey cold damp weather suddenly turns behind the german lines into sunny very yellow bright light, scene in village is too much videogame style, foot soldiers not stopped slipping through and easily entering officers staff room, dressing station in an open field and seems too close to the trenches.
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Entertaining movie but look closer: all the swearing 'fck' is very Rambostyle, multiracial 21st century regiments, soldiers look too well fed, where are the moustaches, strange wide excavator dug style trench in end scene, mean German soldiers act like WWll nazis, high waterfall and rocky fast flowing river in this part of France (Somme river, no sounds far away of artillery it's too silent, grey cold damp weather suddenly turns behind the german lines into sunny very yellow bright light, scene in village is too much videogame style, foot soldiers not stopped slipping through and easily entering officers staff room, dressing station in an open field and seems too close to the trenches.
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jeff
The first Americans in combat were actually of African decent from Harlem and because the American Army didn't have any use for them, the unit was given to the French to use however they wanted. These men said the French treated them better than their own countrymen. They had French officers and were stationed in the front line trenches for the duration without relief and longer than any other American unit that saw combat. Hell Hounds of Harlem or something like that is what they were called I think. Oh yeah and it was Buffalo Soldiers who went up San Juan hill in Cuba with Teddy not the rough riders who were all sick from malaria. They barley got a mention in the his book though.
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The first Americans in combat were actually of African decent from Harlem and because the American Army didn't have any use for them, the unit was given to the French to use however they wanted. These men said the French treated them better than their own countrymen. They had French officers and were stationed in the front line trenches for the duration without relief and longer than any other American unit that saw combat. Hell Hounds of Harlem or something like that is what they were called I think. Oh yeah and it was Buffalo Soldiers who went up San Juan hill in Cuba with Teddy not the rough riders who were all sick from malaria. They barley got a mention in the his book though.
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Deborah
They were NOT African Americans - they were black soldiers from the West Indies, & other African countries
that were part of the British Empire at the time.
You guys were just coming on board at this point in the war which started in 1914. These soldiers, including those from India, fought in this war, alongside the British. They did have their own regiments, but we did not have segregation (as the US had in WWI & II)
Need to check your history mate!
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They were NOT African Americans - they were black soldiers from the West Indies, & other African countries
that were part of the British Empire at the time.
You guys were just coming on board at this point in the war which started in 1914. These soldiers, including those from India, fought in this war, alongside the British. They did have their own regiments, but we did not have segregation (as the US had in WWI & II)
Need to check your history mate!
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Jan
Saw the film yesterday. Great film, but I wonder were the huge road blocking tree went after Schofield entered the lorry. I don't remeber seeing it when camera looking back to the farm where Black just had died. I lost a litle bit of reality feeling after that scen. Mayby I'm just missed the tree. but I don't think so.
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Saw the film yesterday. Great film, but I wonder were the huge road blocking tree went after Schofield entered the lorry. I don't remeber seeing it when camera looking back to the farm where Black just had died. I lost a litle bit of reality feeling after that scen. Mayby I'm just missed the tree. but I don't think so.
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David
In the British Army you only salute an officer who is wearing the regimental insignia on head covering (cap etc. You don't salute a capless officer. There was a fair bit of this going on.
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In the British Army you only salute an officer who is wearing the regimental insignia on head covering (cap etc. You don't salute a capless officer. There was a fair bit of this going on.
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Ahmet
Yes you didnt mention the very great mistake the movie:
The pilot killed blake
God damnit its totally historically inaccurate if you know a little about ww1 pilots at all
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Yes you didnt mention the very great mistake the movie:
The pilot killed blake
God damnit its totally historically inaccurate if you know a little about ww1 pilots at all
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