The only problem with private Jackson’s thumb injury is that he used a Springfield bolt action rifle not the M1 Garand that was infamous for what is called Garand thumb

@TheNorthernSkeptic

Жыл бұрын

Could be that he used a M1 Garand before storming the beach and the thumb injury is a few days old. For training purposes.

@brendanmatelan2129

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNorthernSkeptic Jackson is actually seen using an M1 Garand a few times during the film. Once when they assault the radar sight, he switches his Springfield for Upham's M1. He can be seen using an M1 again during the ambush with the half track shortly after Wade's death. Whether this was a continuity error or he purposely did this so he would have better fire power while on patrol, we don't know.

@TheNorthernSkeptic

Жыл бұрын

@@brendanmatelan2129 Interesting. I know if I was a sniper I would carry a second weapon for use in medium to close-range combat. So he probably has two rifles. Only using the sniper rifle when he must. Must see this movie again.

@gfield1607

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️ Jackson is left handed….. so the Garand thumb is on the wrong hand. It’s just a coincidence

@Valkyrie5685

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNorthernSkeptic not sure if you've ever held a Garand or Springfield, but they are heavy. Unlikely he would carry rifles. Especially since he would need to carry 2 different types of clips for the rifles. An 8 round N block clip for the M1 and a 5 round stripper clip for the springfield. And def not during the landings or long range patroll

My grandmother had four sons who served in WWII. Their mother prayed every day for their safety. She died in 1942 while they were overseas, but they all returned home safely.

@aka99

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Too bad she died before they came home.

@tomahawk5118

8 ай бұрын

My grandfather and his two brothers went over and fought in Europe. My grandfather was in before the war and out at the end. He was involved in the Bridge at Remagen. One was severely wounded in the abdomen, one was killed in battle near Bastogne and Bitburg. He was never married and had no children. The one severely wounded and lived a long life as did my grandfather who received a Bronze Star.

My dad would have turned 100 this coming July 4th. Unfortunately he passed away on Easter Sunday of 1998 (Approx. 3 months before SPR was released). My dad was a medic on D-Day, I wish he could have lived to able to see it. It really opened my eyes what my dad, and so many other brave men went through on June 6th 1944. This Independence Day will be a day of remembrance to me and my family. I miss you Dad.

@skyhawk_4526

Жыл бұрын

I remember when the movie came out. My grandfather was a British Royal Marine Commando during the war and fought in Italy and Yugoslavia. He later moved to the USA. He was a tough guy, and he cried several times during SPR. He told me it was hard to watch, but he gave the movie a lot of credit for being the most realistic portrayal of the second world war he had ever seen. He never told me much about his combat experiences in the war, but he did share a story when he was advancing on a German position and got stabbed in the groin by a German with a mounted bayonet and shot the German at about the same instant he was stabbed. I remember him telling me that was when he stopped hating the Germans. He said he could never forget the look of fear on the young German's face, and it made him realize they were essentially the same. Both just scared young men doing what their countries asked them to do in a war that neither of them started.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

Respect for someone who was prepared to be a medic on D-Day.

@CENTURIONXIV

Жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace

@njbestvideo5977

Жыл бұрын

My neighbor/friend across the street from us in NJ was also a medic. He told us he had nightmares many years after that.

As a Czech guy, it was so sad to see the two Czech soldiers executed. I was watching the movie in English and suddenly heared guys speaking Czech. I was so confused and it took me a while to realise what is going on. With a Czech dubbing you can't tell that they aren't Germans because everyone speak Czech obviously and my dad - a HUGE fan of this movie - was really shocked when I told and showed him this.

@adrianshephard2215

Жыл бұрын

I know, like…..BRO THAT’S A GENEVA CONVENTION VIOLATION

@asfasfdasd8289

Жыл бұрын

they wore german uniform. period

@tizanikandothers

Жыл бұрын

@@asfasfdasd8289 yeah but still they are "innocent" for the most part

@NavySooner

Жыл бұрын

@@adrianshephard2215 like bro it’s a fictional story.

@NavySooner

Жыл бұрын

Cause Americans in the 40’s knew the difference

It was "Steamboat Willy" (the German prisoner they released earlier) that shot Miller, right? That was the irony --- Miller's mercy killed him in the end. It wasn't the same guy that killed Mellish.

@coreymartin5185

Жыл бұрын

and another funny thing is, there were 2 actors that played that character.

@anthonybarone8745

Жыл бұрын

Yea they were 2 different guys they messed up

@gj1508

Жыл бұрын

yea the one that kills mellish is not steamboat willy and I don't think it's spose to be at all eithe, but the soldier that kills Miller is steamboat willy

@coreymartin5185

Жыл бұрын

@@gj1508 same guy that killed mellish, they used 2 different actors for some reason.

@gj1508

Жыл бұрын

@@coreymartin5185 no i dont thinks so, the soldier that kills mellish is waffen ss as well as wearing ss tunic, where steamboat willie is just a wermact solider, and wear prussian tunic. i think that when the soldiers stops at the top of the stairs looking at upham is not cause he recognizes him but more that he just sees a coward who is no threat

My great grandfather fought on Omaha, he lost an ear and an arm during the progression onto the cliff, when we visited that same place - Omaha Beach, he kneeled down on the sand, touched it and started praying, when I asked what is he doing he simply said "Respecting my brothers", then broke down into tears, it was a heartbreaking moment. He was a sanitary and saved 6 men that day, he's my hero forever

@badluck7286

Жыл бұрын

@Teutonic Nordwind Simply put, a medic

@badluck7286

Жыл бұрын

@Teutonic Nordwind My father was a Polish man in the U.S army, he's been living in the U.S since 1928

@maxsmith695

Жыл бұрын

American war mongers always always fight the wrong people.

@fogcitywriter1219

Жыл бұрын

Sanitary what?

@entertainme7523

Жыл бұрын

didn't ask

Never knew "Scotty" was a veteran, of WWII, especially of D-day. That is a new one, and much respect.

@shooter7a

Жыл бұрын

Yes...he was actually shot 6 times by a fellow Canadian soldier at Juno by mistake....with a Bren gun! Ouch. 4 in the leg, 1 in the chest, 1 in the hand. The round to the chest would have been fatal except for a heavy silver cigar case he had in a pocket. It deflected and bullet and reduced the impact. Lucky boy....

@FallNorth

Жыл бұрын

@@shooter7a Shot 6 times by a bren and lived!!. Well at least he probably got an apology :)

@tomcox2565

Жыл бұрын

Yep! A great Canadian veteran.

I remember first seeing this movie and at the end watching as WW2 Veterans in the audience standing up to salute the film. Brought tears to my eyes for the service these men gave to this country.

@ominousdarkness4602

Жыл бұрын

Kind of ironic that those men gave no service to this country, because WW2 had nothing to do with this country. The US should have never been there in the first place. Our men (and some women) lost their lives needlessly.

@richardlott579

Жыл бұрын

@@ominousdarkness4602 We were bombed by the Japanese in Pearl harbor on December 7th 1941. We declared war on Japan then Germany declared war on the US. How could we not have been there in the first place?

@RetlocGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@ominousdarkness4602 If we hadn't stepped in, millions more would've died and the US would be extinct, or under constant threat from the Regime. Every person in the army gives a service, no matter what position they hold, or what war they fought.

@RetlocGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@ominousdarkness4602 Also, what Richard said. We DID stay out until Japan attacked and Germany declared war.

@-8h-

Жыл бұрын

@@ominousdarkness4602 you don't know a whole lot about ww2, do you? He was going for a takeover of all of europe, and who knows what would have come after that.

Also, the "Tiger" tank they blew up was actually a T-34 Russian tank disguised as a Tiger tank because an actual running Tiger was not available during the filming.

@nvgboiyes6386

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, because the only running tiger is 131.

@aarontactical

Жыл бұрын

@@nvgboiyes6386 that’s true

@secondworldwarnerdman2905

Жыл бұрын

its for that reason alone that fury takes the lead in ww2 movie battles

@Schatjesdief

Жыл бұрын

@@secondworldwarnerdman2905 Yeah, plus they have very cool Star Wars blaster guns everybody seems to be using in that movie

@secondworldwarnerdman2905

Жыл бұрын

@@Schatjesdief indeed, the tank may go boom, but the pretty lights are what we really came for

One of my top three movies, not only because my birthday is June 6th but because of the stark reality of war portrayed and how the value of human life degrades is so poignantly illustrated. I used to take a motorcycle trip to northern France (on a German bike 😮) for a number of years around early June in the early naughties. The highlight being 2004 for the 60th anniversary, when so many veterans returned that year from US, British and even German forces. St Mare Eglise , where US paratrooper John Steele landed on the church roof, was full to the brim with people in period dress (military and civilian) and the atmosphere was fantastic. It was only when I and a couple of ex British Royal Marines rode out to Omaha beach and the cemeteries, the shocking loss of life of thousands of young men and the sheer violence on that shore was palpable. It was a feeling of solemnity and pride in both my grandfathers that I will never forget. Watching this great movie every couple of years also serves as a reminder for the sacrifice of those who didn’t come home and should never forget.

@salan3507

Жыл бұрын

My birthday is June 6 as well, my history teacher in high school used to call me "D-Day". Until I saw this movie I didn't have a lot of interest in learning about the actual D-Day. My grandfather was an American army pilot in WW2, first in Europe and then in the Pacific. I wish I would've have asked him about his experiences in the war before he died in the 80s.

@markwat5958

Жыл бұрын

@@salan3507 I had something similar with a teacher, woodwork not history. He was in his 50s and had been in the Royal Navy when allied forces sailed across to France on the 6th, he would spend half the lesson telling us stories of what he’d seen and done, a very proud man. I went to his funeral in 2010, he was 94 and his coffin had many medals on it, I think he played it down a bit! Both my Grandfathers were in service during WW2, one in the RAF as a tail gunner on Wellington bombers, the other was in the Royal engineers and fought in North Africa. The one in the RAF never used to say much about his time and died in the 90s, we met some of his old colleagues after his funeral, they were quite talkative and it turned out Grandad had lost all his crew mates when the aircraft he would have been on was shot down over Germany, he was temporarily grounded following an eye injury caused by splinters from the canopy being hit by shrapnel.

@salan3507

Жыл бұрын

@@markwat5958 It's good that you were able to talk to your grandfather and the friends of your other grandfather. I wish I would have been more interested in my late teens/early 20s before my grandfather died, but a family member who has done a lot of research on our ancestry and immediate family has shared a lot of what he found out about my grandfather (his great uncle) so it's nice to be able to get that information.

My father, a D-Day veteran, could only last 10 minutes into the film before I had to take him home to cry; the images were to real for him to bear again. I am sorry I took him. Seeing the opening opened old festering wounds that he carried, silently, for decades.

@Americanpatriot-zo2tk

Жыл бұрын

I want you to know how very grateful we are your father if it weren’t for heroes like him we would enjoy deliveries we have today

@johnchambers2996

Жыл бұрын

Spielberg unashamedly exploited the hell of these veterans.

@MahShuDontFit

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchambers2996 or alternatively opened the eyes of those who never had/wanted to experience the gruesomeness that comes with war. Governments learned real quick the negative advantages that comes with showing live footage of war when in active combat IE) Vietnam war and the whole movement that spawned from that. Yes its terrible that these scene brought up very old terrible experiences these men experienced simply by the accuracy of which it tried to follow, but how do you appreciate the sacrifices that these men/woman have to face without showing all that being a soldier encompasses? If anything it only proves that those who dealt with this truly deserve the respect given to them.

@johnchambers2996

Жыл бұрын

@@MahShuDontFit So you watch, and laud, propaganda trash made by, and acted-in, by other highly-paid propagandists who have never been anywhere near a war. Actually, old Vic Morrow, Sergeant Saunders, in the television series "Combat" was about as realistic - if not more so. Most veteran infantry people wouldn't follow a Tom Hanks on an exposition across Central Park let alone a real war patrol.

@ktkt1825

Жыл бұрын

@@johnchambers2996 I think Spielberg's motives were not exploitation. His documentation of veteran's stories and other war movies, such as Schindler's List, are powerful and honest stories which are needed to inform, educate, and temper our perspectives on WWII and all wars for that matter.

I've never noticed the canteen being shot then draining to blood before. Such a small detail that happens so quick.

@ScottGrow117

Жыл бұрын

I did notice it, but didn’t appreciate it for what it is. You know, like, how did they do that? Their attention to detail is insane!

@piercemccauley7079

Жыл бұрын

@@ScottGrow117 it’s not that hard to do you’d just put a line in the canteen with red liquid and just have it pump

2:20 "In fact, Spielberg forbade him (Damon) from particpating (in Dale Dye's boot camp) in order to strengthen the rest of the cast's resentment towards his character". That is the brilliance of Stephen Spielberg and what puts his movies a cut above the rest.

@RecklessRecluse999

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is. It would be equivalent of him having a fancy meal, while the rest ate crap.

No matter how many times I've seen Saving private Ryan, this movie is the greatest and it always brings tears to my eyes.

Thank you for your analysis of "Saving Private Ryan". As a vet. I can't imagine the sacrifice of all those who stormed the beaches, show the ultimate courage of soldiers facing fire...... God bless all those great men who never came back home.

@ernestwilliams268

Жыл бұрын

My brother in law went in on the beaches and came out in Belgium with 11 wounds he finally died 20 years later from a piece of shrapnel the mover and cut off a main blood artery he received in WW2 He never liked to talk about the war he always had nightmares till he died. He was one brave man I never saw him ever back down in a fight he always won. He was one of a kind.

@harleyhawk7959

Жыл бұрын

ww@@ernestwilliams268 had a uncle that drank, he was kind, quiet, was a hardwood floor expert. all my relatives wrote him off as acholic. he told everyone he only drank for the pain in his chest. he dropped dead walking to the mailbox. autopsy showed he had seven pieces of grenade shrapnel impeded in his heart.

@ernestwilliams268

Жыл бұрын

@@harleyhawk7959Those old grenades sent Cast iron into your body. He was tough to have survived that long. it's a pity that the military left him like that they did that often the military in my days in the 50's and 60's filled up full of radiation they claimed it wouldn't hurt us. I am afraid to use a X ray machine nor take a heart stress test they inject radiation in your veins.

@RecklessRecluse999

Жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunately the majority that came home alive, actually never came HOME. Metaphorically. Truly sad.

My old school friend and still one of my best mates now (after 53 years) his father was in the SS. He was forced to join in early 1944 being Czech and was originally given the "free choice" of joining the SS or go to a labour camp to "earn his freedom". His first day of actual fighting (at all) was in Normandy, whereupon he threw his rifle away and surrendered at the first opportunity he had. He never even fired his rifle once as noone was looking at him and keeping an 'eye' on him. He was lucky not to be shot out of hand and he said that he had never put his hands so high into the air before or since. He was one of the lucky ones though.

8:40 the German soldier who stabs Mellish is not the same guy that kills Miller. Thou they look the same take a look at their collar's. The one that kills Mellish has an "SS" on his collar while the other one has the 2 connecting I's for regular infantry. Common mistake.

@LadyFairChildVideo

Жыл бұрын

the Gemans were known to switch soldiers from units on short notice specially later in the war. so Steamboat Willie , the german they blindfolded and let go, could've really been put into an SS unit. so that's not enough to distinguish on whether he is or is not. the reality is that you have to look at them long enough and see the obvious facial difference, nose and eyes.

@fiesta061000

Жыл бұрын

Mellish's death is the most disturbing to me..He says to the guy who he's fighting "Wait, Wait"..😞🎥🏚🪖

@joaopedrocamara8619

Жыл бұрын

the guy that killed Miller is actually the same soldier that was made prisioner when Wade got killed. That's why they put Upham to shoot him at the end, because he was the only one against the execution of a POW.

@joaopedrocamara8619

Жыл бұрын

the german soldier even recognises Upham just before he is executed.

@wolfmantiptip6218

Жыл бұрын

it's only a " common mistake " to someone who knows Nothing about ww2 .........

Aside from the error about the two German soldiers being mistakenly referred to as the same character by the narrator, there were actually more than a few other details that I was glad to learn about, even though some would've only been recognizable by certain veterans, historians, or military enthusiasts. These informative bits made up for the inaccuracy pointed out by many of the commentators. Excellent video, for the most part. Kudos! : )

@adamg7984

Жыл бұрын

That mistake is so common and for I don't know how many years I also thought the man who stabbed Mellish was the man they let go at the MG nest. But it's not and while he looks very similar, the man who stabbed Mellish was SS while the man who shot Miller and was let go was not SS and doesn't have the runes on his collar. I also agree with you that besides that mistake, which while common I expected them to know better, this video gave some really cool details I wasn't familiar with. But it also erroneously states the reason they made sticky bombs was because of the zimmerit paste which wasn't the case. They just needed some way to stop the tank. American's, to my knowledge, never had a magnetic AT weapon issued.

I had a great uncle that was injured on Omaha Beach. His youngest brother took to see the film. My brother had also gone to the same showing independent of them. They saw each other after the film. My great uncle said he felt like he was there again. My uncle didn't talk about his service but he did say it was the most realistic film he had ever seen.

@entertainme7523

Жыл бұрын

didn't ask

@RetlocGaming

Жыл бұрын

FYI, I an many others DID ask, especially for his contribution to the world. I thank him or his service.

the day I went to see this in the theater they had brought about 20 survivors to the show, and to hear them during the opening and then what happened after, will forever stay with me. it was so sad but when they started talking it turned into an amazing day full of happy tears at the end. One of my best times at a theater.

@pnolans

Жыл бұрын

yep.

@entertainme7523

Жыл бұрын

didn't ask

8:45, that's actually not true. Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) is shot by the German Army soldier who they captured at the radar sight, and let go. The way you can tell is by his uniform and insignia on it. He is German infantry, Heer, while all of the other soldiers during the final battle are Waiffen SS. The SS could be considered the German counterpart to the U.S. Army Rangers. This soldier who was spared by Miller and his squad was clearly picked up by the same SS patrol that would fight against Miller, his men, Private Ryan and the Airborne forces there in Ramelle.

@jayhayes5364

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And the "Garand Thumb" claim is inaccurate. I don't trust these KZreadrs who try to analyze movies and history. A lot of misinformation

@randolphstead2988

Жыл бұрын

Hi Brendan I think the German version of the Rangers would correspond more with the "Brandenburgers." The Waffen SS fielded as regiments early in the war, then saw service as divisions, corps and finally army strength. They operated as a parallel to the regular German army, the "heer." Himmler's vision was for the Waffen SS to be a politically indoctrinated army, which he hoped would one day replace the Heer as the bearer of arms on behalf of the nation. There is no unit in the U.S. military that is formed on the basis of political motivation. The Waffen SS would, in my opinion, be more comparable to the USMC in terms of being an elite corps which serves alongside the regular army. Please, nobody think I am equating the USMC to the SS; I only make the comparison in terms of them being a service of a higher cut than average. Rangers have always been a small, elite unit, operating in special roles such as Pont du Hoc in WW2, on up to the events portrayed in Blackhawk Down. It would be a waste of talent to field them in division strength when it seems they work best in special operations and for "leavening" regular forces.

@geraldmiller5232

Жыл бұрын

that is why you do not let soldiers go after they are captured. it may sound cruel but it is necessaryin this instance. this was a good way for them all to be killed.

@willowtree5267

Жыл бұрын

@@geraldmiller5232 my grandfather watched this and that scene was his biggest problem with the movie. Said it was absolute BS and Hollywood. There would have been no hesitation, they would have popped him without a second thought. He fought in the Pacific.

@adamg7984

Жыл бұрын

@@willowtree5267 I think, to be fair to the film, that's pretty contingent on the commanding officer. No question that it was common to simply kill people when they couldn't capture and transport them but I also don't doubt that scenarios like this took place in Europe and Africa. But, with that said, I really doubt that to be the case in the Pacific where you were fighting a much more indoctrinated enemy where the unpredictability of the enemy soldiers was massive. In the Pacific, it was far less likely to even have someone surrender on either side. First because the Americans and Commonwealth knew how awful the Japanese treated POWs and secondly because of that indoctrination of the Japanese and the Bushido mindset they carried. Dying was far more preferable to most Japanese soldiers so letting them go would be a massive hazard. I guess I'm saying that what your Grandfather experienced and said was probably true, but it's also true that things were definitely different in Europe and I don't think the film having them release the man is too inaccurate. I absolutely mean no offense or disrespect to your Grandfather and I want to make that very clear which is why I'm adding this last bit.

"... to all you veterans out there, we sincerely thank you for your service." "Kein Problem. Habe ich gern gemacht."

@secondworldwarnerdman2905

Жыл бұрын

can't stop laughing

@skyhawk_4526

Жыл бұрын

I don't think he had the Germans in mind with that comment at the end. But it's admittedly humorous.

Recently watched "Saving Private Ryan" again - that Omaha Beach scene is beyond gripping.... Those men were beyond brave and courageous, and in reality they were all still youngsters. I am watching "Band of Brothers" again, probably my 4th time now. Just from these amazing productions, that generation was truly the "Greatest Generation"... ❤❤

Best war movie ever made. My dad landed on Utah beach. Went all the way to the Rine river.

Let's just put one thing forward Saving Private Ryan is the single greatest WWII movie ever created

@Twitchhtics

Жыл бұрын

Nah inglorious bastards is better

@SIGMA-52

Жыл бұрын

@@Twitchhtics strongly disagree bruv

@petergresh516

Жыл бұрын

@@SIGMA-52 1917 was better

@ZombieCraft-ds4bm

Жыл бұрын

Cod WWII CUTSCENES, is the greatest movie put together

@SIGMA-52

Жыл бұрын

@@petergresh516 no

This film and full metal jacket are my 2 favorite war films that tell very real story’s especially FMJ since it was a book written by someone who experienced war in Vietnam

This is, to date, my absolute favorite movie. I greatly appreciate this video.

@anthonyeaton5153

Жыл бұрын

The Omaha beach head battle was irrelevant to the story. Why didn’t they parachute him in. The blood and guts is gratuitous and the steel tank traps were pointing the wrong way.

@Rhaspun

Жыл бұрын

This movie or "Shindlers's List".

I'm pretty sure that the soldier who shot Capt Miller was the same one they let go earlier, not the one who stabbed Mellish, right? That's how he knew who Upham was and why Upham shot him, then let the rest go.

@ChrisJensen-se9rj

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. That's the irony that Upham witnesses. The tragedy of Miller being shot and eventually killed by the very soldier he spared. The man playing the SS soldier who gets into close combat is spared by Upham. Upham realizes that his lack of intervention definitely cost the life of one of his own squad. And in witnessing the same German soldier shooting Miller, Upham fails to intervene, probably to spare his own life, because his location would have been instantly recognized by the attacking Germans, and then goodbye Upham. So, when taking prisoners, Upham meats out retribution, not only for the sake of Miller, but to make up for his earlier failures to intervene, not once, but TWICE. SPR is rich in detail. My friends who saw it before I did talked about nothing else for a good week or two, such was the impact it had. One can only imagine, therefore, what sort of psychological impact one battle after another would have on the " average" soldier.

Gotta dispute the thumb injury was an intentional reference Garand thumb. He was shooting a M1903 not a M1 Garand. And secondly while thumb injuries shooting M1s were certainly a thing that some soldiers experienced, it wasn't a "regular" occurrence. Once they smashed their thumb a first time, few made the same mistake again.

@starga-fr7qx

Жыл бұрын

Soldiers were properly instructed, if they had it they would have had it in boot camp and it wouldn't cause a black nail

@CapStar362

Жыл бұрын

@@starga-fr7qx wrong - even trained soldiers got Garand Thumb in high stress situations. please stop saying this. You have obviously never handled a Garand let alone fired one.

@starga-fr7qx

Жыл бұрын

@@CapStar362 I had an M14 , 1903A3, my buddy had Garand.. it would not have been a common thing because most soldiers were properly trained by the time they went to the combat zone.. And a garand thumb is sideways, the bolt does not slam with your nail flat between bolt and receiver. So it really would not blacken your nail I'm sure you were not there during WW2 to have seen it.

@CapStar362

Жыл бұрын

@@starga-fr7qx my grandfathers where there to experience it, my father was there to experience it. being the owner of a Garand myself just look at my profile picture, im holding said Garand. you could have all the training in the world... and no one is absolutely perfect when under fire. sorry bud, not buying it.

Lots of misinformation about the two sniper scopes. The longer of the two is a Unertl, not “Uretty”. The smaller of the two was not an M73B (Weaver 330 in the civilian world), it’s a Lyman Alaskan. The the Lyman/Weaver scopes were used on the US Army M1903A4 sniper rifle. The Unertl was issued to the US Marine Corps. The two are not the least bit interchangeable as they use a totally different mount and zeroing system. The Lyman and the M73B have a one-piece fixed mount and adjustable crosshair while the Unertl has a two-piece adjustable mount and fixed crosshair. Both Spielberg and Movie Logic got this one wrong.

@MarksmanTV

Жыл бұрын

To throw an extra bit of curiosity into this: As you noted, the only two scopes approved for US Army service on the 1903A4 were the Lyman Alaskan (designated the M73) and the Weaver 330C (designated the M73B1). Although the Lyman Alaskan was selected for primary use on the rifle, Lyman could not source an adequate supply of lenses from their supplier Bausch and Lomb, so they could not fulfill the contract (it is estimated that only 200 Lyman Alaskans were ever delivered to the Army per Bruce Canfield). The Weaver 330C (M73B1), was therefore issued on 99.9% of 1903A4 rifles that served in WWII. It is true, Pvt. Jackson is using a Lyman Alaskan in the film, but in reality, it is very unlikely he would have had the Lyman M73 on his rifle... It is much more likely that he would have had a Weaver M73B1.

@kenadams3385

Жыл бұрын

@@MsTugg The Unertl uses two target bases; one mounts to the barrel and the other to the front ring of the receiver. The Unertl also requires cutting a hole in and reshaping the upper hand guard. The Lyman and the Weaver use a Redfield style one-piece base mounted to the front and rear ring of the receiver. The Unertl "could" be adapted to the 1903A3/A4 but not in the field. I do not understand the motivation behind using both scopes in the movie. It's not just a mistake, someone had to intentionally alter the mounts to make this happen. They certainly weren't going for authenticity when they filmed the sniper scenes.

@saddletramp6935

Жыл бұрын

I believe that unertle was made in Pittsburgh at one time.

@katsu-graphics5634

Жыл бұрын

I live in Pittsburgh, I have a Unertl scope. (easy to find here back in the 70's). . . it is not a combat scope, the whole scope tube moves when you adjust the screws. . .the tube is NEVER solid fixed. it will wiggle inside the much larger scope ring. The tube has a spring under the tube, and an elevation set screw on top pushing down.. Same type spring and screw for windage. You just have to press on it, or remove a lens cap, and it loses it's zero. It's strictly a bench gun optic.

@unclequack5445

Жыл бұрын

Mythbusters tried the "shot through scope" with the exact scopes and several others it never happened even set up point blank Hollywood BS that shot was impossible even when they staged it .

Loved this film from the moment I saw it as a teenager a the cinema. That last fact blew me away. I'm glad he went on to live a full life.

The soldier that shot Captain Miller was the POW they let go at the radar station, NOT the one who stabbed Mellish(sp?) upstairs. This is obvious by not only his looks, but he confirms knowing "Upham" before being killed.

My father and I saw this movie when it was still in theaters. We saw a mid afternoon showing, there weren't many people there. Maybe a dozen or so. I was 27 and the youngest person there. My dad was the next youngest. EVERYONE ELSE was obviously a WWII veteran and their spouse. That was one of the most emotionally charged moments of my life. The movie itself was powerful, but afterward, when we were leaving? Wow. Some were quietly weeping. Others more stoic. All were ........affected. There was a feeling, an aura. Not "bad"or "sad", or anything, really. Just "full". Suddenly, the air felt "full". Like it held the contents of a great release. I'll never forget it, that feeling.

@spud13x13

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I saw it in the theater with a friend, and I still remember the feeling I had as I left. We had planned to go to a pub after, but we just walked in silence for quite a while. I can't imagine what it would have been like to see it in the company of those who were there.

@melvinmayfield470

Жыл бұрын

True.

@entertainme7523

Жыл бұрын

didn't ask

Best war movie of all time and my mind will not be changed.

@OscarDeLaHoyad

Жыл бұрын

Agree, Inglorious bastards is a close 2nd

@TheDelta016

Жыл бұрын

DogeX2 Inglorious Basterds doesn't even make top 5 best war movies 😂 especially not while the likes of Bridge Too Far and Flags of our Fathers exists

@TheIronDuke9

Жыл бұрын

I agree until we start talking Vietnam movies

@OscarDeLaHoyad

Жыл бұрын

@@TheIronDuke9 Forrest Gump?

@TheIronDuke9

Жыл бұрын

@@OscarDeLaHoyad haha no

For Authenticity, the Sniper who uses a Bolt-Action M1903 Springfield Rifle was shown with the injury called "Garand Thumb" from the loading of the M1 Garand which was a semiautomatic rifle. There's no reason to doubt that he may have used an M1 during the landing or other combat situations, it's just odd that they drew attention to the Sniper having the common injury of an infantry soldier.

@Some_Guy6

5 ай бұрын

Ye, but Jackson is left handed.

VERY good movie. Saw it the first time in the theater. I'm a veteran. Not of WWII. The Cold War. That first 30 or so minutes of this film are intense to put it mildly. Many veterans who were there or in the Pacific or Asian theaters have said it's the most accurate scene of storming the Normandy beaches ever created on film.

The Mellish getting stabbed scene is for some reason the most horrifying stab scene i know of in any movie.

@ktkt1825

Жыл бұрын

I agree- I was very troubled by that scene, and skip it even now in the movie.

I saw this in the theaters when it was released and a veteran next to me broke down and cried. Very moving

The best movie I have ever seen. I’m 67. Mostly anything with Tom Hanks in it is bound to be good.

This is one of the greatest war movies ever made!!! A masterpiece!!

I watched this when it came out in the theater on Camp Casey, Korea. All was quiet until they hit the bunker with the flamethrower and the guy says hold your fire, let em burn. Then the theater erupted.

You forgot that it wasn't a real Tiger 1 Tank. The non interweaved road wheels were a dead giveaway. It was in fact a heavily modified T-34. ☝🏼

Private Ryan & Band of Brothers are two of the many favorite WW II Movies for my appeal. Thanks. Later, I'll throw Flags of Our Fathers on the DVD Player. Another Good One.

I am not sure what I was expecting, I was already aware that combining Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg would result in a film where attention to detail is amazing. That being said I thoroughly enjoyed this video and appreciate the film even more now.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

A lot of historical inaccuracy in this film, sadly.

I was working for a car rental company in London delivering cars at the time they were shooting this film. I remember thinking at the time what a stupid name for a film; we also had to drop cars at a disused airfield in Hatfield for this production. On one drop there was nobody to hand the keys and paperwork to, so we had to walk onset and find somebody. It turned out to be the town at the end of the film and we had to cross that bridge. What an amazing set it was. After watching the film on release and realising it was probably the best war film I have ever seen, I never did tell anyone of how stupid I thought the title was.

@anthonybluhm4724

Жыл бұрын

You just did

@RecklessRecluse999

Жыл бұрын

I tend to agree about the title, great movie though. Just like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting. Back in the 70s, our family was labeled Good Will Grabbers, simply because my 1 sister was seen repeatedly going through the stuff at the Goodwill boxes. That stuck with us for some time... I may have suffered PTSD when that film title came out. Another great movie.🐸

10 minutes of “How the Hell did this movie lose to Shakespeare in Love?”

@jimmycleary7864

Жыл бұрын

Because Harvey Weinstein payed more money for Shakespeare in Love to win lol

@ 9:46 - Did not know that! Ultimate respect for this Canadian❗️ My Dad’s youngest brother was in the D-day invasion (29th Inf Div). KIA 10 Aug 1944.

My Father landed on Utah Beach with Fourth infranty he was First lieutenant . In charge of the artillery unit. He was out front all the way directing fire all the way though the the Hurtgen forest and battle of the budge. Plus liberating conservation camps. He was never open about it to me. Albeit he opened up to my son who was interested in his experience in WWII. He was deeply remorseful he always told me he never pulled the trigger but by default he leveled everything in the path of his on the way to Germany. My Son and I agree that to be a good man is the only way that we deserve to follow these great men that served.

Barry Pepper's shot at the German sniper would have been an impossible shot to make in reality, it's all about angles...What a film...

@wildbill6976

Жыл бұрын

only possible in two circumstances; 1 - close range/flat trajectory; 2 - long range, subsonic bullet (bullet is deflected into eye by metal scope housing) not really possible these days as scopes are more complex & made out of plastic (scope would most likely explode once bullet hit objective lens or focal plane)

Their is a recount told by a war veteran on a particular popular podcast that described how a WWII vet, who survived the D-Day landings, went to see this movie in theaters. During the opening scene on the beach the old vet had to exit the theater in tears, saying that he could smell the diesel from the boats :(

@DonaldTrunk23

Жыл бұрын

Lol what a wimp 😂

@JamesAdams-bd9df

Жыл бұрын

@@DonaldTrunk23 you should enlist.

@johngaither9263

Жыл бұрын

LCVP's used 12-cylinder gasoline engines.

@estb.mcmxciii3012

Жыл бұрын

@@johngaither9263 Goddammit Joe Rogan making me look silly lol

@estb.mcmxciii3012

Жыл бұрын

@@johngaither9263 well, i dont know much about boats or engineering but werent they just made of mostly wood? I guess regular gas would make more more sense for a lighter craft?

Saving private Ryan is an amazing classic and this just makes it all the more amazing

This movie has to be one of the all-time greats ! The opening 10 minutes smacks me in the mouth every time and I sit there and take it because I will always respect what those brave men did on that beach that day!!!

No one regularly got their thumb caught in a Garand. It takes serious effort to screw up that badly. You press it in, and pull your hand away. it doesn't just ram home on your finger unless you keep it there intentionally, and even if you don't, the standard way to load the clip into the magazine involves keeping your hand in front of the charging handle while your thumb is inside. Again, you have to work at getting your thumb caught by awkwardly loading it without your hand in a comfortable loading position to avoid catching it should the mechanics fail and it closes on you before you pull away from it.

@kirkrasmussen9629

Жыл бұрын

Especially difficult if you are a DM whose issue weapon is a 1903 Springfield😂

@alejandrogonzales7022

Жыл бұрын

@@kirkrasmussen9629 maybe that's how he got Garrand thumb. Uses the 1903 all the time and was made to re-qual with the M1 before D-Day just in case. Due to being less familiar with it, he got a painful reminder. Just a theory. Maybe totally wrong

@TehButterflyEffect

Жыл бұрын

Lots of people spewing fake information on garand thumb. It is very easy to cause garand thumb and it does indeed injure your thumb rather severely. It does NOT happen when loading the weapon. It happens when you are dropping the bolt with an UNLOADED weapon. This is common, and it is very painful when you do it wrong.

@MrChickennugget360

Жыл бұрын

@@TehButterflyEffect i think the point is that Garand thumb was not common with troops familiar with the weapon. Most people who got Garand Thumb were recruits not failure with it. or kids playing with Grampa's old M1. Or Actors fucking around with the weapon they are training with for a movie.

@paulryan2128

Жыл бұрын

@@TehButterflyEffect In the 1960s, many ROTC programs at universities drilled with the surplus Garands. The regular army cadre warned us about M-1 thumb, but guite a few guys still got it. I think that I was one! Of course, we were cycling the action w/o loading, as you mentioned.

Also, the zimmeret coating on German tanks was correctly stated for magnetic mines, however it was a screw up on the Germans part because they were the only ones who ever deployed magnetic tank mines, the Allies only used the pressure antitank mines

@taffwob

Жыл бұрын

Also the narrator states they were expecting this so they used sticky bombs to attack it. No, they used improvised sticky bombs because that's all they could make with the materials to hand. It's not like they didn't bother making magnetic charges because they guessed the tank had zimmerit paste. it's hardly likely for them to have a box of handy magnets available.

Saving private Ryan and band of brothers (mini series) are my favourite war movies. Actually there are many but these two are at my top.

most epic thing is that makers of this movie watched finnish Talvisota (winter war) movie before starting working on this movie, they got idea that they must make it as realistic as this movie (talvisota)! btw i recommend everyone to watch that amazing 80's war movie!

Well done. You did miss the fact that the motorcycle next to Captain Miller was a 1980s model BMW done very well to look like it’s wartime predecessor

@mystified1429

Жыл бұрын

could've used a ural

I found the movie excellent overall, particularly the D Day scenes were brutal. Dale Dye is a great advisor, but as I watched the movie I couldn't help but wonder if he took too many days off the set. They have this group of soldiers supposedly behind enemy lines, or it might have been very close to the front, walking across an open field, talking loudly in English, and so close together that one hand grenade would kill most of them, all things that are stressed in infantry training. There were more but those scenes were the ones I found most unrealistic.

@MattKearneyFan1

Жыл бұрын

The Germans retreated far back at this time in order to fight against the allied offensive

@robertherrmann4823

8 ай бұрын

As mentioned in the very first words spoken by Captain Miller.

I love details about movies I love that I never knew!! THANK YOU !

I was watching the Academy Awards and expected Saving Prvt. Ryan to be awarded the award for best picture and instead a musical "Shakespere In Love" was named best picture. After that I realized the Academy Awards is just a popularity contest..

Just by looking at the thumbnail I knew it was garland thumb

@blondbowler8776

Жыл бұрын

Hehehehe...too many flowers, I guess. Those garlands can get heavy.

3:01 Pvt. Ryan says that the last time that all the brothers were together was when the oldest left for basic training therefore they couldn't have taken that photo at all.

@frankhurst9665

14 күн бұрын

When the General is briefed in the office, the Colonel tells him, "All four of them were in the same Company in the 29th Division, but we split them up after the Sullivan brothers died on the Juneau."

No wonder the movie to this day remains an unbeatable classic

Saving Private Ryan is on of my top 5 films. This video just explains why in more depth. So many details and such a good film

Big error at 8:58 Miller (Hanks) is shot by Steamboat Willie NOT the Waffen SS soldier that killed Mellish. They are two entirely different characters/actors.

Steamboat Willy, the German at the radio tower, is the one who shot Cpt. Miller. The German who kills Melish with his own knife IS NOT Steamboat Willy, he is unnamed. Actually, he is a member of an SS Unit. Which brings me to my next point, LOOK AT THEIR COLLAR TABS. Steamboat appears to have a run of the mill, Infantry Enlisted Type 3 patch as the Melish German clearly has SS bolts.

Very interesting detail that most civilians would easily have missed - good work.

I love Saving Private Ryan. Such a wonderful story. I enjoyed this video as well. And as a bonus, featured The Infographics dude 😀

At 4:51, the Padre's helmet has a post-ww2 metal clip for attaching chinstrap, first issued in 1952 during Korea. P.S. There's a lot of other errors in the the movie not mentioned in this video.

@markhayward4017

Жыл бұрын

My favorite is the angled log obstacles on the beach facing the wrong direction. The lower end should face the sea since they are designed for incoming landing craft to ride up the length and tip over sideways.

Huh. I always kind of assumed they hesitated giving Wade more morphine, not because it could kill him, (They must've known by then he wasn't going to make it) but because the last thing you wanted to do was run out and have none for the next seriously wounded soldier.

RIP Tom. You were such a great actor!

Very interesting. Thanks for showing the details I missed watching the film.

8:43 That is an error. They are two completely different German soldiers. The one who kills Private Mellish is not the same as the one who kills Captain Miller.

@plaidzebra5526

Жыл бұрын

I just said that!..... Two great minds think alike lol

@Godfather_Al

Жыл бұрын

@@plaidzebra5526 Yea man, honestly expected better from them for such a major plot point and detail

@plaidzebra5526

Жыл бұрын

@@Godfather_Al I mean it's a mistake, it happens, can't be right all the time. Plus I did think it was the same guy too for 15 years until I found out the truth.

@stewiex2419

Жыл бұрын

are u sure because i thought that they were the same and its also the same prisoner they let live earlier thats why on the stair case after stabbing the guy he lets the other guy live (forgot there names) because he saved him earlier on a could see he was panicking and didnt seem like a threat and thats the reason he shots him later on after he gets the balls to hold them all up

@TheIronDuke9

Жыл бұрын

@@stewiex2419 Different soldiers. The one in the house is wearing Nazi SS uniform, that's why it's significant that he killed the Jewish soldier, whereas the "Steamboat Willie" guy is just a regular soldier in a regular uniform

How did Jackson get Garand thumb shooting a bolt action?

@blondbowler8776

Жыл бұрын

By handling a Garand. How else? Do you think a sniper NEVER would handle a Garand? I have scoped rifles. That does not mean I don't use a Garand as well.

@ktkt1825

Жыл бұрын

There are several comments here that suggest that Jackson may have used one in a close quarter fight during their journey, and some that say you must be clumsy to do so.

@skyhawk_4526

Жыл бұрын

@@ktkt1825 Carless, not clumsy. I own a Garand and have shot it fairly regularly over the years. I've also supervised while letting my friends load it. Really, the only risk of "Garand Thumb" occurs when the weapon is unloaded and the bolt is locked to the rear. If you are careless, you can injure your thumb since the way to close the bolt with an empty magazine is to hold the charging handle to the rear and depress the follower with the thumb of your left hand, then slowly release pressure on the charging handle, letting it "ride" forward of the lock-back position. At that point, you should remove your thumb from the action. Once your thumb is clear, you can release the charging handle and let the bolt slam forward into battery. Forgetting to remove your thumb, or accidentally letting losing your grip on the charging handle while your thumb is still in the way is what leads to the injury. As long as you don't screw either of those up, there's no risk.

@ktkt1825

Жыл бұрын

@@skyhawk_4526 Thanks for your experienced explanation. It's a powerful movie- one of my favorites.

@ktkt1825

Жыл бұрын

@@skyhawk_4526 It is most likely, then, that Jackson got his bruised thumb in the field training the actors did before the movie. It is much less possible that a veteran soldier in the story especially a sniper, would be careless. One of the golden qualities of a sniper would always be attention to detail, even toward weapons he does not regularly take up.

(RE: black and blue thumb on sniper with M1903A4 bold action who may have used a Garand)The Oprod is operated on the right side of the Garand and whether lefty or righty you would rack it back into lock with your right hand and push in the enbloc with your left making sure that the bolt does not come forward on you once the follower assembly is complete pushed down into the well by the enbloc. The bad nail is on his right so Spielberg could have had him use his right hand for both the operation of the Oprod and the insertion of the enbloc, as a lefty, and if he was on the M1903A4 most of the time, he might not be good at it. I have never met anyone who has had Garand thumb. Some guys can come back on the Oprod with the heal of their right hand and jam in an enbloc with the fingers of the same hand and as mentioned this is what Spielberg may have been thinking for a lefty. I have 8 of them and three '03A3's and two '03's. The battle rifle is 9.5 pounds and is pretty hefty but steady on rapid fire because it absorbs the recoil almost completely. Maybe Spielberg went the extra mile and figured that the only one most likely to get Garand thumb would be a lefty and guy on the bolt action M1903A4 most of the time. If this is the case, they more than thought out every detail.

After the first viewing, took me years to watch again, I could not even imagine the real horror those men lived through that day!!

There's a bit of editing that bugs me in this great movie - Jackson is firing shots from the bell tower and fires 8 without reloading...from a rifle that only holds 5(+1).

@aaaht3810

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he did exceed the capacity of the rifle. Also in that scene, before he gets killed, when he yells "Parker get down!". The safely on his 1903 is seen positioned halfway between the Ready and Safe positions (i.e. straight up). The center position is used for disassembly and the gun would not fire in that position. In the rest of the scene the safety is in the correct Ready position.

Technically brilliant- but as usual with Hollywood- historically inaccurate. The US forces did not fight elite SS soldiers on D-Day, or in the immediate aftermath. ALL the SS formations were deployed in the British and Canadian sectors of the front. With the exception of Meindl's Fallschirmjager Corps, the US forces faced Wehrmacht units, a significant number of which were B class units- ie not first class units.

@randolphstead2988

Жыл бұрын

The U.S. also did not encounter Tigers in combat in France. The Tigers were deployed in heavy tank battalions which were not in the TOE of field divisions per se, but were sent from place to place as needed. The most threatening part of the Normandy front was the eastern end, where a British (with Canucks, Poles) breakout would've been most dangerous. This was why the Tigers were deployed there. There was one "non-regular" engagement between Americans and Tigers when an American unit encountered a flatbed train carrying damaged Tigers back to Germany for repair. They shot at the damaged Tigers as their crews attempted to get aboard their Tigers to engage the Americans. It was, as far as I've read, only in Belgium when the Americans first faced Tigers in combat.

@ottovonbismarck2443

Жыл бұрын

@@randolphstead2988 IIRC Mr Steve Zaloga did some research on the topic and he counted THREE occasions in 1944-45 where US tanks met Tigers, including the one you've mentioned. On the second occasion the Shermans won and on the third one the Pershing lost. It doesn't inlude tank destroyers and AT guns, and of course there were lots of Panthers around, which were an equal threat. I'm in no position to proof this wrong or right.

@ottovonbismarck2443

Жыл бұрын

Partially wrong. US paras fought against elements of 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division (and Meindl's paras) on day 1. It has to be noted that 17th SS had nowhere the "elite"-status of the famous Waffen-SS divisions. For the most part though, US forces faced stationary "divisions" which were highly understrength, badly equipped and lacked organic artillery. I'm not saying the US soldiers had an easy job !

@randolphstead2988

Жыл бұрын

@@ottovonbismarck2443 Thanks for your post. I will try to find out more about this. These other engagements you mention, were they in France? I am not dogmatic about the U.S. not fighting Tigers at all, just from what I've seen that they did not meet Tigers until they got into Belgium.

Way cool video. I love this movie. Damn well made from beginning to end.

Excellent information!!! Great Video!!! Great job!!!

When I saw Saving Private Ryan, when the scene at the beginning showed a soldier trying to put his arm back on, this group of young guys behind me started laughing. I turned around and told them to have more respect. They probably thought I was a asshole. They had no real idea that men actually experienced that day and the scene was not just make believe for a war movie…

@denisjl100

Жыл бұрын

anyone laughing at this scene are the people who didn't appreciate the sacrifice these brave men made for us to preserve our rights. they needed an asshole to remind them of how lucky they are. i played golf with a guy who lost a leg at normandy and if anyone had had the temerity to laugh at this guy on the golf course he would have worn my driver in his forehead.

@freitag424

Жыл бұрын

I don´t think, that laughing is always a sign of disrespect. Sometimes things can be weird or funny even it´s a serious topic and sometimes laughing helps to get along with some cruel things. As a kid and teenager we also made jokes about this scene because it was our way to understand and to take the film. In the end you don´t laugh about a certain person but a fictional character in a film and not about those who were there at D-Day.

@analystanalyst7652

Жыл бұрын

This happened to me as well. An older woman laughed during that scene with the arm while you could hear a pin drop otherwise. I think it was really a socked reaction in her case and not a hah-hah. It scared her. It drained me. He took the after battle orals and put that scene together and from what I heard he had to tone it down or no one would believe it. I couldn't imagine Dog Green or any of them. They knew it was going to be bad. They thought about skipping this beach but they knew they had to tie Utah in with the Canadians and the Brits, and this was it. Cota wanted to go in under the cover of darkness and proposed it. I was there as a teenager in 1968 and I just couldn't imagine what they went through and what they were eventually able to do. A heavy cost that still quiets the soul at it's mere mention.

@entertainme7523

Жыл бұрын

didn't happen

One thing that took me out of this movie was how often they showed blank crimped rounds, especially on the linked ammo. It was a rookie mistake.

@JaceDanielFilms

Жыл бұрын

i didn't notice it, must only be noticed by nerds.

@Gambitt1970

Жыл бұрын

@@JaceDanielFilms It wouldn't be noticed by the uneducated.

@mikes5637

Жыл бұрын

Much better to use live ammo when filming with dozens of extras, eh?

@Gambitt1970

Жыл бұрын

@@mikes5637 They make special rounds just for this. Ugh...You must be the armorer for Alec Baldwin.

@kimmer6

Жыл бұрын

The 20mm Flak 38 towards the end of the movie in the street fight was spewing out dummy cases with projectiles still attached.

Thank you for revealing these details.

This video helped me have more respect for the real Veterans and the people who made the movie and especially the cast.

It wasn't a good detail about Jackson's thumb being bruised because that would be an injury of about a week old, and he is never shown using an M1 Garand in the movie as he's a sniper.

@MrChickennugget360

Жыл бұрын

its not a movie or plot detail. What happened was Berry Pepper got Garand Thumb at some point while they were filming the movie on accident and he had not recovered when they were filming the D-Day sequences. Turns out a film goer recognized the injury as Garand Thumb and wrote a letter to Berry Pepper if he had got his finger smashed in a Garand- Pepper wrote back that indeed he had.

@staticman1263

Жыл бұрын

@@MrChickennugget360 However this video is pointing it out as an injury that would have been sustained if the movie was real life. So it is incorrect that he has it based on his role.

3:31 praises authenticity due to a injured thumb caused by a weapon he doesn’t use 😆

@mr75204

Жыл бұрын

He’s not known for it in the film obviously but every soldier in WW2 was issued an M1 as a standard issue weapon. Depending on the mission he either had the sniper rifle or the M1.

@newkleerwynter

Жыл бұрын

He switches off with Upham during the machine gun nest assault.

@blondbowler8776

Жыл бұрын

Sigh...

I'm a vet and I thank you for reminding us all of D day and what these boys went through. It boggles my mind school teachers and post men went through this hell. That is hell. We can remember why they did it. Freedom. Freedom to do and say what you wish! As long as you harm no one. These days these right are being stripped and maybe are already gone because of a sleeping public. Political Correctness is the sheep's skin used for that particular wolf. Remember that and remember these men.

@FallNorth

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I wasn't on a d day beach but being told what you can think and say is the basis of freedom.

the recreation of the invasion of Normandy was intense Wade the medic looks like a kid Sniper Jackson played by Canadian actor Barry Pepper.

Jackson uses a Springfield 1903 A4 bolt action rifle which is sniper specific. The M1 Garand semiautomatic rifle is the type that squishes your thumb. Nice touch but wrong gun.

@stonefox9124

Жыл бұрын

I didn't think that was a M1

@TehButterflyEffect

Жыл бұрын

While that is true, in basic training he would have been using an M1. The bigger error is that he was shooting left-handed. The Army didn't allow that, and taught everyone to shoot right-handed. There were two sniper variants of the M1 Garand.

@ethanreed8400

Жыл бұрын

@@TehButterflyEffect any source to back that up?? i'm pretty sure he'd be just fine.. you get used to it and also he could just have a left master eye.. doesn't mean he's left handed (like myself).

The level of detail in this is crazy!

This movie was ahead of its time

Thanks for this. Well done.

Thanks for the great video lots of awesome knowledge! And I had no idea that James doohan had a missing finger 🤯 👍🏻👍🏻

The German soldier who shoots Captain Miller at the end isn't the one who kills Mellish. It's the one they let walk at the radar station. He calls Upham by name before being shot.

Never noticed that Jackson had garand thumb... that's a nice touch

Saving Private Ryan was first war film that really got me sobbing through it, not single movie after it had same kinda impact on me. I don't usually get emotional watching movies, no matter of what genre those are.

The current off Omaha beach was treacherous. One of the reasons that the Duplex Drive Sherman tanks were lost. My grand uncle was in the first wave (combat engineer’s battalion). Their barge was hit off shore and drifted north and recovered in either the Canadian or British zones. The mention of the conscripted Czech and Poles has another story to it. The British and soon after our own forces were short on replacement troops. The British dismantled an entire division for the landings to have replacement troops. The Polish units fighting for us, recruited from the front. These conscripts were asked to change uniforms and fight alongside their countrymen and many did. This resulted in the Polish units expanding some units to fit in the new “recruits “.

that's why I like this movie so much... it's so realistic...

one of the best movies ever made

The coxswain in Tom Hanks landing craft was a good friend of mine, he is also Scottish so put on his best American accent I guess…. RIP Ronnie.