Wake Island

Wake Island Movie Poster Country United States Directed by John Farrow Release Date August 11, 1942 Language English Japanese Distributor Paramount Pictures Main Cast Character Actor Major Geoffrey Caton Brian Donlevy Lieutenant Bruce Cameron Macdonald Carey Private Joe Doyle Robert Preston Private Aloysius K. Randall William Bendix Shad McClosky Albert Dekker

Wake Island is a 1942 American movie directed by John Farrow which loosely based on the battle of Wake Island in 1941.

The following weapons were used in the film Wake Island:

Handguns

Colt M1911

Near all U.S. officers and soldiers like Major Geoffrey Caton (Brian Donlevy), Lieutenant Bruce Cameron (Macdonald Carey), Captain Pete Lewis (Rod Cameron) and Sergeant Higbee (Bill Goodwin) have holstered Colt M1911 pistols.

Colt M1911 - .45 ACP.

Lieutenant Bruce Cameron with his holstered Colt before taking off with his plane.

Another American soldier with a holstered Colt.

Pvt. Aloysius K. Randall (William Bendix) engages Japanese soldiers with his pistol.

Colt New Army & Navy

A Japanese officer at the end uses a Colt New Army & Navy revolver.

Colt New Army Model of 1903 - .38 Colt

The officer enters the radio room with the revolver.

He shots the revolver at the radio operator because he kept transmitting.

Submachine Guns

M1928/M1928A1 Thompson

A few Japanese soldiers are armed with automatic weapons that appear to be M1928A1 Thompson visually mocked up to resemble German MP40. An unmodified Thompson can be briefly seen fired by an American soldier.

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP. This specimen has the sling swivel relocated to the top of the stock, a modification often made to Thompsons in British service.

Japanese soldier clears a foxhole with his submachine gun.

An American soldier fires an unmodified Thompson.

On the left, a Thompson is held by another Japanese soldier. Note the hooded front sight.

Rifles

M1 Garand

U.S. troops carry M1 Garands at the beginning of the movie.

M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle - .30-06

Troops exercising with the Garands.

Springfield M1903

Both faction can be seen with M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles.

Springfield M1903 Transitional (pre-WW2) issue .30-06

A soldier in the background carries the rifle fitted with an M1905 bayonet over his back.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

Some Japanese soldiers appear to be using German Mauser Gewehr 1898 standing for correct Arisaka Type 38 rifles.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A shot Japanese soldier drops his rifle.

Machine Guns

Browning M2 Water Cooled

Private Joe Doyle (Robert Preston), Private Aloysius K. Randall (William Bendix) and other U.S. soldiers on Wake island can be seen firing the water-cooled version of the Browning M2HB machine gun.

Browning M2 Water Cooled - .50 BMG

The machine gun seen on the left as the fighter aircaft taking off.

Foxhole of Doyle and Randall with the machine gun.

The MG being fired at Japanese planes.

Rear view.

Browning M2 Aircraft

Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machines are mounted in the wings of Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircrafts.

Browning M2 Aircraft heavy machine gun .50 BMG

Wing-mounted M2 being fired.

Browning M1917A1

The garrison of the island is equipped with several Browning M1917A1 machine guns. Major Geoffrey Caton (Brian Donlevy) and Cpl. Gus Goebbels (Philip Van Zandt) can be seen manning one at the climax.

Browning M1917 machine gun with tripod and ammo box - .30-06

An American soldiers carries the Browning during the first air attack.

Rear view of Doyle and Randall's Browning.

Cpl. Gus Goebbels opened the top cover.

The Browning seen fired.

Vickers Mk1

Some British Vickers machine guns are also used by the U.S. troops.

Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British

A Vickers MG position under attack.

Goebbels mans a Vickers.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

At least, one American soldier can be seen firing an early M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06

Lewis Gun

The Lewis Gun can be briefly seen twice during the defence of the island.

Lewis Gun - .303 British

A Lewis Gun lies next to his dead user.

Other

Grumman F4F Wildcat

5"/51 (12.7 cm) Coastal Gun series

Model 16 Stielhandgranate

The Model 16 Stielhandgranate is used by Japanese soldiers.

Model 16 Stielhandgranate

A Japanese soldiers primes a stick grenade.