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[[Image:LD11.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Brigadier Lord Lovat ([[Peter Lawford]]) carrying a [[Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer]] Carbine]] | [[Image:LD11.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Brigadier Lord Lovat ([[Peter Lawford]]) carrying a [[Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer]] Carbine]] | ||
− | ==Bren Mark | + | ==Bren Mark 1 Light Machine Gun== |
− | [[Image:Bren | + | [[Image:Bren gun.JPG|400px|thumb|none|Bren Mark 1 Light Machine Gun - .303 British]] |
− | [[Image:LD12.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Private Flanagan ([[Sean Connery]]) carrying a [[Bren | + | [[Image:LD12.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Private Flanagan ([[Sean Connery]]) carrying a [[Bren gun|Bren MkI Light Machine Gun]]]] |
==Browning Automatic Rifle== | ==Browning Automatic Rifle== |
Revision as of 02:59, 9 April 2009
The Longest Day is a 3 hour film based on the book written by Cornelius Ryan about the D-day invasion. Filmed in 1962 with a cast of 42 stars like Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Leo Genn, Peter Lawford, Gert Frobe, John Wayne, Irina Demick, Curt Jurgens, Paul Anka, Eddie Albert, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Jeffrey Hunter, Sal Mineo, Edmond O'Brien, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner and Stuart Whitman. It was the most expensive black and white picture made until Schindler's List was released.
- Directors: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald, Darryl F. Zanuck
The following guns were used in the movie The Longest Day:
Mauser K98k Rifle
Sten MkIII SMG
A Sten MkV is also briefly seen when French Commandos attempt to contact tank support.
Chatellerault M1924/29 Light Machine Gun
A captured M1924/29 machine gun is weilded by a German Soldier.