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[[Image:Help_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Help!'' (1965)]] | [[Image:Help_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Help!'' (1965)]] | ||
| − | '''''Help!''''' is the second full length feature starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr,) directed by Richard Lester, following ''A Hard Day's Night,'' also directed by Lester. Unlike their previous feature, which was more of a day-in-the-life mockumentary, ''Help!'' is much more of a spy spoof. In it, the Beatles, Ringo Starr in particular, are chased by a band of cultists from an unnamed eastern cult, because Ringo is wearing their sacrificial ring. The cult is joined by a mad scientists, who wants the ring so he can rule the world. They're chased across England, to Switzerland, and finally to the Bahamas before the end. Being a Beatles movie, several Beatles songs are mixed in between the action scenes. | + | '''''Help!''''' is the second full length feature starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr,) directed by [[Richard Lester]], following ''A Hard Day's Night,'' also directed by Lester. Unlike their previous feature, which was more of a day-in-the-life mockumentary, ''Help!'' is much more of a spy spoof. In it, the Beatles, Ringo Starr in particular, are chased by a band of cultists from an unnamed eastern cult, because Ringo is wearing their sacrificial ring. The cult is joined by a mad scientists, who wants the ring so he can rule the world. They're chased across England, to Switzerland, and finally to the Bahamas before the end. Being a Beatles movie, several Beatles songs are mixed in between the action scenes. |
{{Film Title|Help!}} | {{Film Title|Help!}} | ||
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[[Image:Help_Webley_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot wants the ring.]] | [[Image:Help_Webley_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot wants the ring.]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Help_Webley_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"British, you see. If I had a Luger..."]] | + | [[Image:Help_Webley_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|"British, you see. Useless! If I had a Luger..."]] |
==Enfield No.2 Mk.1*== | ==Enfield No.2 Mk.1*== | ||
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[[Image:Enfield No2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Enfield No.2 Mk.1*. The professor's Enfield had wooden grips, however.]] | [[Image:Enfield No2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Enfield No.2 Mk.1*. The professor's Enfield had wooden grips, however.]] | ||
[[Image:Help_No2_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot in Buckingham palace. He later loses this pistol.]] | [[Image:Help_No2_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot in Buckingham palace. He later loses this pistol.]] | ||
| + | [[File:BeatlesHelpWebley6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
[[Image:Help_No2_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot in the Bahamas with another Enfield No.2 Mk.1*.]] | [[Image:Help_No2_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Professor Foot in the Bahamas with another Enfield No.2 Mk.1*.]] | ||
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=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
==L1A1 Self Loading Rifle== | ==L1A1 Self Loading Rifle== | ||
| − | British soldiers on Salisbury Plain are armed with [[FN_FAL#L1A1|L1A1 Self Loading Rifles]] to protect the Beatles while the band recorded their new album. | + | British soldiers on Salisbury Plain are armed with the [[FN_FAL#L1A1|L1A1 Self Loading Rifles]] to protect the Beatles while the band recorded their new album. The rifles all have wooden furniture which sets them apart from the later L1A1 version which had a fiberglass stock and grip. |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Original L1A1 SLR.jpg|thumb|none|400px|L1A1 SLR, original model - 7.62x51mm NATO.]] |
[[Image:Help_SLR_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The business end of a British SLR. Since these are obviously real tanks, these are probably real soldiers, with their real rifles.]] | [[Image:Help_SLR_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The business end of a British SLR. Since these are obviously real tanks, these are probably real soldiers, with their real rifles.]] | ||
[[Image:Help_SLR_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The British troops retreat, despite being backed up by ''SEVEN'' Centurion tanks.]] | [[Image:Help_SLR_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The British troops retreat, despite being backed up by ''SEVEN'' Centurion tanks.]] | ||
[[File:BeatlesHelpL1A11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | [[File:BeatlesHelpL1A11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
| − | ==Lee-Enfield No.1 | + | ==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*== |
| − | A [[ | + | A [[Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*]] rifle is used by either Professor Foot or his hapless assistant Algernon ([[Roy Kinnear]]) to capture Ringo in the Bahamas. |
| − | [[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk | + | [[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British.]] |
[[Image:Help_SMLE_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The kidnappers make sure it's really Ringo before snatching him.]] | [[Image:Help_SMLE_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The kidnappers make sure it's really Ringo before snatching him.]] | ||
| − | ==Lee-Enfield No.4 | + | ==Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I== |
| − | Buckingham Palace guards parade with [[ | + | Buckingham Palace guards parade with [[Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I]] rifles. |
| − | [[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk. | + | [[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British]] |
[[Image:Help_No4_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Palace guards drill with their rifles.]] | [[Image:Help_No4_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Palace guards drill with their rifles.]] | ||
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[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]] | [[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:Help_M1_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Clang inspects his troops.]] | [[Image:Help_M1_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Clang inspects his troops.]] | ||
| + | [[File:BeatlesHelpGarand (2).jpg|thumb|none|500px|Clang's troops prepare to battle the police. For some reason not a shot is fired but instead a melee erupts.]] | ||
| + | [[File:BeatlesHelpGarand (1).jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
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[[Image:Help_M1919_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A commander's Browning fires during the attack at Salisbury Plain. Note the conical blank firing adapter, as well as the blank rounds in canvas belts.]] | [[Image:Help_M1919_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A commander's Browning fires during the attack at Salisbury Plain. Note the conical blank firing adapter, as well as the blank rounds in canvas belts.]] | ||
[[Image:Help_M1919_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Ahme helps Paul into a stolen Centurion.]] | [[Image:Help_M1919_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|Ahme helps Paul into a stolen Centurion.]] | ||
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| + | ==Maxim machine gun== | ||
| + | In a very brief scene a truck mounted Maxim machine gun is seen but never used. | ||
| + | [[File:BeatlesHelpMaxim.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The Maxim is on the truck far right. It is never fired.]] | ||
==L7 Machine Gun== | ==L7 Machine Gun== | ||
| − | One of the British soldiers guarding the Beatles on the Salisbury Plain is armed with an [[FN_MAG#L7_Machine_Gun|L7 GPMG.]] | + | One of the British soldiers guarding the Beatles on the Salisbury Plain is armed with an [[FN_MAG#L7_Machine_Gun|L7 GPMG.]] The L7 is a variation of the [[FN MAG]]. |
[[Image:L7A2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|British L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | [[Image:L7A2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|British L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
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[[Image:Tank h5.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Panzerschreck rocket launcher 88mm]] | [[Image:Tank h5.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Panzerschreck rocket launcher 88mm]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Help_panzerschrek_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The Panzerschreck crew prepares to fire.]] | + | [[Image:Help_panzerschrek_1.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The Panzerschreck crew prepares to fire. Note the rear crewman holding a blue rocket ready to load. Judging by the shape of the projectile it is not an original PS rocket but a prop.]] |
[[Image:Help_panzerschrek_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The distinctive trigger of the Panzerschreck.]] | [[Image:Help_panzerschrek_2.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The distinctive trigger of the Panzerschreck.]] | ||
[[Image:Help_panzerschrek_3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A fiery end to the Beatles. (Or IS it?)]] | [[Image:Help_panzerschrek_3.jpg|thumb|none|501px|A fiery end to the Beatles. (Or IS it?)]] | ||
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[[Category:Musical]] | [[Category:Musical]] | ||
[[Category:Comedy]] | [[Category:Comedy]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Richard Lester]] | ||
Revision as of 01:26, 18 December 2019
Help! is the second full length feature starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr,) directed by Richard Lester, following A Hard Day's Night, also directed by Lester. Unlike their previous feature, which was more of a day-in-the-life mockumentary, Help! is much more of a spy spoof. In it, the Beatles, Ringo Starr in particular, are chased by a band of cultists from an unnamed eastern cult, because Ringo is wearing their sacrificial ring. The cult is joined by a mad scientists, who wants the ring so he can rule the world. They're chased across England, to Switzerland, and finally to the Bahamas before the end. Being a Beatles movie, several Beatles songs are mixed in between the action scenes.
The following weapons were used in the film Help!:
Handguns
Webley Mk V
Professor Foot (Victor Spinetti) uses a Webley Mk V when he intervenes during the cultist assault on the Beatles' residence. Foot would later turn the revolver at the Beatles in order to get the ring off Ringo's finger. However, the revolver misfires and Foot had to make a hasty retreat.
Enfield No.2 Mk.1*
Professor Foot is later armed with an Enfield No.2 Mk.1* revolver with spurless hammer. (Maybe he couldn't afford that Luger.)
Walther P38
Ahme (Eleanor Bron) rescues the Beatles from Professor Foot with a pink Walther P38, which matches her outfit.
Rifles
L1A1 Self Loading Rifle
British soldiers on Salisbury Plain are armed with the L1A1 Self Loading Rifles to protect the Beatles while the band recorded their new album. The rifles all have wooden furniture which sets them apart from the later L1A1 version which had a fiberglass stock and grip.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*
A Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* rifle is used by either Professor Foot or his hapless assistant Algernon (Roy Kinnear) to capture Ringo in the Bahamas.
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I
Buckingham Palace guards parade with Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I rifles.
M1 Garand
The M1 Garand is the primary rifle used by both sides in this film, including the Bahamian police.
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Machine Guns
L3A1 (Browning M1919A4) machine gun
L3A1 machine guns were seen mounted on the British Army's Centurion tanks on Salisbury Plain.
Maxim machine gun
In a very brief scene a truck mounted Maxim machine gun is seen but never used.
L7 Machine Gun
One of the British soldiers guarding the Beatles on the Salisbury Plain is armed with an L7 GPMG. The L7 is a variation of the FN MAG.
Heavy Weapons
Panzerschreck
The cultists use many antiquated weapons, including a Panzerschreck (minus the shield.) They use one to take out the Centurion the Beatles are escaping on.
Royal Ordnance L7
The Centurions are armed with Royal Ordnance L7 105mm guns. The tanks fire several times during their defense of the Beatles on Salisbury Plain.
QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun
The cultists use QF 2.95 inch Mountain Guns on Salisbury Plain.
Brass cannon
The most antiquated gun the cultists have at their disposal is an antique brass cannon, fired a few times on Salisbury Plain.
