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Difference between revisions of "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
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==Lee-Enfield No.5 Jungle Carbine== | ==Lee-Enfield No.5 Jungle Carbine== | ||
Revision as of 02:55, 29 July 2008
The firearms used in the 1984 film Nineteen Eighty Four were of World War II vintage in keeping with George Orwell's original novel by the film makers. In Orwell's novel, the weapons technology used by Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia were the same weapons the Allies and the Axis forces used during World War II in order to perpetuate the "Endless War" by keeping people busy, wasting resources for the wars, and keeping old and outdated machines and technology in service. The following firearms that were seen in the film were...
Lee-Enfield No.5 Jungle Carbine
Seen in the hands of Oceanian soldiers.
Mosin-Nagant
Seen in the hands of a Eurasian soldier in the propaganda film.
PPSh-41 sub-machine gun
Seen in the hands of Eurasian soldiers in the propaganda film. The PPSh-41s were seen with "banana" magazines instead of the usual drum magazines.