North West Frontier [1959] [DVD]

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Corps of cavalry and infantry, raised at Peshawar in 1846 by Lt. Harry Lumsden, and later based at Hoti Mardan. [49] Originally one troop of cavalry and two companies of infantry, [50] the cavalry component later expanded to 2½ squadrons, and the infantry to 4½ companies. [49] Two further infantry battalions were raised in 1917. [51] Charles Chenevix Trench (1985). The frontier scouts. Cape. ISBN 0224023217 . Retrieved 5 April 2011. A third regiment was raised in 1857, [65] and in 1860 the regiments were designated simply Scinde Horse. [60] [63]

Regarding the Indian Army, I read that one of the post-Mutiny precautions was to ensure that the British Army battalions stationed in India always had a rifle more advanced than that issued to the sepoys in the Indian Army. So, by the late 1890s, the Indian troops had Martini-Henrys, but the British had Lee Metford, forerunner of the Lee Enfield, a magazine rifle capable of a greater rate of fire. I wonder if you can spot a bolt-action magazine rifle in 15mm scale! probably! The various maharajahs and nawabs were all pensioned off as per the Mountbatten settlement in 1947. I'd like to think the young prince grew up and inherited his kingdom and got pensioned out of it along with a few hundred others of his class. One kingdom missed the settlement, that of Kashmir which is today the sore point between India and Pakistan. Here we come to one of the film’s essential railway improbabilities, that this humble 0-6-0T is a neglected relic with a once glorious past. In the context of 1959 and the new status of the United States as Top Nation, it is highly significant that it is Lauren Bacall (as the American governess, the widowed Catherine Wyatt) who shoots Van Leyden, thus saving Captain Scott. This must surely have been very meaningful to a 1959 cinema audience, most of whom had recently lived through the Second World War, in which the USA came to Britain’s aid.North West Frontier is a must for all fans of this type of movie and will also appeal to railway enthusiasts too (like myself). Fantastic.

Best scenes -there are plenty of them but this is my favorite-:the travelers stop in a station where a train full of dead bodies is waiting for them.The flies and the vultures are here too.The governess finds a survivor: a little baby ;they will use a glove as a feeding bottle. General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. (1926). The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account. Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Calcutta.The hero is more credible like the heroes and leaders you see in real-life - not huge and invincible like Arnold. Puts his own life at risk to save a young Hindu prince's life from Muslim rebels all the while knowing that the kid will be coerced to fight against him should the British not cease the occupation of India. Nevertheless, his actions are based on his duty as a soldier and as a compassionate human being. I first saw North West Frontier when I was rather young and is one of those movies which you tend to never forget. Mighty Whitey: Peters and Scott both demonstrate this attitude. Scott even describes the Indians as "children" at one point. Percussive Maintenance: Used by Gupta on Victoria. Scott attempts it, but gets a facefull of oil for his trouble. Between the wars imperial epics displaying expansive adventure landscapes were produced by the British film industry, including the Korda trilogy of Sanders of the River(1935), The Drum(1938), and The Four Feathers(1939) – the latter two in Technicolor. In the late 1930s Hollywood also made a number of films that celebrated the British empire and bore some resemblance to Westerns, but ceased making such films after the Second World War. While the empire genre in British film continued, there were considerable changes that modernised imperial identity and changed the presentation of imperial heroes and adventure landscapes to bring them into line with the ideal of a Commonwealth of equal nations.

The regiment earned its first battle honour during the Operations in Scinde 1839-42, when it was awarded the unique distinction 'C UTCHEE'. [61] From his position in the train’s crew, Mr. Van Leyden tries to assassinate Prince Kishan. He fails and is defeated in the film’s climax. If Mr. Van Leyden really is half-Indian, the stereotyping of Indian Muslims all as rebels is bad enough. But if he is half-Indonesian, then this is most problematic because it suggests that all Muslims are like him and have a similarly violent nationalist or pan-nationalist agenda. Official History of Operations on the N. W. Frontier of India 1936–37. Republished jointly by the Naval & Military Press and the Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-84342-765-6/ Cool Train: Victoria. Despite being an ancient and poorly-maintained loco considered only good for shunting, she manages to get everyone to safety. Obviously in 1959 there was one British film star who would be man enough for that task, no, not John Mills but Kenneth More, beloved by audiences in his home nation for his good humour, unswerving sense of decency, and ability to keep his head while under pressure. Playing Captain Scott, he was ideal as the officer in whose hands the mission is safe, but the plot was not as straightforward as it might have appeared on the surface, as there were hidden depths as well as perils to be taken into account, not to mention a capable ensemble cast who were rather marvelous under the circumstances. Although often called the British Stagecoach, that was not to denigrate the quality here.If all of that is correct (!), 1/72nd scale is 4.233 recurring mm to 1 foot! 16.5mm divided by 4.233 = 3.897. Call that 3.9 feet, as I am getting rather tired.