Worst depiction of uniform on film

[Eddie Parks]

Hi Guys
It's too wet and windy to go to the range and the wife's away fetching our grand-daughter for her summer holiday so I thought it would be fun to see what's the worst ever depiction of uniforms we've seen on film

Last night i was browsing through Netflix and found He Who Dares - Siege of Downing Street and that's my nomination.

The hero(?) a major in the SAS attends a hearing in the Cabinet Office to see if he's to be cashiered. He is wearing a Corporal's uniform with a Royal Artillery (I think) cap which he never puts on. His tunic has a Golden Jubilee medal ribbon and below that three unrecognisable medals pinned on separately to the pocket flap and all of different lengths. Oh yes and designer stubble. He salutes Navy fashion on entering and RAF fashion on leaving - still without his hat. There's a flashback scene of an SAS funeral in which all the officers are wearing Cpl's rank.

CGS presides - he has five similar medals and a beard - in fact he looks like a fat Jan Smuts.

At a later COBRA meeting the Commander Special Forces is addressed as General - he's wearing major's rank badges with a second pair of crowns as collar dogs. He has five rows of assorted fruit salad mounted on the flap of his pocket.

Strangely the Commissioner of the Met has the right uniform, but then you can easily hire that from a fancy dress shop.

Beat that chaps.

[David Tremain]

Sounds like a real dog's breakfast! I won't be watching it.

David

[grey_green_acorn]

A still showing Major/Corporal SAS/RA in the Cabinet Office saluting naval style!!!!!!

Tim

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[cbuehler]

That is a screamer. Sadly, the average Joe and Jane Blow would not likely notice anything was amiss.

CB

[Home Guard]

I am guessing that our hero was a Navy Seal who transferred to the British Army during the situation, but due to time length of the movie they had to cut that part out!

Besides his medals looking ridicules, shouldn't they have been court mounted.

Yep, definitely one to pass on!

Terry

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

A still showing Major/Corporal SAS/RA in the Cabinet Office saluting naval style!!!!!!

Tim

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Even Frederick Forsyth Scuttle and his acolyte are closer to the mark when they throw one up.

[17thairborne]

It makes you wish you could hire on as the military advisor.

[Staffsyeoman]

I was watching - for want of anything else, in between rugby matches, yesterday... The Sea Wolves. The film is based on a true story and which starred Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. And a host of superannuated British actors from Trevor Howard etc.

Peck is masquerading as a tea planter, but is SOE; Moore is a uniformed officer serving with the Ministry of Economic Warfare at GHQ Delhi.

In uniform, Moore passes a soldier, who throws up a salute. Which he returns, with his thumb dangling towards the floor. It was only the angle that prevented it from being full-on Fred Scuttle. But.... Moore had been a commissioned officer in real-life, for Pete's sake!!

My Dad's pet hate - having been an officer himself - was the shoulder strap OVER the lapel...it still happens, too much.

[Mike_2817]

Do you mean epaulet ends over the collar in service dress!

[cbuehler]

Actually old Alfred H. Hill was in the REME in WW2 and certainly knew how to put up a proper salute. Don't know about Boris though....
In this regard, if one searches on utoob for the Guards number 1 through 5 episodes, a documentary of about 1964 or 65, there are instances wherein some officers are throwing some very strange, perhaps "posh", salutes

CB

[Home Guard]

In my days in ROTC, my only "military" service due to a hole in one of my heart valves, we were taught that a salute went up the buttons to the tip of the cap/hairline and down the buttons. That is seldom seen in movies showing Americans though!

Terry

[Staffsyeoman]

Originally Posted by Mike_2817

Do you mean epaulet ends over the collar in service dress!

That as well! And in combination, source of much wailing in our house for many years!

[leigh kitchen]

Saw this last night, "Nollywood" film "Chanc-ers" on Netflix - I don't know how accurate the other details may be on this Nigerian policeman's uniform but he wears his "NPF" shoulder straps upside down throughout the film.