Sergeant York | York Has Target Practice | Warner Classics
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- Alvin York (Gary Cooper), the simple Tennessee farmer, shows incredible rifle abilities to his commanders.
About Sergeant York (1941):
When Tennessee farmer Alvin York is drafted, he enters the military as a conscientious objector, refusing to use violence against anyone. Although a born leader and patriot, the deeply religious York goes to the front still believing in nonviolence. But when his unit is overwhelmed by Germans, Sergeant York takes up arms to defend his friends. Single-handed, he stops a German offensive and takes 132 prisoners.
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I went in the Army in 1971 when I was 17 years old, straight off the farm where I had learned to shoot when I was about 8 or 9 years old with an old .22 rifle. My Basic Combat Training was at Ft. Knox Kentucky. The first day at the firing range we were directed to shoot three rounds from our M-16 rifles at a target at 25 meters to see if we could shoot a tight group. My three rounds were so tight that they could be covered by a quarter. The drill sergeant looked at my target and said: "It looks like we have another Alvin York here." That has been 53 years ago, and I still recall that just as clear as if it happened yesterday.
That reminds me doing my first target practice in the army (1977). After my first shot (Fal, nato ammo) the sergeant told me ' no hit, even not hitting the plate ! '. I told him that can't be possible, there must be something wrong with 'the sights'. He told me to shut up and to start firing those last four bullets. So I did , and the target ( in its whole) felt aside because I just shooted through (shredded) the left pole holding up the target-sign/plate . You should have seen his face and hearing him swear, lol. As you I was shooting rifles at allready a very young age and at the age of 12y I could handle a gauge12 hunting rifle.
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Alvin York never wanted to have his story made into a movie, unless Gary Cooper would play him. After about 20 years, and the upcoming likelihood of the US entering WW2, he finally agreed. Once they met, York and Cooper became fast friends, and remained so until Cooper passed.
Great story!! Thanks for sharing that!!
That is a cool story
Audie Murphy wanted Tony Curtis to play him in the movie, but Audie ended up taking the role himself.
York also had approval on who would play his wife. He said he didn't want some Hollywood hussy playing her.
Gary Cooper never claimed that Oscar.
Growing up in Kentucky, if you couldn’t shoot, you didn’t eat. I expect it was the same in Tennessee.
Most likely true because no one was passing out fishes and loaves.
@@dannygjk Or Bridge Cards.
Breakfast was in the trees eating hickory nuts.
That is what a .22 short is for.
@@warrenpuckett4203 cheap for hunting with too.
@@warrenpuckett4203 Squirrel and dumplings was one of my favorite meals!
It was like that in Minnesota too. I got my great grandpa’s 1908 savage pump .22 from my cousin a few years back, ( he got the 12 gauge) it will fire .22 LR but it had been shot out with shorts. I was kinda disappointed until a hunting buddy took a look at it and asked if he could keep for a while. He worked part time in a gun shop that did gunsmith work too. They reamed the octagonal barrel out and put a liner in. It’s shoots as good as it probably ever did now and I’m glad to have that part of our family history in my possession.
Alvin York was a true warrior in every sense of the word. He prayed for peace but, when peace did not come, he did what he had to do. One of my all-time favorite movies.
And for what did he kill all those Germans? To advance the cause of the ruling class?
He did what the owners told him to do. He abandoned the lessons of childhood.
Both sides claimed God was on their side. Did God ever decide?
not really war was near over
Praying for peace always works out well. Maybe that's why there were so many religious wars.
Many historians disagree.
After Russia signed a peace treaty with Germany, they launched a massive offensive that the infusion of American arms and men played a key role in stopping it.
Some even think that Germany might have been successful as Britain and France had a severe manpower issue.
It’s complex.
@@BumMcFluff Not sure you can blame religion on WW1 and WW2
My experience wasn't quite as dramatic in the Marine Corps, but I had also grown up with rifles and shotguns with my Dad teaching me to shoot as an 8 year old when he bought me my first rifle (an Ithaca single shot .22 short rifle) and subsequently hunting with everything from an Ithaca .22 LR semi auto to a Winchester .30-30 lever action, and a .270 Winchester bolt action and various shotguns. I took to the M16 in '75 in boot on Parris Island like a duck to water. Qualifying one point from a perfect score and receiving my PFC for being High Series shooter. I had the only nice words spoken to me in my 13 weeks two and a half days on Parris Island when after Qual day my Sr. DI handed me my card and said "you were high score in the Series, nice shooting".
You had two more nice words spoken to you than I did 😂. The truest thing we were told on Parris Island was the night before graduation when one of our Drill Instructors told us, “For those of you going to the fleet, you might think that we’ve f*cked with you, but just wait. You ain’t seen nothing yet”. He was right. Semper Fi
@@ekimp252 You will get a kick out of this from '75...the night before graduation our DI's call school circle and tell us the Battalion CO (3rd Battalion, He had been at Chosin Reservoir and was a mean MF'ing grizzled mountain of a man, even our Sr. DI who was a mean SOB in his own right was scared of him) wants to talk to us. I naively thought we were going to get an old school Rah Rah You Made It talk. Boy was I wrong. The Battalion C.O. starts talking and a couple recruits cough (we had a bad bug sweep through and while it was gone a few recruits still had coughs). He stops talking and then starts again and again somebody coughs. He stops again and says, "the next one of you motherfuckers that cough while I am talking, I will take the entire platoon outside and personally PT you all to death". At that we all gave the death stare to the recruits who had coughed and they managed to not cough again. The CO's speech was short and abrupt. WITH disdain in his voice, He said "you are all now only basically trained Marines, you aren't real Marines. You won't be real Marines until you sneak up behind the enemy, grab his head with one hand and slit his throat with the other hand and feel his warm red blood rundown your arm". That was our graduation speech.
Same when I was in the Air Force, 3 of us from the same place in California at the same time.
We had been hunting together for several years.
Not a veteran 😢….but don’t even remember being taught how to shoot as a little boy growing up in NW South Dakota…..we all just knew how
Semper Fi
Gary Cooper did very credible work depicting one of the greatest soldiers of World War I
One of the greatest American soldiers of WW1. Like all Americans he wasn't there long enough to approach the greatness of those who fought the entire war.
@@claverhouse1 Yea, the Americans were there for a little over a year, but in that time they made a name for themselves. Check out Belleau Wood, Second Battle of the Marne, Muse-Argones, Château-Thierry. This is not to sat that the British and French just set around from 1914 to 1917, but the American Expeditionary Force did a fine job once America got into the fight. It wasn't their fault the Germans gave it up late in 1918, (or maybe it was their fault). The Allies had a real party planned for Germany in 1919, but it had to be called off because the opposing team was a "no-show". And then the politicians took over and screwed up the Peace Treaty so badly, the whole thing had to be redone starting in 1939.
@@claverhouse1the close to 100 days of actual combat at the front we Americans lost an average of 1000 a day so take that into account 😮
We should call war insane
@@ignacioremis4624 Total US WW1 war dead, 53402 combat , 63114 non combat, so an average of 534 a day in combat.
Sgt. York was credited with, after he ran low on rifle ammunition, killing 6 charging Germans with 6 shots from his 1911. Last man shot each time so the others were not aware of what was happening. First man shot at about 20 yards, then working his way from back to front he shot the last man, like shooting turkeys. “You don’t want the others to know they’re being shot else they would drop and send a volley” said York. The Germans just saw one guy with a pistol, so they continued their bayonet charge. The last man, the leader, was shot and killed at very close range.
An American forensic archaeological team scoured the ground where this took place sometime in the 90’s, and they recovered all 6 .45 shells from the soil. They are now in the Smithsonian.
Astonishing shooter.
Love to see a pistol competition that reconstructs that scenario.
super update!
the germans were pretty much beaten by then...US soldiers were actually trained by australia who were the most feared soldiers in the trenches
The Germans did seem to surrender fairly easily, as opposed to the Japanese in WW2 who would rather kill themselves than be taken prisoner.
This is the myth that has come from this event. The forensic team you are refering to was headed by Doug Mastriano, who has now been widely discredited to the point that his book has been pulled from publication. Loaded with errors. The actual MOH fight took place over 3/4 of a kilometer from where this "team" said, near an old Roman dam (which still exists). The battlefield graves and some equipment of the six men killed were recovered in the correct location in the mid 2000's by a team of actual scientists and historians. I have personally walked this entire area on multiple occassions, and the location of the .45 ACP rounds has nothing to do with the MOH action. Further, when the Sgt. York movie was made, Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros. Studios, actually paid other members of York's platoon to not attend the premiers, and to keep quiet about their roles in the MOH action so as not to taint his movies release. If you'd like to learn more, rather than just relying on Hollywood for their version of history, check out "Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York: The Other Sixteen", a meticulously researched book by James Gregory. It includes photos of the memos from Warner and other studio execs regarding the payouts, and their calculated attempts to squash the truth.
@@triggerpointtechnology Completely different culture.
York originally enlisted as a conscientious objector on religious grounds, but after confering with a priest and his faith, York request transfer to a combat unit. York got lots of guff from his fellow troopers until he got to france. Man changed a lot of minds when everyone realized just how much York valued life, friend or foe, as well as how many enemies he was willing to kill to bring everyone one of his comrades home.
every boy in my 6th grade class had a .22 or a .410 and we had been shooting and hunting for years. never heard of an accident or a school shooting until modern times. girls could shoot too, but none admitted it. America is surely a perplexing place now.
Same here, After school sanctioned actives included range practice at the local armory in a Boston Mass Suburb no less. Don't think that school system does that anymore. Probably erased all evidence that they ever did it.
A little before my time but at my school you brought your shotgun to school. The principal would keep it in his office and you went bird hunting on the way home. Sometimes the faculty would even join them. Crazy times we are in now.
Same here. We had one fatal accident in my town. A twenty year old duck hunting doing something so stupid I couldn’t believe it when I heard it. He hunk his loaded gun on a tree by a nail and then trapped it by the barrel to take it off the nail. Shot himself in the chest. The older brother of someone I knew and the family attended the same church as us.
Those same kids are buying AR-15's with bump stocks, and using their allowance for extended mags.
@@dennissvitak5475 No "Those same kids" are now in their 60's and 70's and already have their self defense needs covered. Their grandchildren have also been properly trained and instructed in the use and respect for firearms. Can't say the same for some of the other feral children in today's culture.
I knew his youngest son, Andrew. He related the sharp shooting they portrayed his father as being was true. Andy said behind their house was a little storage building they stored cow, horse and chicken feed in. Sometimes they would spill some grain and that attracted crows. He said his dad would pick up a .22 rifle and shoot crows out of the air as they flew away. Said he did this several times and never saw him miss. That's something else.....shooting crows as they flew through the air with a .22 rifle. Sadly, Andy passed away last year.
I too knew Andrew Jackson York! He was a friend of mine, Andy was the Park Ranger on his dad's farm. I was privileged ( and Honored) to be invited many times to not only lunch but Dinner at both Andy's house and at his Dad's house ( the house he and his brothers and sisters grew up in). He took me to the spot ,on the mountain above the valley, where " The Sergeant" ( as the older locals called Alvin) prayed to God, asking him what he should do.....and God answered. A very humbling experience that day. Andy was a very nice man!
I grew up in Wayne County, KY, just across the state line. I always heard that the saloon pictured early in the movie was at Bald Rock (I believe there was a package store there in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Went to high school with a few Yorks (distant cousins of the Sergeant, if I recall).
Thanks for that tidbit.
Alvin York… that’s a soldier’s soldier right there.
yeah nah
This is better film than most Hollywood made past decade or more.
Try all Hollywood
these film were made in the period when they wanted the hero to be a hero. Modern hollywood want to show all the flaws and in some cases embellish every lie or rumor. i think it was around the 70's that we lost the cookie cutter hero for more "realism"
Hollywood's gone.
I remember going to our little local theater to watch this with Papa and my three older brothers. As the only daughter (And unyielding Tomboy!), 'They' didn't think I should go, or that 'I' would like this movie (Due to the length and all the many serious topics, then violence at the end). I *ADORED* this movie, have it in my own Library, along with the book about this amazing Man and his Life!
Love this scene almost more than any other! Papa taught us all how to shoot as very young children, and I've been enjoying it for over 55 years now. While the 'Platforms' may be new and evolve over time, the basics of shooting remain the same, and if you've Mastered them, the rest is easy in comparison.
Thanks for sharing this clip!
My Dad taught me how to shoot.. with his.22 Woodsman and Remington 550-1 Rifle.
That to him was the
best pistol and Rifle in the
World!
I only have daughters.. and taught them how to shoot from pistols to fully automatic assault weapons( outside the USA).
AM 75- now and still have My DAD 's and Will pass them to my grand daughter.
I am suremy girls can take care of themselves...like our Mom did when she had to shoot for our
defense when we were kids..😮
Tomboy girls are the best.
@@muffs55mercury61
Momma certainly didn't share that sentiment! LOL
Y'all got to remember that this was in 1917, Alvin York loved the army he said,I got my own bed, three meals every day! Not to mention toilet paper and New clothes!
When I went into the US Navy in 1980 I had guys I went through boot camp with who just loved it as they had all the food they could eat and brand new clothing. Something they had never had growing up.
I felt the same way about the Navy when I served (1983 - 2003).
And Leather Shoes and Wool socks.
Anyone who uses the term "y'all" should automaticly be sentanced to 30 days in jail.
@@randyboisa6367 Scrooge. Y'all have a nice evening.
A great movie… Gary Cooper got his first Oscar.
I wouldn’t have liked being in the jury having to choose between him and Cary Grant in Penny Serenade.
How many actors of this period deserved Oscar and never got it because all the actors were so good ?
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
My dad was from TN ,he had me with a gun when I was 8 years old ,I was USAF ,so on the target range with a M16 I was shooting like in my back yard LOL ,73 out of 75 !
York lived around the holler, from grand daddy and the family. Dad says he would come to dinner 🍲 nice in a while, tell stories and was bigger than life to him.
The Great Escape and Sgt. York my favorite military movies. Semper Fi.
Give "Sahara", with Humphrey Bogart a watch, if you haven't already.
@@JoseyWales44s Another good one.
Yorks unit was actually issued the 1917 Enfield rifle made by Remington rather than the 1903 Springfield as depicted in the movie. It's said York recognized the Springfield as the more accurate of the two and some how acquired one. Both were 30-06 caliber and used the same ammunition. More Enfield's were issued to American soldiers than were Springfields because Remington had been building the gun for English service except in .303 British caliber before the US entered the war. Changing calibers was a simple manufacturing step.
I earned my marksman cert with a 1954 Lee Enfield .303 in 1972, UK. That thing was silky.
I've not had a lot of experience with either rifle but I always thought that the 1903 Springfield was a better weapon than the 1917 Enfield, at least as an infantry rifle. The Springfield was a more streamlined design that shouldered easier than the somewhat heavy Enfield.
A .303 was what my dad used for hunting. When I asked him how powerful it was he said it could go though three men.
York also said he used the M1917 in his famous engagement. With a longer, heavier barrel and longer sight bass, the M1917 was considered to be very accurate. However, the style of sights was rather different to those dominant in US use on other guns.
The Enfield has better sights as the sight radius was much longer (the barrel is 26" and the sight is closer to the shooter's eye, the Springfield is 24" and the sight is forward on the receiver ring). Both rifles were equally accurate in standard issue condition, but the sights made a difference. I have both. The Enfield cocked on closing and the Springfield cocked on opening.
When I went a shooting at USAF basic in 76, the instructor looked at my target and asked “What the hell’s your Problem?” As I has a lot less holes in the target vs how many rounds I shot. Meanwhile he praised the guy Next to. I think he had more holes in his target than rounds fired. I think you get the idea.
That's funny. I saw the same thing happen in PD Academy in 1987... except it was on the handgun range. The person had never fired a pistol in her life - but she got straightened out and actually shot very well by the end of the quals.
in 72 at lackland i hit my target 132 times out of 100.
I was in Lackland in '82 and one of the recruits in my flight did the same thing.
@@Bladerunner4924764 Lackland '70, 3704 Sqdn. Shot a perfect score, a baseball size cluster in the middle of target. Didn't get the sharpshooter's ribbon because they couldn't account for one bullet hole, they were all clustered together. Been shooting rifles since I was five, raised by soldiers in a military family.
Same with me in 1969 at Lackland.
Sounds like conscientious objectors took a lot of gup until Alvin York in WW1 and then Desmond Doss in WW2 came along and proved not all of them are cowards. RIP to both heroes and Medal of Honor recipients.
The actor Lew Ayres was also a conscientious objector. Like Doss, he became a medic and braved the battlefield without a weapon.
My grandad was 15 y/o when he joined military during WW1 as per my mother.
I've seen this movie so many times and I never tire of it....one of the best Army Movies I've ever seen...thank you for the clip.
I went through Marine Corps boot camp in Jan ‘68. We had M-14s and learned how to shoot the right way, the Marine Corps way.
I was at mcrd nov1 68 to Jan 6 semper Fi brother
You guys serve in Nam?
Served in Vietnam 65-67 1st Cav M-14s had a wooden stock would warp in the wet climate the first m-16s would jam easy, had to keep them oiled
Incredible. God bless you! Much respect from the UK 🙏🏻
My dad did too in 1964-67
One of my favorites.
Never get tired of watching Gary in this motion picture.
this is a really terrific Howard Hawks film. The battle scenes are wonderful.
I fired a gun for the first time on my honeymoon. When I was shooting I asked my husband what the pinging noise was. He looked at me and said it was the bullet hitting the target. I looked at him and said Oh. Funny thing he never took me shooting again.
Been to Pall Mall to his home place. It's a great national park to visit.
I saw this movie on TV one weekend afternoon in the late 70's as a kid and it impressed me very much.
My favorite part of this movie was when they sent York home to come to grips with God and Country. They treated him like a man in charge of his own destiny and he figured it out. I carried that with me my whole life.
As a kid I loved the old movies... and especially Gary Cooper. My favories are Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Meet John Doe, Ball of Fire, The Fountainhead, High Noon, and Friendly Persuasion.
A great read is Alvin York’s autobiography titled Sergeant York and the great war. The writing style is his own and the spelling is not standard spelling more phonetic. But it is an absolute fun read, especially if done out loud. I read it to my children around the dinner table And many times had a hard time keeping a straight face as I read it because there were so many funny sections to his life.
My dad said at the firing range in the marine corp the guy next to him accidentally shot my dads target and hit a bullseye, so he gave my dad a panicked look. And my dad said he shot a bullseye on the other guys target for him before anyone noticed.
Heh-heh (from a former Marine).... No one wants the wrath of a worked-up DI. ;-)
Great movie! I've seen it at least 20 times.
My #2 favorite. I've seen it more than 20 times and prefer the black and white version. The color is pretty good, but it loses something. Not sure what. The church scene stands out in the black and white version and in the color it is wrong. Just my thoughts.
Such an incredible movie.
I love how the sergeant says OK you’re on your own like you know he taught him how to shoot lol
Patricia - to me that meant York knew what he was doing with a rifle gun and wasn't about to shoot something or someone he shouldn't. Plus, I'm sure there were others less skilled in marksmanship that would really need his time and assistance.
Mstrdiver - US Army -1973 to 1994
Shotgun Rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive.
The best soldiers come from the rural south.
Alvin York was an uncle of mine from way back. Proud to be related. Great movie too. We still have a book of York Family Poetry passed down.
According to the serial numbers called out, the '03s being issued would have been made in 1906.
Makes sense, they would use what older ones they got first. Edit: York's real rifle was a 1917 Enfield.
I remember watching this movie for the first time on a Saturday morning/afternoon when I was a kid in the 80's, loved it!
I was a war buff, a Christian, and pretty naive with the world, kinda always envisioned myself as a Sergeant York... Instantly became one of my favorite black and white movies, right up there with It's A Wonderful Life!
War movies and barracks comedy are just great!
I like these Sergeant’s . It’s teaching. Not all yelling
Very similar to my first day on the range. I asked the instructor for a brass deflector because I shoot left shouldered. He blew off my question and said not to worry he would have me shooting as good as the guys beside me. I looked left and right at two city Jethroes and said if thats the best I have to look forward to maybe you should send me back home.
He got all smarmy and said why font you go ahead and qualify now since you know all about deflectors soldier!
Sighted in on two. Then 38 straight bullseyes.
Got a six hour beer pass in basic!
My dad was drafted for WWII.
There was a guy in his outfit from Kentucky.
First time they went to the rifle range he was hitting bulleyes.
Sergeant congratulated him asked what he thought of the rifle
He said something on the order of, "This here rifle is real easy to shoot, it's got sights.
The guy learned to shoot a rifle with no sights.
Such great acting & writing then, I Loved it and still Love Classic movies from the 1930s-60s 👍📺
One of my favorite classics!
What an movie...
It wasn't just his skill at shooting, it was so many great qualities all in one man that made him what he was.
Excellent film, and a early pattern 1903 with the different rear sight
No York is issued the 1917 Enfield. Not a 1903 Springfield.
@@CoolestDude38NC There is some speculation that he traded for the Springfield in France. York has the standard sight in one scene at the range and the earlier sight later.
@@artemusp.folgelmeyer4821I always read York got issued the 1917 Enfield like most Americans got in WW1. Whether York got his hands on a 1903 Springfield, I would not be surprised. Both rifles were good bolt action rifles for their time period. Iron sight rifles where you have to focus on the front sight post hard to shoot good groups.
@@CoolestDude38NC I preface this reply with the information that I own several full military rifles. These include a Lee Enfield SMLE, M39 Mosin Nagant (Finland not Russia), 1873 Springfield, 1917 Enfield, 1903 Springfield, and a M1 Garand. All have iron sights with the 1917 and M1 with aperature rear sights. The aperature if far superior for accuracy than any leaf rear sight as it is closer to the shooter's eye and the aperature allows a more precise sight picture. Some may argue that obtaining that sight picture in combat is slower, but I will also point out that the British adopted a peep/aperature rear sight for the Lee Enfield upgrade from the No. 1 MkIII* during WWII. My old eyes (75) still allow 4 MOA with aperature sights. Me M39 has the best leaf sight I have yet encountered.
@@CoolestDude38NC He was issued a 1903 Springfield in the film during boot camp, which is what the OP is referring to.
My dad said some of the vest rifle shooter were from the hills of Kentucky, Tennessee, ( Korean vet, Marine), and he wasn't wrong. Top shoot in my platoon came from that area.
One of my favorite movies!
One of my favorite classic movies!!!! Gary Cooper tells the true story of Alvin York!
Every time I see that movie, and I seen it quite a few times in my 69 years. First its a fine movie, 1941 was a hard time that was going to get harder. The other thing is gee's to have a crate or two of new in the cosmoline M1903 Springfields would just be so nice, in my old age. I would send one off to Griffin & Howe for them to make a fine sporter of it, just they way they did for Hemingway. And then go to Africa with it. Yeah I get that little tingle ever time I watch this one. One of Coopers best. As for Alvin York, he became a legend in his own time.
This was my grandfather's favorite movie. He fought in WW1 and said it was no exageration, everyone knew who York was. He was raised just across the Tennessee border in SE Ky so had a very similar childhood environment
Salt of the earth. Quiet, humble, helpful, hard as nails. I will take him over the whole of NYC.
A classic ,watched this so many times .
I watched this movie many many times! Two of my favorites actors Gary Cooper and James Stewart.
I grew up shooting and was very familiar with rifles when I qualified with the M4 when I was in the Navy. Apparently that didn’t matter because I still couldn’t hit the red side of a barn
Well as we both know if you navy boys need to shoot a man with a rifle then the marines have failed to do their job
Why did you have to shoot a barn in the Navy?
@@petermgruhn it’s an old country expression to say you have terrible aim
We had the biggest hillbilly in Fort Dix. They made him practice marching every weekend and still could not keep in step. He was the best shot in the entire battalion. He used to run the weekly mile run in his bare feet. Told us his family as so poor they would not have any food to eat most days unless him & a brother shoot an animal or caught some fish.
Great film. One of my favorites
Great movie about a genuine hero.
So now we finally know what Abner Kravitz did before he retired!
One of the all time greats
Love this movie.
Loved this film.
Very enjoyable watching!😀
I've loved this movie since I first saw it as a kid in 1963-64 (the real Alvin York was still alive then) It taught me about just one of the heroes of war. They were role models to me defending our country.
As of July 2024 there is at least one cast member still living. Actress June Lockhart now 99 played York's younger sister in the film.
I learned to shoot before I could hold the rifle. My dad laid the barrel across his shoulder and I got behind him and aimed it 😂
If I may quote from another film: "Welcome to Tennessee-the Patron State of shootin' stuff".
Great scene!
Even after 2 strokes, my 74 y/o grandfather could hit a spent shotgun shell, on a stick, so far away you could barely see it. My father was declared a marksman in the army, he did the same. I was 11 y/o at the time. I've been shooting with the same rifle since I was 8 y/o but never at such a small target. My first shot hit the stick, not the shotgun shell. My father adjusted the site wedge on the rifle. My second shot hit the brass of the shell, still too low on the target. One more site adjustment and my third shot was true, on target. After I grew up, I had to adjust the site once more backwards to cleanly hit the mark. Like my father, I earned that same rifle on my 12th birthday. That was 45 years ago. The rifle is still on target too.
One of my fave movies.
Excellent movie, a must watch.
Cooper looked comfortable handling that firearm. I wonder if he was a hunter or target shooter?
Been to his farm and gristmill back in 97.. toured his house. Must have been a million corn cobs in his barn. Took 2 with me. Still have them.
I hope that the corn cobs you took were the ones that were being stored for use in the outhouse, and not the ones already put to use there.
@robertslusser6753 I think that the Yorks could afford newspaper and or catalogs so I'm pretty sure I'm safe.
Brand New 03 Springfields.....What a Treet
The rear sight on the rifle "Pusher" is using is an very early rear sight. The rifle York uses has the later and normal sight but changes to the type of "Pusher's" rifle in later scenes.
Mighty fine rifle gun ! Him and my dad on par as shooter’s
There was a famous painting of Sgt. York done just after WWI. My cousin owns it now.
Very tight script. Builds suspense and conflict well.
Greetings from Australia. Thisvis when they made real movies aboutvreal men. Bloody love the accuracy of uniforms. Good ole USA. Great stuff. However....lest we neverforget.... those brave lads who fell.
Reminds me of me.
! I'm your Huckleberry! Lol.
My favorite scene in the movie. I have a M1917 US rifle (which may actually have been what York used in Europe rather than the Springfield 1903). Both rifles are amazing and built for long range accuracy
According to York's son Andrew, his father was issued a 1917 Enfield when he arrived in France. But he didn't like the peep sight, so he managed to trade it for a 1903 Springfield.
@@richardstephens5570 I’ve heard that too. And that may be true. I think the guns were generically refereed to as “the American rifle” (1903) and “the British rifle” (1917) as referenced in York’s diary. I think they trained with 1903s as seen in the movie and were issued 1917s when they got to France. York personally did not like the peep sights of “the British rifle”. I’m not sure how easy it would be for a man to “swap out” an issued rifle even back then. But if York did indeed say that and mean that to his grandson it must be true. We will never know 100% certainty one way or the other because I believe Yorks rifle was stolen as soon as it got off the ship back home. A sailor of soldier told him he’d take care of his gear and York never saw the rifle again.
The funniest thing, they look like Dad's Army! LOL
This movie is excellent. I own it on VHS from my childhood.
Proud owner of a deluxe DVD.
Classic 😎
Tennessean. 🎯
Doesn’t need a remake but it would be great to see🤙🤙🤙
0:07 I love that movie
Please. Bring back movies like they made them in the old days.
HERO.
I gotta see it..... looks good.
One of the best movies ever made. About a real American hero.
And, one of Howard Hawk's finest films.
Great movie about a great man.
ranch in kansas. "you fired a rifle before, recruit?" "yes sir, duck hunting, killing coyotes and bobcats". did a career as electrician. go figure. York and Murphy are heroes america may never see again.
Imma gonna get me a piece of that bottom land Ma.
I wasn’t able to shoot until I joined the army. During basic training the instructor had this con where all the recruits and 3 instructors dropped money into a pot and the soldier who got the highest score won. The con was the 3 instructors were next to each other and the two outer instructors would shoot at the target in the middle. Three instructors all firing at a single target…. Can’t lose and then the middle guy shares the money with the other two.
Only I must have been on good form that day… I beat the score of 3 instructors firing at a single target. What is crazier is that I’m short sighted and have to wear specs.
I found out years later that the reason I could hold the rifle perfectly still was due to a disability that means my joints are too loose in the sockets so I had to build up extra muscle to hold them together. Was why I could pump out 100 push ups but struggled to do 2 pull ups (push ups pushed the joint together while pull ups was causing partial dislocations).
I still wish I hadn’t won the competition though… those instructors made my life hell for the rest of basic training.
Real Good Movie.
Great movie