Daniel Boone TV show historical accuracy

[William Sublette]

I like how in those old shows how they are able to fire multiple times without reloading.

I saw some show on the discovery Channel about the battle at New Orleans, and our team was wearing out the British.

Except all their frizzens were wide open, all the time, every shot.

 

[deermanok]

My favorite movie was Northwest Passage with Spencer Tracy.

 

[tenngun]

I like a lot of the old movies. One thing I do notice is out fits and Guns can be very iffy, but often pewter ware,tankard ,pipes, furniture, ect. can be right on mark.

 

[user 50061]

Except all their frizzens were wide open, all the time, every shot.

I noticed this in the opening battle of The Revenant.

Dude was looking around for attackers, with his frizzen open.

 

[Eterry]

I noticed this in the opening battle of The Revenant.

Dude was looking around for attackers, with his frizzen open.

That's easy to answer... their technical consultant didn't mention closing the metal thingy on the side of the long wood and metal thingy. "Somebody get me a 94 Winchester, you just crank it and go boom. "
That's Hollywood's version of gun handling...imho.

 

[Eutycus]

I often wondered how historically correct Ceasar Romero and the other Spaniard's green uniforms were.

 

[SDSmlf]

I often wondered how historically correct Ceasar Romero and the other Spaniard's green uniforms were.

Uniform or costume was pretty accurate as the Joker in the Batman series.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

Remember Ed Ames as Mingo? Lest we forget:

 

[deermanok]

I liked how Mingo spoke with a sort of British accent. Jolly good.

 

[Tn poor boy]

I loved it as a kid, but havent seen it in ...probably fifty years. I distinctly remember though that almost every show there was a fight resulting in someone rolling across the campfire. Poor Fess Parker....between D.Boone and Davey Crockett it must have been impossible to get any other roles being so type cast.

Its on YouTube

 

[Tn poor boy]

Daniel did not ware coonskin cap

 

[KDMEEK]

I seem to recall an episode in which an airplane contrail could be seen in the sky.

 

[toot]

wait till he gives that famous hand sign. can any one do it.? it isn't easy.

 

[toot]

I like the green cloth buck skin shirts with fringe and his wife with her dresses with zippers on them.

 

[mooman76]

I love it when they pour out a line of BP to set off a keg of powder and it burns real slow.

 

[Eutycus]

Did men really wear tight pants like that back then? They almost look like leotards tucked into Daniels boots.

 

[Mulemauler]

If you look close most of the rifles are trapdoor Springfield with a non functioning frizzen stuck to the side of the lock plate. Still, they are fun to watch. Wouldn't have missed it as a kid.

 

[BP Addict]

I've been watching (and enjoying) some re-runs of the old Daniel Boone TV show. Some of the whoppers include the episode where Fess Parker (Boone) meets Aaron Burr (in Boonesborough) after Burr kills Hamilton in a duel (in 1804). Fess Parker goes on to foil Burr's attempt to seize the Louisiana Territory.

Here is the latest whopper...
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I've been watching the series myself. It was supposed to be available on Amazon Prime but apparently not in my area. I ended up ordering the DVD set off eBay. I took this same photo and was going to post it. You beat me too it!

My only complaints are it's often not formatted for my TV and there is no Closed Captioning. It's more Hollywood writing than actual events. They seem to have completely passed over his Military Service in the War for Independence. The beginning of the second season has us already being the "United States of America".

I do enjoy seeing some of the actors in their younger versions.

 

[BP Addict]

I always get a kick out of the mountainous, semi-arid geography of the show as well. Hard to hide the true shooting location of the show. Definitely not filmed in KY (or anywhere east of the Mississippi).

From what I understand, it was filmed in California and Utah; both fairly dry locations.

 

[BP Addict]

If you look close most of the rifles are trapdoor Springfield with a non functioning frizzen stuck to the side of the lock plate. Still, they are fun to watch. Wouldn't have missed it as a kid.

Even Boone's gun was a converted Trapdoor. Makes me wonder how they did the scenes when he fires it.

I recently watched an Episode called "The Gun". His rifle is destroyed in an Avalanch. He walks all the way to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He orders one with a 44" barrel, a smaller diameter bore to save powder and lead and special sights. Everyone is shocked by the length of the barrel. At the close of the episode, he leaves Pennsylvaina with his Kentucky "Long Rifle" as if it was his invention. Funny thing is, it's the same gun he's been carrying from the beginning!