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Gerard - I was being sarcastic. Jesus himself was apparently claiming that no movie has featured a Belt fed or large machine gun ejecting it's shells from the bottom.

"... dont see too many movies with guns that shoot bullet casings out the bottom.... u just dont"

When infact Saving Private Ryan featured both of these weapons ejecting their shells from the bottom. My comment on the .30 Cal Brownings and MG-42s ejecting out of the side for just the movie's sake of effect to make it more exciting, was a sarcastic remark. As in the film, they are ejecting out of the bottom like they should, and again Jesus said no movie has ever shown. There are also other films featuring the shells busting out of the bottom of the MG-42's receiver, Kelly's Heroes, To Hell & Back, The Bridge at Remagen, The Bridge (German 1950's movie), Force Ten from Navarone, Etc Etc..

So, His remark is awkward, unbalanced and unfounded.

Also note, just for the heck of it, In Saving Private Ryan, most of the time the MG-42's are NOT firing rounds. Only short true bursts with new sound overlay and edited muzzle flash. The very first shot behind the MG-42's crew up in the bunker, the weapon is only firing quick burst. Not the sustained fire you see and hear. Look at the positioning of the forward Iron sights. And when the weapon is shown close up and from the right side, you can see the empty belt only moving out of the weapon at maybe two or three links at a time, when the weapon is made to look like it's just blasting away.

Another cool little movie fact is that one of the Space Marines in Aliens is wielding a MG-42 that was mounted on a Steady Camera Hip Mount, and is changed around to look very spacy, by removing the buttstock and replacing it with a Motorcycle like braking handle. The original trigger grouping's handle was cut off and was rigged to the Braking handle to fire the weapon.
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Von Paulus - The film about her life sounds interesting. Makes me wonder how they are going to film the large stage settings and Etc.. Probably computers.