The adventures of rin tin tin (1 Viewer)

[Spanish soldier]

I'm curious about this TV series that I saw as a child, why was reversed the colors of the cavalry? The blue color is darker trousers the shirt, as shown in the photo.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Boy that is a blast from the past. The short answer is that the regular soldiers usually did wear dark shirts and light pants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZzAXRc2hA
Rusty was of course, not official. Perhaps they thought that color worked better with Rinty's coat.

I have seen official photographs of a light top cavalry uniform as well but can't put my fingers on one at the moment.

 

[lancer]

Haven't seen that in years. The color reversal is probably an attempt to make Rusty stand out in black & white as I don't think the series was broadcast in color. It has been 50 years since I have seen the show so my memory could be wrong. Some of those old shows were filmed in color but broadcast in BW. -- lancer

 

[gk5717]

I don,t think when they did the series historical accuracy was very heavy on their minds.
Gary

 

[Grognard]

I used to watch this show when I was a kid in France in B&W (we didn't have any color TV back then ). Thanks for the memory!

 

[PolarBear]

I watched this show too in the 50s and until a few years ago had the Marx Fort Apache with figures of Rin Tin Tin, Rip Masters, Rusty . The original film prints were sepia (brown) but broadcast in b&w.

I found these on Ebay tonight: