1947 ZiS 150

1947 ZiS 150 in Empire of the Sun, Movie, 1987

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

00:40:40 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
BeanBandit ◊ 2006-03-19 14:29	This looks like Russian ZIL 150 or its Chinese version Jiefang CA10.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2006-03-20 17:27	Details of the Jiefang CA10: http://www.sinodefence.com/army/transport/ca30.asp
Alexander ◊ 2006-03-20 19:55	This one has 9 slots in the grille and is a ZiS 150. http://www.nva-fahrzeuge.de/images/150-4.jpg http://www.autogallery.org.ru/z150.jpg The other one in this movie is, I would agree, a Jiefang.
antp ◊ 2006-03-20 22:31	Should it be written "ZiS" or "ZIS"? (i.e. should I renamed the other "ZIS" to "ZiS"?)
Alexander ◊ 2006-03-20 23:16	antp wrote Should it be written "ZiS" or "ZIS"? (i.e. should I renamed the other "ZIS" to "ZiS"?) Good question! In kyrillic it is 'ЗиС' and in long 'Завод имени Сталина'. Transcribed it would be 'ZiS' and 'Zavod imeni Stalina' which translates to 'Plant of Stalin's name'. Before and after Stalin the factory was named 'ZiL' (Zavod imeni Likhacheva) and today they use a small middle letter: http://amo-zil.ru/zil_eng/8.html#view Therefore it would probably be correct to write 'ZiS' and 'ZiL' likewise.
antp ◊ 2006-03-20 23:20	OK