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I believe so. If my eyes did not deceive me.
In you only live twice 007 is charging up some stairs to the control room to keep Blofield from starting WWIII when he is confronted and dispatches a bad guy with?
A No 5 Mk 1 (later model with the forend cap).
My day off was not completely wasted.
Yep, I saw that.
Y'reckon James had any troubles with the "wandering zero?" :runaway:
hi in the movie not without my daughter,one of the iranian tribesmen has a no5
That's Blofeld, Ernst Stavro, Moneypenny. Played by everybody and his brother. Telly Savalas, for example. You think you waste time. HAHAHAHA.
"...My day off was not completely wasted..." You're clearly doing something wrong. snicker.
The old TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" used silver painted No.5 carbine actions and a black painted buttstock and a faked up gas cylinder arrangement to create the Scifi prop "Trank rifle" they used in hunting monsters. As I recall they took the forend off and the big gas cylinder was up the mag housing. I remember them cycling the bolt for "Realism" before attacking. Don't know if it was a Mk1 or Mk2...
I seem to recall one of the Bond Movies, where the baddies are armed with MK2 Stens, if I remember correctly. This is the Movie where 007 and a girl are chased through a radioactive swamp by a fire breathing dragon (a Land Rover/Jeep fitted with a flame thrower.)
The rifles were also used in "Judith" (1966, with Sophia Loren) and "The 7th Dawn" (1964, with William Holden). "The 7th Dawn" plays in Malaya, "Judith" in Palestine - both after WW2.
That was Dr. No. Brens and Stens. Not just any girl Ursala Andress. Watched it this Sunday. Wow ,just Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
Too bad she wasn’t dressed the way she was in the novel....Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
Known in Playboy as Ursula Undress...Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
A few of our blokes were extras in The Virgin Soldiers, filmed in Malaya in 1968/9. The ones playing on the beach were all from the LAD. You can tell who were the real crunchies as they were all nut brown and did the drills correctly. I'll watch it again one day
That was ours, the mine on the beach. The train ambush was filmed at the old sidings at GEMAS. Yep, must see it again when a bit of nostalgic humour comes along
The top picture there is Selerang Barracks. Famous as the place in the wartime photos where the army were housed after capture. As are the high ceiling barrack rooms shown during the filming. Also utilised UK, Aust and NZ blokes on courses in Singapore.
I employed Leslie Thomas's son in a shop I was running in the 1980's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
.....& weren't 'decorated' Lewis guns & MG34's used in Star Wars?
A lot of interesting firearms were used in star wars.
Some of the star trooper blasters were actually 1921 Thompsons (yes..REAL 21's) and other model T guns as well.
Luc's pistol was a Mauser 96 broomhandle with a MG sighting scope and a MG 13 flash hider. I have photo's of it somewhere here
Sterlings were also used in different states of dress.
Made me cry to see some of the collectables chopped up but it was that or the furnace.
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Originally Posted by Warren
As seen in The Blue Max with George Peppard.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Like where this thread went.
Thanks all.
Please tell me those Germans were not carrying No 4s. Please
Yes, at least they had the #9 blade...Like the the Bridge too Far when the Germans came to capture the remaining Paras carrying M1 rifles...Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
Those 'Germans' were Irish......hence the use of the No.4, as it had only just been withdrawn from front line service in the Irish Defence Force when the Blue Max was filmed.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
That makes my eyes hurt. Ill have to fast forward to Ursala and the tiny towel.
One of the pirates in The Golden Compass has a No5. There seems to be a lot of Mauser M71 (or similar) used in the film as well.
Toot, and if I may venture, Toot!Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY