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WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 9:27 am
by 25Pdr
WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Wonder where it was filmed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... uns-rifles
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 2:02 pm
by Jenks
Hey! my old drop shot mate...
Thanks for the link to that video. Never seen a Lewis gun being fired before. I would love a 'cabby' on one..
Jenks
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 2:33 pm
by ovenpaa
That was worth a watch. Did he say it was a 500 yard range near the end of the article?
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 3:26 pm
by bobbob
Some more interesting stuff from the same people.
http://www.ballistamedia.co.uk/
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 3:27 pm
by DW58
Somewhere associated with the Royal Armouries in Leeds perhaps?
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:45 pm
by shotgun sam
Yes he said 500 yards
Re: WW1 Rifles and Machine Guns from the BBC.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:49 pm
by saddler
The one linked to was a good watch, as have been MANY of the others....
BUT
Another in the series though, HAS to be the biggest pile of unadulterated sh!te I have ever watched for several decades - and that includes SNP Partie Political Re-education Broadcasts
Style over substance? You tell me...
Prize for anyone that even gets a scent of any "facts" re. historical accuracy, use of correct language/terminology for the time, ACTUAL behaviour of the troops in France/Belgium, etc.
PLUS
The
"officer" - obvious a legend in his own drama classes, never bothered with a haircut for the role
(whisps of hair suggest an attempt to hide a pony-tail) - but no doubt well briefed on the main focus of his role: which was to get very little across to the audience other than his own ability to look smug
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... s-sex-life