Tom Y Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Here's a series of photos, obviously staged, of an altercation somewhere in the mountains. The British uniforms seem to be WWII vintage, the others anytime from the Crusades to today. Wait til you see the whites of their eyes. Look out behind you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 That's all for him. And ooover we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 You dirty swine, you! Take that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 And that, and that, and that! Can anyone answer the title question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) Hello Tom! This is just a guess but maybe movie stills. I think sometimes they take photos before they shot the event. This way the director can show the actors what he wants while filming. or combat training photos... I'm most likely wrong... 1950's Sudan thanks, barry Edited January 18, 2010 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) Actually Barry I think you may be right on the spot! That's the very feeling I got when seeing these. Posed and probably movie related. But as you say could also be for training manuals and such. But I've been involved with movie props and such for a long while and I'm really leaning on the movie side of things. Check out the nice looking wrist watch on the "tribesman" in pic number 2. Just seems rather out of place to me. I'm thinking simply extras dressed up for the part and doing their thing. Dan Edited January 18, 2010 by Hauptman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Plus the fact that in the first few the "tribesman" is doing away with the uniformed solder and then they are getting him. Now I assume that in a real situation the guy holding the camera taking these shots would have belonged to one side or the other (doubtful on the side of the natives) and so I doubt he'd merely be clicking away as one of his fellow soldiers was done in. I'm 99.9% certain you are correct that these are movie stills or done for training manuals. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 A remake of King of the Khyber Rifles? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
censlenov Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I think these snaps date from around 36-39 thats based on the webbing on the Brits and the rifles being used. Perhaps depicting the Northwest Frontier during that time? Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now