left hand SMLE ?

[david doyle]

Was watching an episode of DR who the other night and there is a scene where some private school cadets are repelling an attack by some animated scare crows (the bad guys) S3 episode 9 at at approximately the 17:20 mark.

Of interest here is that there is a very clear close up of one fellow operating the bolt of a very left handed SMLE.

Any thoughts on where/how the prop house came up with this? There is no shot of the whole rifle but the bridge/sight ears look right.

 

[collector67]

Reverse image?

 

[wheaty]

reverse negative when printing...

 

[scanner]

Yes, I think it's a reverse image. Something to do with how it is uploaded and played. I've watched some vids on Yutube, and it was the same where it showed left handed actions in operation.

 

[mkrainc]

I've seen some flicks on youtube that were transposed mirrored due to copywrite issues. "Terminator, Rise of the Machines" and "Bad Girls" (with Madeline Stowe) are two such movies.

 

[.30/06 FTW]

Was it kind of like this?

 

[david doyle]

Thanks for the info