Testing 14 Inch Guns 1940

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Description

Full title reads: "Testing 14 inch Guns".

Northern England.

VS of workmen loading a massive 14" heavy artillery gun mounted on a testing bay outside the factory, shots of the men pushing the charge into the gun and of the gun firing.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21116
Sort Number:
40/075
Time in/Out:
01:51:46:00 / 01:52:17:00
Canister:
40/75
Film ID:
1055.47
Issue Date:
16/09/1940

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