Testing Artillery Guns 1914-1918

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Testing Artillery Guns.

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Tests of moving artillery over rough ground. Pulling gun carriage over a strip of ground between road and railroad track; with holes in ground - like concrete boxes or troughs set into ground. As the artillery guns cross; the wheels...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
73386
Sort Number:
ON 143 C
Time in/Out:
01:52:17:00 / 01:55:14:00
Canister:
ON 143 C
Film ID:
1922.45
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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