Wonderful New Guns 1914-1919

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Guns.

1st part: a man showing a thing made of different pipes and mounted on a post. CU man loading a cylindrical object into the larger pipe. MS as he bends over by this thing; aims and fires. He repeats this. Then manages to shoot the thing while holding it - looks awkward. Another man is...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
73190
Sort Number:
ON 149 G
Time in/Out:
01:53:17:00 / 01:54:06:00
Canister:
ON 149 G
Film ID:
1914.30
Issue Date:
1914 - 1919

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