Reel Number: 221068-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1936
Country: USA
Location: California
TC Begins: 15:05:40
TC Ends: 15:12:48
Duration: 00:07:08
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Big Bore Coastal Defense Guns Test Fired CU large shell hanging from hoist; LS from behind heavy gun carriages on train - troops loading shell - man gives signal & gun fired, officer watching. MCUs gun loaded - men on platform w/ measuring equipment / telescopes. LS two guns aimed upwards; MS guns fired & lowered. Good close shot of troops on revolving gun platform & shell moved in on pulley system - men stop & brace themselves for gun firing. Side profile shell loaded; lump of wadding rushed to gun carriage & put in shell hole; CU guns fire one after the other. LS two gun carriages each attached to railroad car. Observation tower. CUs man w/ observation telescope / lens. Further shots of shell on hoist & gun firing. Military Hardware - Ballistics / Artillery. Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2; 1936; 1930s;