STK-ID 28143

Railway guns: shots of soldiers preparing British 12" railway gun for travel, putting tarpaulin over gun on car, cut to HAS of train moving on tracks by camera. MLS of gun crew arming railway gun. Sequence showing gun crew loading and firing giant 12" railway gun, including CS back view of gun showing man screwing shut breech.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
World War One
Location
France
Year
1914
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk, HDCAM SR
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3, ANAMORPHIC_4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486, 1920 x 1080