KRUPP ARTILLERY AND INCENDIARY CANISTER PROOF-FIRING [Main Title]

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  • Title: KRUPP ARTILLERY AND INCENDIARY CANISTER PROOF-FIRING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 5
  • Other titles: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Summary: Proof-firing of First World War Krupp artillery pieces and incendiary canisters.
  • Description: Long line of guns including the Krupp 10.7cm K08/10, two Krupp langer 21.0cm Moersers and Krupp 21.0cm Howitzers are fired in rapid succession at two different angles of elevation. Second section shows a German soldier test-firing short-range oil incendiary canisters from a projector. Canister explodes in situ on projector ramp and is detonated electrically.
  • Alternative Title: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 5
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1915
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Krupp (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: industry, German - munitions: Krupps testing range (object name) weapons, German military - projector: oil incendiary canister (object name) weapons, German military - gun: 10.7cm Krupp K08/10 (object name) weapons, German military - gun: 21cm Moerser (object name) weapons, German military - gun: 21cm Howitzer (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 137 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    GWY 5

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