TEST-FIRING OF BALISTA AND EXPERIMENTAL 3.7 CM AUTOMATIC CANNON [Main Title]

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  • Title: TEST-FIRING OF BALISTA AND EXPERIMENTAL 3.7 CM AUTOMATIC CANNON [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 69
  • Other titles: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Summary: Two sections of film show preparation and firing of a reproduction Roman bolt-thrower and test-firing of an experimental automatic cannon.
  • Description: I. A team of six civilians prepares a torsion-powered bolt-thrower or ballista. Ballista is used to project two solid shot and then fires bolts at different elevations. A second ballista stands nearby and industrial chimneys are visible in the distance. Summer. II. Man test-fires an experimental automatic cannon of approximately 3.7cm calibre. Close-up view in slow motion of magazine system revolving. [Weapon is not unlike 3.7cm schiffskanone C/3o produced by Rheinmetall-Borsig as naval dual purpose AA/coastal defence gun].
  • Alternative Title: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Colour: Silent
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 69
  • Sound: None
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 70
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Krupp (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: industry, German - munitions: testing range (object name) weapons, German - gun: automatic cannon & [R and D] (object name) weapons, German - projector: balista torsion-powered bolt-thrower (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Silent Sound format: None Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 900 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    GWY 69

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