TEST-FIRING OF SKODA 100MM MODEL 14/19 AND 28 CM NEUE BRUNO RAILWAY GUN [Main Title]

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  • Title: TEST-FIRING OF SKODA 100MM MODEL 14/19 AND 28 CM NEUE BRUNO RAILWAY GUN [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 70
  • Other titles: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Summary: Two sections of film show testing of Skoda 100mm Model 14/19 gun and setting up and firing of 28cm Neue Bruno railway gun.
  • Description: I. Soldiers test-fire a Skoda 100mm Model 14/19[in German use after 1939 as the 10cm leFH 14/19(t)]. A time-piece and measurement post provide data for recoil measurements. Then a close-up of watch and measure. II. Engine pushes two 28cm Neue Bruno railway guns along railway track in snow-covered landscape. Workers jack up carriage from six-wheel bogies and remove latter from underneath. Various long-shots of gun firing then closer views in summer at a proving ground of gun being loaded and fired at ballistic screens and observation of recoil.
  • Alternative Title: KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 70
  • Sound: Silent
  • 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: 10cm leFH 14/19(t) & [R and D] (object name) weapons, German - gun: 110mm Skoda Model 14/19 gun (object name) weapons, German - gun: 28cm Neue Bruno railway gun (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: 1 Footage: 962 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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    GWY 70

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