Title:TEST-FIRING OF 8.8 CM FLAK, 7.5 CM FK 38, 10.5 CM LE FH 18/42 AND ERICH MÜLLER OUTSIDE HOTEL ESSENER HOF [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 72
Other titles:KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
Summary: Four sections of film show test-firing of 8.8cm Flak, 7.5cm FK 38 and 10.5cm le FH 18/42 as well as Erich Müller beside the Hotel Essener Hof.
Description: I. 8.8cm Flak with muzzle brake and on cruciform mount is fired repeatedly on a range. Five-man crew load and fire gun as rapidly as possible.
II. 7.5cm Feldkanone 38 [export version of FK 18] is fired repeatedly on a range by civilian crew. Film is marked 22-11-39 and season is winter.
III. 10.5cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18/42 is fired repeatedly on a range. Various views. Six-man uniformed crew set up and dismantle the gun as rapidly as possible and repeat operation.
IV. View of the entrance of the Hotel Essener Hof, the Krupp hotel in Essen. A group of raincoated civilians waits outside talking with a man wearing a pale cloth cap. He greets an elderly man warmly, and then more formally welcomes Krupp artillery designer Erich Müller, who gives the German salute. Group gathers round a Mercedes-Benz saloon with diplomatic corps marking and registration IAY 309.
