Title:8.8 CM FLAK DEMONSTRATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN (?) VISITORS [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 74
Other titles:KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
Summary: Sections of film demonstrate the versatility of the 8.8cm Flak, in part in the presence of a group of Latin American (?) visitors.
Description: I. High-angle view of 8.8cm Flak on cruciform mount. Row of eight 8.8cm Flak at proving ground in winter firing in presence of group of foreign visitors of Latin appearance. Loading procedure demonstrated. Two heavy artillery barrels visible in background. Gun elevated to different angles and fired for visitors, also against ballistic screen. Visitors emerge from shed and their bespectacled guide introduces them to a colleague. Close inspection of 8.8cm Flak.
II. A Krupp L3H 163 medium 6x4 cargo truck tows a 8.8cm Flak through a field in summer. Gun crew unhitch Flak, remove wheels and set up cruciform mount before falling in. Gunner demonstrates high-angle traverse. Trail spades are knocked in. Flak traverses at low elevation, then is elevated to maximum angle, then traverses before being lowered. Demonstration of manual horizontal traverse.
