GUN MANUFACTURE; WAR MATERIALS BY TRAIN; STEAM ROLLERS ETC BY TRAIN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GUN MANUFACTURE; WAR MATERIALS BY TRAIN; STEAM ROLLERS ETC BY TRAIN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 212
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  • Summary:
  • Description: (Viewing print is very incomplete - see Note) I. Assembly of anti-aircraft guns; guns on railway flatcars leaving workshop. II. Shells on goods train; barbed wire on train; sea mines on train; tanks on train. III. Old steam traction engines and rollers loaded on to train by crane.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 212
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 212)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: industry, British - guns (object name) transport, British civilian - engineering: steamroller (object name) transport, British civilian - prime mover: traction engine (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1240 ft; Running time: 14 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 212

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