Summary: I. Newsreel item on Royal Marines filling machine gun belts, Salonika Front, spring 1916.
II. Newsreel item on British artillery at Salonika, spring 1916.
Description: The men sit at a table in the open air, using a loading machine attached to the table to fill the cloth belts.
A heavy gun fires, completely concealed by a tent with only its barrel showing, but possibly a 12-inch howitzer.
Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: supplies, British, storage [FA] - munitions (object name)
equipment, British - personal: belt loader (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
First World War, Salonika Front & 1916 (event)
First World War, Salonika Front & 1916 (event)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (geography)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 114 ft; Running time: 2 mins