AMERICANS WITH RAILWAY GUN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMERICANS WITH RAILWAY GUN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1183
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: American gunners with a French 400mm railway gun, probably near Mailly, Western Front, 15th May 1918.
  • Description: The men prepare to fire the gun, elevating the barrel. Then they are shown posed for the camera standing on and around the gun.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1183
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1183)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Artillery Corps 53 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, French - gun: 400mm (railway mounted) & [United States] (object name) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) Mailly, Meuthe-et-Moselle, France (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: 50 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1183

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