THE WRECKED BABY KILLER [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE WRECKED BABY KILLER [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1204
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  • Summary: English language version of a French film on the wreck of Zeppelin LZ77 at Revigny on 21st February 1916.
  • Description: The film starts with a brief scene of the Zeppelin apparently about to crash (in fact an early scene of Zeppelin L7 landing under difficulties). A French 75mm motorised anti-aircraft gun takes aim. Then the wreckage of the Zeppelin, completely burnt out, on the ground. The camera shows the wreckage, dwelling heavily on the charred corpses of the crew lying among the pieces of metal. Adjutant Gramling and Private Pennetier, who shot the Zeppelin down, help to dismantle it.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1204
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1204)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1916-02
  • Production Country: France GB
  • Production Details: British Topical Committee for War Films (Production sponsor) Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gramling (Adjutant) (person) Pennetier (Private) (person) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - airship: Zeppelin L7 (object name) aircraft, German - airship: Zeppelin LZ77 & [captured] & [wrecked] (object name) weapons, French - gun [AA]: 75mm (object name) combat [simulated], French - anti-airship (object name) casualties, German dead - battlefield: [+] (object name) 17/3(144).19 [21/2/1916 Revigny] (event) Brabant-le-Roi, Meuse, France (geography) Revigny-sur-Ornain, Meuse, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 364 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1204

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