BEHIND THE GUNS [Main Title]

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  • Title: BEHIND THE GUNS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: UKY 218
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: As implied by the title, a film about the "army without uniform" of industrial workers vital to the war effort, stressing the importance of the "constant offensive on this battlefront".
  • Description: Takes an impressionistic rather than detailed/technical view of various industrial processes - steel production - forging, machining, assembly and test firing of Bren guns - a heavy gun (same processes, including test firing with six times normal charge) - construction of shells and small arms ammunition (involving women workers) - construction of Covenanter tanks (testing armour, riveting, fitting tracks and engine, test driving) - Spitfires (plans, assembly and test flight) - shipbuilding (including general dockyard scenes and a convoy).
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: UKY 218
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Merton Park Studios (Production company) Tully, Montgomery (Production individual) Rogers, Jimmy (Production individual) Thumwood, T R (Production individual) Musk, Cecil (Production individual) Rogers, Jimmy (Production individual) Thumwood, T R (Production individual) Stocks, Royden (Production individual) Rhind, Al (Production individual) Chagrin, Francis (Production individual) Chagrin, Francis (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: industry, British - aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire (object name) industry, British - guns: Bren guns (object name) industry, British - munitions (object name) industry, British - primary: steel (object name) industry, British - ships (object name) industry, British - vehicles: Covenanter tank (object name) (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1795 ft; Running time: 21 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    UKY 218

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