The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Proving Artillery Accuracy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
547
Date Released
27 Nov 1939
Date submitted
23 Nov 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: War Minister on Western Front
  2. 2The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Proving Artillery Accuracy
  3. 3The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Belgian Princess’s Birthday Duty
  4. 4The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Princess Marie Jose Leader of Red Cross
  5. 5The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Balloon That Wouldn’t Behave
  6. 6The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: German Mine Havoc
  7. 7The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Paying for the War - A Movietone Interview with Sir John Simon

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Section Title
The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gun Testing at Shoeburyness. DESCRIPTION: New big guns are tested at Shoeburyness. SHOTLIST: At Shoeburyness, gun tests are carried out. First a double machine gun is fired at a target and then a howitzer is fired through a frame to test for velocity. The biggest gun is a naval one of 17 inch calibre which fires at an armoured plated target.
Keywords
Weapons; Science and technology
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37827
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
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