Belgian Ammunition Store

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
279-1
Date Released
27 Dec 1916
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Alligator Farm
  2. 2Review at the Front
  3. 3Belgian Ammunition Store
  4. 4Shells for the Guns
  5. 5'Tommys’ Xmas Leave

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "Loading up railway wagon with shells of all sizes. Some of the shells are so heavy that they have to be rolled up an inclined platform." Men carrying a shell each out of a store filled with shells to nearby railway trucks (camera panning with them). In the background larger shells are rolled up along a board. Two closer shots of this.
Keywords
Weapons; Railways
Length of story (in feet)
77

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