Firepower Demonstration

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2386

Date Released

23 Feb 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Firepower Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: The Royal School of Artillery put on a demonstration of fire power at their Larkhill range. Overseas Military attaches are in the front line as buyers for these most deadly toys in the World’s War Games. SHOTLIST: SV gun being lowered. LV gun being put on ground in front of crew. CU helicopter. SV gun crew running round gun. GV copter lowering a gun. SV pan copter. SV helicopter landing & troops running out. CU cockpit. SV troops coming out, copter guns & foreground. SV troops taking ammunition from copter, copter flies off. SV copter flying off. SV gun crews run up to gun, shot down barrel of gun. CU shell being loaded. FV gun & gun crew. SV guns all in a line, aimer in f/g. CU aimer looking through sights. SV officer with arm in air, he drops it. GV guns firing. GV shell bursting in field. BV gun crew. GV dead shell being extracted from gun. BV gun crew at gun, shot down barrel as shell is loaded. SV gun & crews in line. CU hand turning elevator handle on gun. GV gun firing. CU inside barrel as man looks in. BV gun crew. SV guns firing. GV shells bursting. SV guns firing. GV shells bursting. GV mobile guns moving across in front of 105mm. BV crew round Beaufort anti-aircraft gun. SV gun being loaded. BV gun firing. SV gun being loaded. LV gun firing. LV shells hitting target, LV pan model aircraft target in air. LV troop firing small arms machine gun at aircraft. LV pan model. LV mobile gun firing in air. LV shell exploding in air. CU mobile gun firing. LV shell exploding in field. GV shells exploding in field, GV guns firing. SV gun firing from smoke screen. GV smoke screen. GV long barrelled guns firing. GV shells exploding. SV mobile gun firing. GV shells exploding. LV Honest John rocket firing. GV Buccaneer dropping 1000lb ‘Retard’ bombs which exploded. LV pan Buccaneer drops bombs which exploded in field.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Military; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Wiltshire

Card file number

75/31

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

285

Story extras:

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