The Deadly Maxim

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
624
Date Released
15 Mar 1917
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Potato Shortage
  2. 2Stallion Show at the Glasgow Agricultural Society’s Grounds, Scotstoun
  3. 3The Deadly Maxim
  4. 4Franco-Russian Troops Occupy Mount Athos
  5. 5Preparations In Salonika
  6. 6The ‘Rochester’ Arrives

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
British soldiers firing Maxim machine guns at model figures. Man carries model riddled with bullet holes toward camera.
Keywords
Weapons; Military
Written sources
Visnews Collection [BFI National Archive]   Video roll 4
Library number GR
952
Length of story (in feet)
103
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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