- Title: VM-1012C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:58:47 - "THE GREAT GUN" "OBSOLETE" FILM, WITHDRAWN FROM SERIES. THE ARMY'S NEW ATOMIC WEAPON WHICH FIRES ATOMIC SHELLS AND CONVENTIONAL SHELLS AS WELL TO A DISTANCE OF 20 MILES. 00:59:46 - LS- 9 SUPPORTING VEHICLES THAT CARRY TROOPS, EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION. 00:59:58 - LS- THE HUGE CANNON AND ITS CARRYING VEHICLE TRAVELS ALONG THE ROAD AT 35 MPH EASILY MAKES TURNS AROUND SHARP CORNERS. 01:01:00 - AERIAL VIEW OF CANNON BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR FIRING.THE GIANT IS PUT IN PLACE IN 20 MINUTES. 01:04:00 - LS- ONLY 5 MEN ARE NEEDED TO ROTATE THE GUN TURRET BY HAND. MS- 2 MEN TURN A WINCH TO LIFT THE SHELL INTO PLACE. THE SHELL AND THE POWDER CHARGE IS BREECH LOADED AUTOMATICALLY. 01:07:17 - LS- THE GUN FIRES AS SEEN FROM SEVERAL ANGLES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1012C