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[GAS SHELLS] [Allocated]

(Reel 1) The film starts with close-ups of the baseplate and tube of the Livens Projector. An instructor shows how the bomb is fused and armed. Then a view of two Livens Projectors buried in a trench and a long shot of the firing range, with the bombs falling on it. The instructor shows the propellant charge for the Livens, taking the charge apart to show its constituents. A number of projectors a…

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Subject

  • EFG1914
  • British Army, Royal Artillery, RGA & Chapperton Down Artillery School
  • British Army, Royal Engineers, Special Bde
  • weapons, British - mortar: Livens Projector
  • weapons, British - CBW: gas shell
  • weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer
  • weapons, British - gun: 8-inch howitzer
  • weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer
  • training, British military - weapons: gas
  • 31/3(41)
  • …
  • World War I

Type of item

  • motion pictures (visual works)
  • Film