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Ladysmith - Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

Naval men struggle to move the guns to the front

Non-Fiction 1900 1 mins Silent

Overview

This film by WKL Dickson shows the guns (likely of HMS Terrible) being moved over rocky ground. A quick head-count suggests that it took roughly fifty men to pull each 4.7 inch gun. Dickson and his assistants faced a similar logistical challenge with his camera, its batteries, tripod, and additional lenses and modifications (including a little-used telephoto lens and a pump powered by a bicycle wheel, designed to keep the film tight against the shutter).

This is a partner to the Boer War film Naval Guns Firing at Colenso.

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Ladysmith

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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