Ladysmith - Naval Brigade Dragging 4.7 Guns into Ladysmith

Naval men struggle to move the guns to the front

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.