LADYSMITH - NAVAL BRIGADE DRAGGING 4.7 GUNS INTO LADYSMITH
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 403242).
Synopsis
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.
A long double line of naval ratings hauling a 4.7" gun across open country (from right to left). A second group hauling a second gun follows behind (48ft/35mm).
Notes: This film was originally identified as BOYS OF H.M.S. "TERRIBLE" GETTING THEIR GUNS INTO POSITION, but it has been tentatively redesignated as the Ladysmith film by Barry Anthony during research work for the book 'A Victorian Film Enterprise: The History of the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1897-1915' (Flicks Books, 1999).
Originally filmed in 68mm.
Titles
- SCHULTZE CAN 50 (Acquisition)
- BOYS OF H.M.S. `TERRIBLE' GETTING THEIR GUNS INTO POSITION (Alternative)
- RELIEF OF LADYSMITH (Alternative)
- NAVAL RATINGS PULLING GUN (Archive)
- LADYSMITH - NAVAL BRIGADE DRAGGING 4.7 GUNS INTO LADYSMITH
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1900
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 68mm film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 48 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Photography
- DICKSON, William Kennedy-Laurie
- Production Company
- British Mutoscope and Biograph Company
