COUNTER BATTERY
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AYY 251/2).
Synopsis
Observation procedure preceding a long range gun attack.
Men from the 426th South Nottinghamshire (Hussars) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery firing a 5.5-inch gun. Movements made from the order Take Post to when the gun is fired. Detailed shots of the firing of the gun. The sixty-foot tower of the Flashspotters' Observation Post. The observer and operator taking ranges with the theodolite. Operator on the telephone to Counter Battery Officer giving bearings of enemy positions. Close-up of the theodolite.
Notes
Continued from AYY 251/1.
Titles
- COUNTER BATTERY (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1942
- Running Time:
- 7 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 664 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Groom, G (Sergeant)
- Production company
- Army Film and Photographic Unit
