NAVAL GUNS FIRING AT COLENSO
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 403219).
Synopsis
ACTUALITY. Single shot. British naval ratings firing a 4.7" naval gun, during the Boer War, probably 14 December 1899.
Close shot of 4.7" naval gun pointing to the left with group of British naval ratings standing around it. The gun fires and the men run up to reload, the begin to pull the gun forward (35ft/35mm).
Note: Originally filmed in 68mm. Taken by W.K-L. Dickson, probably 14 December 1899, during General Buller's assault on Colenso.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp 152, 192. W.K-L. Dickson, The Biograph in Battle (1901), pp 70-74. W.K-L. Dickson, The War by Biograph [illus.]
Titles
- SCHULTZE CAN 40C (Acquisition)
- BATTLE OF COLENSO (Alternative)
- BOMBARDMENT OF COLENSO BY 4.7 GUNS OF HMS "TERRIBLE" (Alternative)
- NAVAL GUNS AT COLENSO (Alternative)
- FIRING A NAVAL GUN (Archive)
- NAVAL GUNS FIRING AT COLENSO
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1899
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 68mm film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 35 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Photography
- DICKSON, William Kennedy-Laurie
- Production Company
- British Mutoscope and Biograph Company
