| MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA Director General of War Supplies at demonstration of first South African made howitzer guns. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5554 |
| Catalog #: | 261272 | |
| Clip Number: | 261272-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/31 | |
| Timecode: | 01:26:08 - 01:27:11 | |
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa MILITARY: Army, South Africa WEAPONS: Guns, Field WEAPONS: Testing WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Weapons | |
| Description: | "Made in South Africa". C/U of Director General of War Supplies for South Africa, he is delivering a speech. M/S line of South African troops forming the guard of honor. M/S line of new howitzers which are the first to be manufactured in South Africa. The camera pans with a guard as they march past the line of guns to take delivery of the weapons from the former guard. Various shots of howitzers being towed away by army lorries. Good shots of the troops demonstrating the new guns to the Director General. Demonstration takes place on grass plain. Good shots of the guns firing. | |
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