’food’ For Aa Guns (1930-1939)

Full title reads: “’Food’ For AA Guns“. Two men onboard ship carry out belts of ammunition for anti-aircraft guns. The bullets are greased as they are wound onto rolls. The rolled up shells are loaded into magazine slots on the ship board pom-pom guns. Various shots of the sailors caring for their guns and putting them through their paces. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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