War’s Latest Terror (1926)

Full title reads: “War’s latest terrors. New monster coast defence guns hurl 1,000 lb. shell, 30 miles“. United States of America (USA). L/S of vast tank-like machine, a man stands on top of it cranking a handle which moves an enormous gun on the front. We see the gun fire twice, from different angles. Intertitle reads: “Multiple mounted antiaircraft machine guns“. Various M/S of groups of soldiers from American Army demonstrate use of guns: one man stands on a rotating plinth with four massive machine guns in a row in front of him. Other men stand next to the plinth loading more bullets in the guns. Intertitle reads: “White phosphorus hand grenades make startling spectacle“. L/S of row of soldiers at one end of field. Simultaneously they all throw hand grenades. The grenades explode, creating a sheet of white smoke. FILM ID:648.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIE