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Supplying the guns

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AuthorWar Office
TitleSupplying the guns
NotesRoyal Field Artillery gunners unload boxes of 18-pounder shells and then open and distribute them, with other artillerymen passing the shells hand-to-hand.
Item DateJune 1916
Creation placeSomme (Google Maps)
File typeVideo
Item mediumVHS copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsWestern Front, Munitions, Allied Forces
Collection IDThe Battle of the Somme, Part 1, Caption 9
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameCXTIWMFILMvsom2.mpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1257