Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
BASE SECTION NO. 1 (ST. NAZAIRE), RAILWAY ARTILLERY RECEPTION AND ASSEMBLY [1918] Part 1
Description
Locomotives and naval guns are assembled in the St. Nazaire locomotive shop. Mounted guns leave the shop. Guns are cleaned and polished. French soldiers build gun mounts. Shows French 225-mm guns mounted on railroad carriages. Ammunition, bunk, mess, tool, and freight cars are coupled. The train leaves for the front. Adm. Plunkett and Asst. Sec. of the Navy Roosevelt tour the locomotive shop.
Read moreCollection
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Series
Related Videos
Railway Guns Boom Again in New Defense Tests
Camouflage Set for Three Inch A.A. Guns
Part 3
The Naval Gun at Okinawa
Part 2
Danish & Us Guns Guard Vital Gateway to Baltic
Part 1
Bismarck Is Sunk by British Fleet, Off Saint-Nazaire, France ; WACs in Australia ; Fire Power - Us Guns Open Up on Nazis in Italy
Part 2
Guns, Rockets, Missiles, and Back to Guns
Part 3
British Marine Instructs Us & British Sailors in Use of Rocket Guns
General Views of Peleliu Under Bombardment & Men Cleaning 14" Guns
Part 1