Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
6532
SR003817_05_01.mov
9/1/1937
Soldiers practice shooting artillery at radio controlled pilot-less Fairey Queen IIIF plane in September of 1937 near Somerset, England
Title card: "Guns Bring Down Plane Run By Radio" / Title: "Somerset, Eng." superimposed over pilotless Fairey Queen IIIF plane on a crane / plane on ramp / CU propeller / CU hands on radio controls / plane takes off / plane in air / Pan down radio tower on back of military vehicle / officer inside vehicle manipulates controls / soldiers look through artillery range finders / soldiers shoot artillery at plane / Long shot shells burst around plane / soldiers pick up artillery shells from stockpile / soldiers load gun / gun fires / shells explode around plane / plane in air / plane over water / plane lands on water but flips over / Note: exact day not known
United Kingdom
Somerset

Keywords

archival
newsreel
airplanes
Fairey Queen IIIF airplane
takeoffs
landings
artillery shells
soldiers
explosions
water
military vehicles
radio towers
controls
remote controls
officers
range finders
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