'Big Bertha' Moves to Film 'War Front'-Looking much like the real thing, this prop "Big Bertha" is shown today being places on a truck to be moved to an outdoor location for war scenes in the Chaplin picture now under production. Built in the studio workshop, the gun is 100 feet long over all, weights 6500 pounds and is mechanically operated by man power to "shoot" projectiles 24 inches by 6 feet, 3 inches.

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Title:
'Big Bertha' Moves to Film 'War Front'-Looking much like the real thing, this prop "Big Bertha" is shown today being places on a truck to be moved to an outdoor location for war scenes in the Chaplin picture now under production. Built in the studio workshop, the gun is 100 feet long over all, weights 6500 pounds and is mechanically operated by man power to "shoot" projectiles 24 inches by 6 feet, 3 inches.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Guns...Artillery
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1940]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Artillery (Weaponry)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 288 x 198 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rr174x22n
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001234_0023
Barcode:
39999088103351