FLAME THROWER (ledger title) [Main]


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  • Jahr: 1916
  • Dauer: 20 mins
  • Beschreibung: A rear view, from a sandbagged bunker, of a flame-projector nozzle angled upwards from a solid base. Pipes lead back to fuel cylinders in the bunker. These are operated by a civilian and an Army officer to produce a jet of flame from the nozzle, which is made to swing, spreading the flame and causing secondary fires. The control mechanism in the bunker is shown in close-up. A test of another mechanism - a workman pumps to produce pressure in one of two fuel barrels covered by a tarpaulin. A row of ten such barrels or cylinders in a trench. A flame-thrower nozzle (like a hosepipe) has been mounted on a solid sledge-like platform enabling it to swivel. It throws out flame, then splutters and malfunctions, continuing to pump out liquid. With its nozzle set horizontally the same device throws out flame to about 75 yards (marked against a series of range posts) and causes a great deal of smoke in addition to the fire. Back to the bunker test - this time a malfunction again causes the nozzle to throw out liquid. Gorse burns in the heat of one of the flame-throwers, causing the image to distort with the heat. One of the devices, partly concealed by gorse, throws out flame horizontally to a considerable distance. One type of the flame-thrower or projector mounted on a lattice tower throws flame even further. In each case there are a lot of secondary fires and a great deal of smoke. Lines of cylinders, more substantial than the earlier versions, linked together in a trench. Two men in flame-resistant suits check them over. Back to the tower version of flame-projector, showing that the liquid does not ignite until it is well clear of the nozzle. Six men in protective flame-resistant suits carry early hand-held flame-throwers down to a range. The flame-thrower consists of little more than an upright cylinder and nozzle, like a fire-extinguisher. At a signal they spray the grass with flame. One man in a protective suit (with includes full head cover) creeps down a training trench. The men conclude their test and free each other from their suits. An official, possibly a naval officer, shows how the protective mica visor is fitted in position. A Royal Navy lorry arrives at a test site and the men, in their suits, get down with their flame-throwers, take up position, and advance in a skirmish line firing short bursts of flame. In the confines of a trench one man struggles into his protective suit while another prepares his partner's flame-thrower for use. The training party makes its way down a trench, and sets fire to the wooden supports. The film alternates between these two events until it returns to the men in the skirmish line still advancing, burning the grass as they do so.
    Tests of large mounted and small hand-held flame-throwers, some of them carried out by the Royal Navy, in Britain, probably during the First World War.
  • Schlüsselwörter: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army / Royal Navy / World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British / weapons, British - CBW: flamethrower / weapons, British naval - CBW: flamethrower / equipment, British naval - personal: flame-resistant suit / training, British military - specialist: flamethrower / training, British naval - specialist: flamethrower / destruction, British: fire / 31/3(41) / GB, England / Instruction
  • Anbieter: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechte: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Farbe: Black & White
  • Ton: Without sound

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