Time Gunner (1948)

Time Gunner. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. L/S of Edinburgh taken from Castle Hill. L/S Castle Hill. L/S entrance to Edinburgh Castle. C/U time gun, M/S as two men manoeuvre it into position on the battlements. Various shots as a blank shell is loaded and the gun is fired automatically by electric impulse from a clock controlled from the Royal Scottish Observatory. M/S explosion. L/S of smoke pouring from battlements of castle. M/S as people check their watches. M/S of a man cleaning the gun out. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), a