Admiralty Official Film: ‘Gun Power’
Series
- Series Name
- War Office Official Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- [SUBTITLE]: "The enemy has already learnt how terrible is our gun power. Here the great guns of a super battleship are trained seaward where floats the greatest assembly of naval guns in the world." Guns of battleship looking out to sea, with warships and land in the background. Panning shot to show further warships at sea in long shot to guns of the battleship on which the camera is placed. Further panning shot to show the main guns looking forward, and warships on the other side.
- Keywords
- Weapons; Navy; Military
- Credits:
- Length of story (in feet)
- 67
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- film@iwm.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
- Phone
- 020 7416 5291
- Fax
- 020 7416 5379
- Address
- Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ - Notes
- The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
- Series held
- View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
How to cite this record
'Admiralty Official Film: ‘Gun Power’', War Office Official Topical Budget Issue No. 321-2, 20 Oct 1917. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/126269 (Accessed 30 Sep 2025)