ORDINANCE EXPERTS USE 2 TON CAMERA TO EXAMINE BEHAVIOR OF SHELLS & ARMOR PLATE
London (JFK+50) On January 16, 1924, the Associated Press reports "photographs at the rate of 300,000 a minute...are being made at Shoeburyness* under British government auspices."
The camera, weighing two tons, used to make the pictures is being employed by ordinance experts to examine the behavior of shells and armor plate.
*Shoeburyness (Shoebury) is a coastal town in the borough Southend-on-Sea in the county of Essex, England.
SOURCE
"300,000 Pictures Taken a Minute By 2-Ton Camera," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 16, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
Shoeburyness, High Street
photo by Nigel Cox
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