'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.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1940]

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