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UP, Kilgore Daily News, Kilgore, Texas, Feb. 13, 1940.

„BIG BERTHA“ MOVES TO FILM „WAR FRONT“

      Looking much like the real thing, this prop „Big Bertha“

is being moved to an outdoor location at Hollywood

for war scenes in a Charlie Chaplin picture now in production.

Built in a studio workshop, the gun is 100 feet long

over all, weighs 6,500 pounds, and is mechanically operated

by manpower to „shoot“ projectiles 24 inches by 6 feet,

three inches.

(...) Associated Press Wirephoto, Decatur Daily Review,

Decatur, Illinois, Feb. 14, 1940

„The copy was built of wood“

Editorial content. „HOLLYWOOD ROUND-UP

      HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 13 – (UP) – Even Hollywood, which

is accustomed to seeing almost anything on its famous

streets, was surprised today when a 100-foot gun lumbered

slowly through the city and out into the hills beyond.

      The huge artillery piece was constructed by Charlie

Chaplin‘s studio to the dimensions of Germany‘s

famous Big Bertha, which shelled Paris during the World War

from a distance of 75 miles. The copy was built of wood

and weighs more than three tons.

      It was hauled to Girard, Cal., 15 miles northwest of Hollywood,

where it will be used as prop in The Dictator.“

      UP, United Press.

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