Smashing Through [SEP] cast member
Smashing Through
Smashing Through is a 1929 British silent adventure film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring John Stuart, Eve Gray and Hayford Hobbs. It was made at Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush.
Cast.
- John Stuart as Richard Bristol
- Eve Gray as Kitty Masters
- Hayford Hobbs as James Masters, her brother
- Julie Suedo as Miss Duprez
- Sandy McKenzie as Mr. Sergius
- Alf Goddard as Alf, a mechanic
- Mike Johnson as His mate
- Gladys Hamer
advances in manufacturing technology allowed the English Navy Royal to start using matched cannon firing standard ammunition, allowing firing of coordinated broadsides (although that was more of a matter of improved training and discipline than of matched guns).
Different types of shot were employed for various situations. Standard fare was the round shot—spherical cast-iron shot used for smashing through the enemy's hull, holing his waterline, smashing gun carriages and breaking masts and yards, with a secondary effect of sending large wooden splinters flying about to maim