# Predictor No.1 (general principles)

A British military training film on the Predictor No. 1. Part 1 The gunnery problem and its theoretical solution. Animated diagrams review the problems of anti-aircraft gunnery unassisted by appropriate instruments. Part 2 Method and mechanism. Covers the mathematical solutions and the method of mechanically calculating formulae for gun laying purposes by the use of the predictor. Film includes some scenes of the predictor in operation.

Accession Number: F05081; Measurement: 24 min 17 sec; Physical description: 35mm/b&w/sound; Place made: United Kingdom; Date made: 1939-1945;

Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1939
- Runtime: 23 min
- By: British Army
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Predictor_No.1_(general_principles).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: British Army
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/196411080?play=1)