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Antiaircraft training with camouflaged 90 mm gun, near Hammond Army Air Field, Louisiana, in World War II

US Army anti aircraft gun of the 55th Brigade AAA during training exercise at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range near the Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War 2. Main anti aircraft batteries. A 90 mm canon. The muzzle of the 90 mm gun turns around. Camouflaged nets cover the gun. A jeep moves on a dirt road. A soldier with Antiaircraft Command (AA in a circle) shoulder patch steps from the jeep and walks toward a gun position.

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, September 29

Duration: 1 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Bofors gun and Browning machine gun during training near Hammond Army Air Field during World War 2

US Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA, during training exercises during World War II, at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, near the Army Air Field in Hammond, Louisiana. A 40 mm Bofors gun in action. Radar equipment in operation on a field. A camouflaged .50 caliber Browning machine gun.

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, September 29

Duration: 41 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

siren is sounded and antiaircraft gun readied during training exercises near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II

US Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA training Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II. Bombs burst amidst trees and smoke rises. Aircraft spotters look through binoculars towards the sky. A soldier sounds a hand operated air raid siren. View from above as a soldier drops into a fox hole. An US Army soldier puts on a gas mask. Crew members operate a gun. A 90 mm gun is elevated.

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, October 1

Duration: 1 min 50 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

A camouflaged gun emplacement during training exercises near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II.

US Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA, during training exercises at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, adjacent to Hammond Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War II. A camouflaged gun emplacement with crew around antiaircraft gun. A Sergeant puts on a gas mask and sounds a gas alarm by striking it with a piece of iron. Scene shifts to a US Army Air Force P-47D aircraft flying over the training area as it comes in for a landing at Hammond Army Air Field.

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, October 1

Duration: 51 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s in live fire training at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range during World War II

Views from the adjacent Hammond Army Air Field, as U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft fly very low and engage in live fire training over the Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range. Antiaircraft gunners of the 55th Brigade AAA practice sighting and tracking these aircraft as part of their own training. Gun sight view from a 40 mm Bofors gun tracking incoming aircraft. Formation of US Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder aircraft high above the training area (probably engaged in bombing training)..

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, October 1

Duration: 2 min 39 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Roadblock breech training exercise for US Army forces near Hammond Army Air Field during World War 2

US Army training exercise for soldiers at training area near Hammond Army Air Field in Hammond, Louisiana during World War II. A convoy of Allied trucks on a road. Soldiers await arrival of truck that breeches roadblock. A 6x6 truck crashes through the road block as soldiers practice response. The exercises employ live fire, with blank ammunition, and smoke grenades.

Location: Hammond Louisiana

Date: 1943, October 3

Duration: 1 min 1 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

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