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The museum at the Spring Field Armory houses original old guns in Spring Field, Massachusetts.

A Big Picture production about use and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Sergent Stuart Queen at a desk as he speaks about the importance of marksmanship. A reconstruction depicts soldiers loading shells in a canon. A soldier with a rifle. An old US flag with 13 stars flies from a pole. The Spring Field Armory in Spring Field, Massachusetts. Exteriors of the armory and a sign reads '1794'. A sign reads 'Museum'. The original Blanchard lathe at the museum. Billinghurst Requa Battery gun at the museum.

Location: Springfield Massachusetts

Date: 1955

Duration: 2 min 50 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Inventor of M-1 rifle John Garand displays various rifles produced at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. United States soldiers fire rifles during a maneuver. Exteriors of the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. John Garand, the inventor of the M-1 rifle, at the Springfield Armory. He speaks about the development of the armory from colonial period to post World War II times. He displays various rifles used by American soldiers from 1795 to World War II. He displays a rifle used in World War II and another automatic rifle used in World War II. A forge used to produce receivers of M-1 rifles.

Location: Springfield Massachusetts

Date: 1955

Duration: 3 min 44 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Rifles being manufactured, assembled and test fired at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Rifles being manufactured at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Men work on machines at the armory. A man operates a barrel straightener machine. Parts of rifles being assembled. A man inspects the receiver of a rifle. A rifle being test fired at the armory. German aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over cities in Europe during World War II. Civilians run for cover during an air raid by the Germans. United States Congress ion session. The Japanese attack the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December, 1941. Explosions occur during the Japanese air attack.

Location: Springfield Massachusetts

Date: 1955

Duration: 4 min 30 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English