+"Aberdeen Maryland USA" +1938 stock footage and images

The West Point Military Academy cadets being shown tanks and field guns at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

West Point Military Academy cadets being shown the latest war equipment at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The cadets stand in a circle and a tank in the foreground. A cadet seated inside a M2 Light tank (nicknamed "Mae West") and drives the tank. The cadets applaud. The cadets watch the tank as it rolls on the ground. A tank rolls down a slope into water and splashes water up toward the cadets. Demonstrations of heavy artillery guns and howitzers: Soldiers load shells in a large field gun. They fire the gun and cadets close their ears with fingers. Another large field gun fires and cadets stand around the artillery. The last gun demonstrated is possibly an 8 inch gun M1888 and is shown on a disappearing carriage that retracts the gun back and down following its recoil after firing.