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Cadets watch the demonstrations of different equipment at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Activities of West Point cadets in the United States. The cadets attend ordnance exercises at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Officers aboard an armored car moving along the ground. The car moves along a ramp. Trees in the background. A cadet looks through a pierced armor plate which was pierced as a result of firing a 12 inch armor piercing projectile. Men look for the projectile which bursts after piercing the armor plate. The cadets gather for the demonstration of a 16 inch seacoast gun. Officers stand nearby and fire the gun. Smoke rises as the gun is fired.

Date: 1931
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062477
Soldiers decontaminate combat vehicles and tanks during a training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, United States.

U.S. soldiers train for decontamination of combat vehicles at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Soldiers during a decontamination procedure with real mustard gas. The soldiers in armored vehicles. A group of soldiers prepares for the decontamination. An aircraft flying at low height. A stationary U.S. Army Pershing tank. Two soldiers in a jeep. Soldiers wearing gas masks decontaminate a vehicle. Victims of a mustard gas shoot in France during World War II. Medics treat the victims in a field hospital. The victims with persistent gas burns.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057537
U.S. soldiers demonstrate vehicle decontamination at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

U.S. soldiers demonstrate chemical warfare and decontamination at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. An aircraft generates a heavy smoke screen . Another aircraft sprays the smoked area with a chemical. Soldiers on a half track put on cellophane cover and masks. They then attack the aircraft. The cellophane and the combat vehicles are heavily contaminated by the chemical. The soldiers remove the cellophane cover and throw them out. Soldiers take on decontamination procedures. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057539
Men watch the demonstration of a 16 inch coastal gun at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials standing with West Point cadets. The cadets and officials watch the demonstration of a 16 inch coastal gun. Smoke rises as the gun is fired.

Date: 1936
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062421
Men watch the demonstration by a keystone bomber at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials standing with West Point cadets. They watch the demonstration by a keystone bomber. Men load a bomb in the bomb bay of an airplane. A man inserts the primer detonator in the fuse assembly. He threads the end of the arming wire through one set of holes in the arming vane. Smoke rises as the airplane drops the bomb.

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062422
Women assemble and test fire rifles, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland (WW2)

Opening scene shows a U.S. Army M3 Lee tank moving toward the camera, with a crew of two women, one in the top turret and the other in the lower turret (which does not show a gun). Women are seen working on various manufacturing tasks. One uses a sewing machine One loads powder into a shell and operates a machine press to compress it. Several women install noses on shells. Some work on large shell casings. Others examine and test small arms. One tests fires a Browning M-19. 30 caliber machine gun. as others test fire rifles. A woman is seen test firing a Browning M-1917 heavy machine gun. A battery of Anti-aircraft guns is seen raising its barrels and firing. A woman manipulates the controls of one. Women hold their ears as they test fire a 90mm anti-aircraft gun. A team of women carries a part for an artillery piece and screw it in place. Two women carry racks of artillery shells, that they load into an anti-aircraft gun. As the gun is test fired, they and a soldier with them hold their ears. Women work with pneumatic tools on the tread of an M3 Lee tank. One uses a long wrench to tighten a bolt. A woman poses in the top turret of the M-3. Two others climb aboard and close the hatch behind them. With two crew members seen in hatches, the tank drives past the camera. Final image is a woman holding two large artillery shells. (World War II period)

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034621