U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Portland, Oregon during an election campaign. Civilians seated in chairs in an auditorium during a public meeting. A woman holds a sign 'Oregon likes Ike'. People clap as President Eisenhower delivers a speech. Cameramen record the event.
Barrage balloons being tested in the United States. Barrage balloons in flight. A motor being removed from a gondola and a basket being attached. Men get into the basket to study the tactics of observation from a captive balloon. A barrage balloon lifts off. Ground crew handles a steel cable. The 3rd Observation Balloon Squad learns the details of observation at Fort Lewis, Washington. An instructor trains recruits. A barrage balloon in flight at Fort Lewis. Goodyear barrage balloon comes out of a hangar at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. Tail of a barrage balloon in flight. A barrage balloon being filled with helium. It takes off and in flight during a test.
Camouflage tactics being used to conceal equipment in the United States. Army engineers make a camouflaged net at McGill Field in Florida. An aircraft on a field. The engineers cut a tree on the field. An aircraft taxis and moves under the camouflaged net. Soldiers at a camouflage school construct a camouflaged net to conceal an aircraft. Dispersal method being used to conceal an aircraft. A haystack and a shed are used to conceal pack mules and anti aircraft guns at Fort Bragg in Carolina. (World War II period).
U.S. 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.
U.S. 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.
U.S. 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 U.S. Army soldier puts on a gas mask. Crew members operate a gun. A 90 mm gun is elevated.
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