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 U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder aircraft high above the training area (probably engaged in bombing training)..
U.S. 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.
U.S. Army soldier training near Hammond Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War II. Soldiers train in ground defense tactics. They run across a field and drop into prone defensive firing positions. One soldier speaks to other soldiers and takes notes. Army tent in the background. The troops wear Antiaircraft Command shoulder patches on their uniforms.
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train passes main Westinghouse Factory in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Words: "Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Machine Works," are sculpted in the stone at the top of the building. Freight trains moving in the adjoining rail yard. Smoke belches from stacks at the plant.
A bakeshop is installed on U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) in Tacoma, Washington. Bakers working inside the carrier. They place food on round baking plates and put them in an oven. A group of sailors eats food.
Newsreel entitled "Babe Gets a New Bat." Shows American baseball legend Babe Ruth playing golf at a St. Petersburg Florida golf course in 1930 with his wife, the former Claire Hodgson. The couple exit clubhouse with unidentified man; pose for camera on a breezy, sunny day; Claire holds up flowers for Babe to smell; Babe takes first shot while others in the background watch; the Ruths walk across golf course. (NOTE: St. Petersburg was where Ruth's team, the New York Yankees, held spring training most of the time between 1925 and 1960.)
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