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.
Convention of Beauty Culturists ban short hair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of women (still in flapper era from the 1920s) with short hair or bob hair display various hair styles. A barber trims hair of a chimpanzee named Bridget seated in a barber chair. A woman files her nails. The barber removes excess hair with a brush and shows a mirror to the chimpanzee.
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