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The guns crew fires 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

U.S. 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun fired in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 37mm automatic anti-aircraft mobile mount in a traveling position. The anti-aircraft gun is manned by the gun crew. An officer loads shells. The gun is fired.

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047432
The gun crew fires a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun T1 at a towered target in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun T1 fired in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 3-inch mobile anti-aircraft gun T1 with a muzzle velocity of 2600 feet per second in a traveling position. The gun is emplaced by the members of the crew. A river can be seen in the background. The gun is fired at a towered target by the gun crew. The target is brought down from a height of 9000 feet. Members of the crew pose.

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047433
Members of crew using anti-aircraft height finders in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

U.S. height finders used in World War I. The Barr and Stroud anti-aircraft height finder used in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Members of the crew use the height finders. The crew uses the Bausch and Lomb 8-foot height finder.

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047434
A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun is fired at a target at a range of 8500 feet in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun fired at a target in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 3-inch anti-aircraft gun equipped with torque amplifiers for distant control is operated by Ordnance Data Computer T 1. A battery of four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. The gun crew fires guns at the towed target. Shells burst around the target range at a range of 8500 feet. The target falls after a hit.

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047435
Mortar carrier T-21 at Aberdeen proving ground in USA.

Mortar carrier T-21 circles the field at Aberdeen proving ground. It moves over rough and level terrain. Soldiers open rear door revealing mortar. Soldier climbs into the carrier and inspects grenades and other equipment. (Note: The 4.2" M2 heavy mortar recoil was hard on the halftrack chassis so the T-21 was cancelled and never adopted.) (World War II period).

Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024693
Atomic bomb scenes WWII; atomic testing at U.S. Army atomic experiment station 'Camp Desert Rock' in Nevada, United States

Episode of "The Big Picture", a U.S. Army series of news release programs. U.S. Army cameraman recording Nike missile launch. Atomic cannon fires shell creating atomic explosion and classic mushroom cloud.. Army troops spill out of Sikorsky YH-19 helicopters. U.S. Army infantry soldiers ascend hill firing their rifles. Atomic experiments at Camp Desert Rock in Nevada, United States. U.S. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen seated at a desk in his office. He speaks about a series of atomic experiments ("Desert Rock 6") held in barren lands of Nevada at Camp Desert Rock. Celebrating victory in Europe, during World War 2, American troops parade down the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, with the Arch of Triumph behind them. Happy Parisians watch the parade. War scenes in Japan: footage of explosion and mushroom cloud rising after atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Barren land on the ground in Hiroshima after the August 6, 1945 atomic blast there . B-29 bombers in flight. Atomic bomb test detonation. Atomic artillery gun M65, also called the Atomic Cannon or Atomic Annie, fires and creates nuclear explosion on distant target.Viking missile launch. U.S. soldiers on parade. Headquarters sign at U.S. Army atomic experiment station at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, displaying 6-pointed star with "A" in center.. Several atomic test explosions. Soldiers on hillside witness a non-nuclear explosion. Buses carry troops along a road past a sign warning of radiation hazard. Army captain, instructor, briefing troops before the start of atomic maneuvers.. Maps of planned maneuvers. Engineer surveyors lay out ground zero target. View of the ground zero area which is the target area for testing. Signal men lay communication lines to receive and transmit teletype messages. Men operate machinery and dig trenches in which troops will take cover. Other men cover them with sand. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073522
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