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 of anti-aircraft guns. The cadets seated on the ground near a railroad station. Soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns at targets.
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.
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.
International Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets Exchange Program in Maryland,United States. Sign board reads Department of State,320 21st Street North West. Foreign cadets attend reception. They shake hands with United States Air Force Lieutenant General Joseph Smith. General's wives shake hands with the group. United States Air Force General Lucas Victor Beau and General Smith shake hands with foreign cadets. Flags in the background.
The working of weather bureau in the United States. Snow covered shores of the Potomac River at Great Falls, west of Washington DC, following 15 inch snowfall in February 1936. Two people walking on a high snow covered bluff near the Great Falls. The frozen Potomac River, covered with ice. View of the Memorial Bridge spanning a totally frozen Potomac River, with the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in the background. Views of the river carrying chunk of snow and ice as a thaw begins the breakup. Man photographs a woman next to a guard rail at the Potomac River, covered in chunks of thawing ice and snow. Frozen ice chunks flowing under the Memorial Bridge. Narrator describes flood beginning with heavy rainwall in Shenandoah River valley on March 17 and March 18, 1936. Scenes of Western Union Telegrams detailing reports of rain in the west from various towns in the Shenandoah foothills. One from Romney , West Virginia notes rainfall of 5 inches.
The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States during World War II. United States Senator from Maryland Millard E. Tydings delivers a speech from a podium. Senator Tydings thanks the people and the workers of the Edgewood Arsenal for their support. Major General William N. Porter Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service delivers a speech. He hands over the Army-Navy flag to Captain Leahy, Naval Liaison Officer at the Edgewood Arsenal. The Army-Navy flag being unfolded on the stage. The flag hoisted on a pole. Captain Leahy announces the names of three oldest employees of the war plant of the Edgewood Arsenal and presents award pins to the employees.
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