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German V-2 rockets at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico.

Shows the White Sands Proving Ground ( White Sands Missile Range), a rocket range in New Mexico. The sign on the entrance reads ' U.S. Naval Unit White Sands Proving Ground '. German V-2 rocket parts at the facility. An erected tail section of the V-2 rocket and a rocket launch(firing) platform. Rocket reads 'German V-2 rocket,Ordnance Department, White Sands Proving Ground ,New Mexico'.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029065
White Sands Proving Ground: View of a rocket test launch area, surrounding buildings, rocket parts, and a German V-2 rocket

Shows the White Sands Proving Ground ( White Sands Missile Range), a rocket range in New Mexico. Sign on entrance fence reads "Naval Unit White Sands Proving Ground". View of rocket test launch area, including an old rusted tail section of a rocket. Quonset huts and storage areas nearby. A white German V-2 rocket on its side on a wheeled carrier. Camera up close on rocket with painted lettering that reads 'German V-2 rocket,Ordinance Department, White Sands Proving Ground ,New Mexico'.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029067
An amphibian cargo tractor moves through water and over rough and uneven ground at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

An amphibian cargo tractor is demonstrated at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, United States. The amphibian cargo tractor moves through water. Some soldiers sitting on the tractor. A soldier climbs a stationary amphibian tractor. A soldier demonstrates the control panel as well as various internal controlling parts. A cargo amphibian tractor moves over a rough ground. The tractor enters a lake. It crosses the lake from one side to other through water. The tractor moves over rough and uneven ground. Few soldiers sitting on the tractor. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057535
Medium tractor moves over muddy ground in Aberdeen, USA.

Medium tractor on proving ground, Aberdeen. Medium tractor T-31 moves over muddy terrain. Tractor moves over terrain with and without 4.5 caliber gun on M-1 carriage.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024692
5 inch 38 caliber artillery being fired and calculations being made at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.

A training film about the activities being carried out at United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Photographs of ancient ships at sea. An aircraft lands aboard an aircraft carrier. View of the U.S. naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. An artillery at the ground. Velocity towers with coils used to determine velocity of a projectile fired. A number of booklets with a sign on them that reads 'AA range table'. Main battery building with the Firing officer at the bridge as he prepares for firing a 5 inch 38 caliber artillery. Men talk over phones as they check their communication instruments. A range boat stands by to ensure clearance of the area before artillery fire. Firing officer checks the firing circuit. Men prepare to record the velocity of the shell through photographs. Coils being raised to correspond with the angle of gun barrel. At the projectile house projectiles being numbered, weighed and measured. A balloon with a radio fixed to it being released to get weather information. Men at the gun mount as they magnetize the shells. Firing officer makes safety checks and 5 inch 38 caliber artillery being fired. Technicians record the velocity of the shell photographically. Photographic strip being developed. Technicians undertake calculation of data range table with the help of a map. Men unroll a map and work on it.

Date: 1951
Duration: 6 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077429
Old military equipment and armament being scrapped at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, United States.

Scrap processing operations at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, United States, for the World War 2 war effort. Shells piled up. Tanks in a sling as they are being placed for the scrap. Mortars, tanks, cannonballs and a German 42 cm Howitzer being scrapped at the proving grounds. British, German and French tanks are scrapped. Guns and field pieces are also scrapped. A man cuts a barrel of a gun. Old equipment so scrapped saves on steel, coal, man power and time.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042333