ANTI-AIRCRAFT ACTIVITIES IN THE A.E.F | The Archive Project

Video Parts (4 across 2 reels)

Description

Reel 1, troops of the 35th Div., the 2nd and 148th Field Artillery Regts., and the 56th Engineers man antiaircraft guns and searchlights during German bombing raids in France. Shows the mechanical operation of antiaircraft tracking, sighting, and timing devices, and views of downed German planes. Reel 2, French units fire antiaircraft guns near La Chapelle, France. A German plane lands intact on an airfield near Verdun. Shows U.S. planes on the field and German planes abandoned near Thiaucourt, France.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

NARA ID

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Date

1918-01-01

File

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TRT

3:05

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