TRAINING OF COAST ARTILLERY TROOPS, 1918 | The Archive Project

Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)

Description

Reel 1 troops at Fort Monroe, Va., use surveying equipment; emplace an 8" railroad gun; raise barrage balloons; operate searchlights; and load and fire antiaircraft guns and shore batteries. Reel 2, troops at Fort Hancock, N.Y., ascend in an observation balloon, raise and loose weather balloons, plot weather conditions, and load and fire a 12" gun. Troops fire mortars and 155-mm guns near Key West, Fla., in Feb. - March 1919.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1936-01-01

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TRT

2:58

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