ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT - TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS — Reel 1, Part 2 | The Archive Project

Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 1, Part 2 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning

Description

Reel 1: A Colt revolver is assembled. Incendiary hand grenades are tested. An armored truck is inspected. Machine guns are tested and mounted on a DH-4 airplane. Eddie Rickenbacker tests guns on the plane. Tanks are maneuvered. 37mm, 58mm, and 240mm guns are demonstrated. Reel 2: 75mm and 155mm guns are hauled by tractors, loaded, aimed, and fired. 240mm, 340mm, and 400mm railroad guns are aimed and fired.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1908–1937

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TRT

3:23

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