Demonstrations of Ordnance Material, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (1939)

Titles. 12:37:57 Twin-engine passenger plane lands w/ Army Ordnance Association members arrive at Aberdeen Proving Ground for 20th annual meeting. Generals C.M. Wesson off plane & w/ Col. John D. Rose Proving Ground Commandant. 12:38:19 Other VIPS talking on sidewalk. Major General J.K. Parsons, Major General D.C. Emmons, Brigadier General A.N. Krogstad. 12:38:38 Mr. Alex Dow of Dow Chemical Co & Major General William H Tschappat, retired. 12:38:48 HA of large group of spectators watching firing of coastal defense guns. MCU 14” gun firing. Loading & firing showing recoil. 16” Mark 2 fired. 12:40:31 People walking to 14” & 16” guns still smoking & inspecting. Men wave standing on barrel & gun. 12:40:43 Anti-aircraft range w/ soldiers looking thru stereoscopic height finder aka coincidence rangefinder & the anti-aircraft director. GOOD CUs. Four 3” mobile guns rapidly firing, intercut w/ bombers overhead. White ack ack. Men looking up. Guns firing w/ sync sound. White ack ack bursts. 12:42:25 Aircraft parachute reconnaissance flares dropping; CU parachute & exhausted flare. 12:42:55 Low level airplanes spread smoke screens, LS, MS & MCU. 12:43:22 Twin-engine bombers overhead, explosions on field including 2000 lb bomb. Aerial from above of four-engine bombers, ground explosions. 12:44:05 Visitors inspect bombing planes & others on grass along runway. Picnic lunch on grass; General Earl McFarland & Brigadier General C.T. Harris & others waiting to eat lunch at officers’ club. Pre-WW2 Weapons; Pre-WWII Military Equipment Demonstration; Demonstrating; 1939;