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Pre-WWII - Motorized Equipment Tested, Aberdeen Proving Grounds Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 250135-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1920s,1930s

Country: USA

Location: Aberdeen proving Ground,Maryland

TC Begins: 06:21:47

TC Ends: 06:31:54

Duration: 00:10:07

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pre-WWII - Motorized Equipment Tested, Aberdeen Proving Grounds Pt. 1 of 2 Army tent camp; car followed by soldiers on motorcycles w/ & w/o mounted guns, convoy of motorized personnel carriers, tanks, army trucks on dusty road . 06:22:32 MS Small & large WW1 era tanks across field, turns & quick stops. Military watching. 06:23:12 Men firing small field artillery; firing larger artillery mounted on truck. 06:23:24 Tank past; men around tank. Tank in field. MCU civilian watching; tank up muddy hill. 06:24:09 LS tank & turning, etc. Tank-like vehicles demonstrated. Tanks running obstacle course around posts. Civilian in suit talks to driver, walks back towards camera. 06:26:10 Large artillery; tank crossing deep grass field, ls & mcu. Tank mired in mudhole, man looking & moves as tank tries to get out. Bulldozer brought in. 06:27:14 MCU General ? talks to another officer. Chain from bulldozer attached to tank, bulldozer after several attempts pulls tank free of mud. 06:27:56 LS Tank at speed along road. Towards & past camera. Thru mud, photographer seen w/ camera on tripod, tanks running past. 06:28:39 Title: Automotive Demonstration - Through Sand, Medium Tank, T3E2. 06:28:52 Along sandy, dusty road at speed. 06:29:03 Title: Light Tank, T2E1. Along same road. 06:29:23 Title: Half Track Car, T1E3. Along same road. 06:29:39 Title: Half Track Truck T5, Towing 75mm Howitzer Carr. 1A??, T3 (behind time code). R. to l. 06:29:54 Title: Armored Car T1 1E1. L. to r. along same road & turning around in sand pit area. 06:30:22 Title: 4.2” Mortar Motor Carriage, T2. Thru deep sand on road. Title: Over Vertical Wall. (missing) 06:30:41 Title: Over Vertical Wall (missing) 06:30:45 Title: Medium tank T3E2 climbing 2’ wall. Brief r. to l. 06:30:51 Title: Light Tank T2E1 Over 1 ft wall. Brief l. to r. 06:31:00 Title: 4.2” Mortar Motor Carriage, T2 over 1 ft wall. Brief l. to r. 06:31:11 Title: T3E2 Over 3’ wall. L. to r. Good. 06:30:39 Title: Over vertical walls - Medium Tank, T3E2 Climbing 2’ Wall. Up & over (2 seconds) 06:30:52 Title: Light Tank, T2E1 Over 1 ft. Wall. L. to r. tank bouncing over. (4 seconds) 06:31:00 Title: 4.2” Mortar Motor Carriage, T2, Over 1 ft. Wall. Similar (6 seconds) 06:31:11 Title: Medium Tank T3E2 Over 3’ Wall. (7 seconds) 06:31:22 Title: Light Tank, T2E1 Over 2’ Wall. To wall, over (11 seconds). 06:31:36 Title: 4.2” Mortar Motor Carriage, T2, on 2’ & 3’ walls. Doesn’t make it (10 seconds). Continued... Pre-WW2 USA Homefront Military Equipment Testing; 1920s ; 1930s; Note: not speed corrected. Combined parts (06:21:47 - 06:37:49) may be purchased at single reel rate. NOTE: T2E1 developed in 1935 NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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