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WWII - 1943, Training Film: Self-Propelled AA Automatic Weapons

Reel Number: H1334-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 12:09:50

TC Ends: 12:18:46

Duration: 00:08:56

Title. 12:10:09 POV low over beach toward remains of European houses. 12:10:14 Downward view of shadows of five twin-engine bombers (B-25s ?) over water, hedgerows, fields. GOOD. 12:10:20 Aerial over column / convoy, up paved mountain road. CU jeep & soldier out, fires pistol in end & trucks pulling to side of road & soldiers out; firing machine gun from truck as soldiers run into woods & fire rifles at unseen planes. Stand up & officer fires pistol, men run back to trucks. 12:11:05 High angle of army truck w/ .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun fired while moving. 12:11:13 Twin-50 caliber machine guns on half-track; turret turning & tilting vertical w/ operator between. 12:11:26 M-13 half-track past on dusty road w/ gun crew firing twin guns. 12:11:35 M-15 half-track stopping to fire, gun crew in turret firing 37mm AA, protected turret turning. 12:11:53 M-16 over hills on dirt w/ gun crew. MCU stopping & 50mm guns firing by 3-man gun crew. 12:12:36 M-13 w/ operator between barrels sighting; two crewmen behind barrels. Electrical moving turret, CU squeezing triggers. Auxillary gas motor & storage battery shown. MCU sight. View thru sight. Pan to M-15 & six-man gun crew next to it. Guns elevated by hand, turret pivoting. 12:14:22 Crews run & board convoy of half-tracks, move out. Army trucks & jeeps follow. Moving down paved highway. 12:15:03 Over rough desert terrain; thru deep, wet, muddy road of forest. LS of convoy of half-tracks; on roads, thru woods on highway, crossing bridges & setting up at approaches to bridge. 12:16:36 Across dirt road, stopping by trees. Other half-tracks parked parallel & firing at target practice. Pan line from high angle & view down line on ground w/ guns firing at moving target along ocean beach. 12:17:43 M-13 tracking airplane, simulated sight, leading plane. 12:17:58 M-15 firing 37mm anti-aircraft gun. 12:18:05 M-16 firing four 50mm guns firing; firing tracers at night. Showing can’t fire into cab. The End WW2; Home Front Army Motorized Units Training; 1943;

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