Training of Coast Artillery Troops, 1918

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1171
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: 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.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 24678
Local Identifier: 111-H-1171

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24678