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WWII Home Defense With Coastal Guns And P-40 Warhawk Fighters
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keywords: WWII, Home Front, Coastal Defense, Coastal Cannons, P-40 Warhawk Fighters
Synopsis: Ground or Air America's military prowess is demonstrated as troops in training protecting San Francisco Bay test fire their cannons while in the air a squadron of P-40 Warhawk fighter planes fly in formation with the third highest peak in the US in the background (2012-724t.txt)...(read more)
- Date: 1941
- Duration: 00:01:05
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
WWII Home Defense With Coastal Guns And P-40 Warhawk Fighters
A new thrill for draftees at the fort protecting San Francisco Bay. After three months of hard training, they fire the 12 inch rifles that hurl shells miles out to sea; and what a noise!, Spectacular pictures of a squadron of P-40 Warhawk fighter planes flying around the third highest peak in the United States. An impressive demonstration of our growing air strength in a dramatic setting.
- Related Titles:
- Newsreels: 1941 - May 1
