Training of Signal Corps Troops, 1918

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Channel: US National Archives · 2015 · Education

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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
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: Reel 1, troops set up and operate field radios and signal lamps on the Yale campus. Shows Yale Pres. A.T. Hadley and Anson Phelps Stokes. Reel 2, wire is strung and switchboards set up on the campus. Graduates receive certificates. Troops at Camp Meade adjust and use signal flags. Reel 3, troops and college students parade at Columbia Univ. Reel 4, stereoscopic slides are prepared at Cornell Univ. Lantern slides are made and placed in an aerial camera. Aerial photos are shot, developed, and made into an aerial map.

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: 24705
Local Identifier: 111-H-1200

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24705

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