Observation squadron aims anti-aircraft gun at a Douglas plane during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Observation squadron aims anti-aircraft gun at a Douglas plane during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Date Created

February 11, 1940

Date

1940-02-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Observation squadron aims anti-aircraft gun at a Douglas plane during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: US Army - Defense Week Maneuvers at Mines Field (2-11-40); Holden, F.H. -Lt.Col.; Smith, Lynn Davis -Capt.; Flag - 160th Infantry; Jorgensen, Arthur N. -160th Inf. Co.F on watch for air raids at rest time; Standard Machine Gun; Douglas 038 model plane; Co. F and M - 160th Infantry; Dress-old squad; new streamlined squad; Smoke screens.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: A 115th observation squadron Douglas 038 plane over 3 inch anti-aircraft gun.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

United States. Army

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
War
Airplanes--American--California--Los Angeles