Short but sweet. I found this short piece of footage while doing some archival research and it was too cool not to share. I features a demonstration of John Walter Christie’s amphibious armoured vehicle – complete with firing demonstration of the vehicles 75mm gun!
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Footage:
Demonstration of Ordnance Materiel at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24749
Music:
Porcupine rag by New York Military Band
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200035782/
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