[Anti-aircraft unit in dugout position] – Historic Print
![[Anti-aircraft unit in dugout position], [between ca. 1940 and 1942] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/31/31d867610c97-L.webp)
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[Anti-aircraft unit in dugout position]
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A wartime anti-aircraft unit is pictured in a dugout position, with its guns set low for cover. The photoprint comes from Instituto LUCE, the Italian state film and photography agency under the Fascist government, whose wartime pictures were meant to show the armed forces in a favorable light. The catalog tags also list bicycles and motorcycles, which hint at the mobile transport that supported such units. The record dates the picture to about 1940 to 1942, a period when Italy was newly at war, though the caption details are only partly verified.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1940 and 1942] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | In collection: Italian Armed forces, ca. 1940-42. Photoprint by Instituto LUCE. This record contains partially verified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Armies--Italy--ca. 1941-44; Artillery; Bicycles; Motorcycles; Security; WWII; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144277 |
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