5th Annual Great Los Angeles Air Raid Reenactment (2/24/07)

[cauberallies]

Ma deuce looks pretty impressive at night :) Not to mention the sirens. If you think about it, this video highlights inventions of John Moses Browning, the greatest firearms designer that ever lived, and Earl Gosswiller, the greatest siren designer that ever lived.

[ANZACS100]

no 40mm bofors cannon ?? best AA EVER

[PINKBLINKS]

If more people would go to this they would receive more DONATIONS and could not only make it better, but keep it up as the city wants to take FORT MCARTHUR OUT TO PUT IN CONDOS AND A DOG PARK! People PLEASE donate to one of the last WORKING monuments we have to our VETERENS!!!

[JustInn014]

Nice video. Good siren, too.

[murrfarms]

Wrong! It's actually a 500T (shallow dish), but I can see where thunderbolt1003 is coming from thinking it's an Allertor. The 500T has a 9/12 port chopper in it, just like the Allertor has.

[crazywarriorman]

Woah! They set off a 500T?!?!?!

[ImOfNope]

The spot lights need increased in number and to be much more pronounced to get the full effect. And a lot more firing. Make it a big reenactment of the real one, for the entire valley to see, just like it was back in 42'. The best way to fund this? GET A PRODUCER TO FUND A FULL SCALE MOVIE of the original event.

[dodgerfan95]

i live right by where they do this and last night was the night they do this, it was really cool i was out in my backyard watching and hearing it all

[xMindcontrollerx]

maybe for enjoying the people?

[xMindcontrollerx]

Why Fireworks?

It ain't something to celebrate lol

[DanCamFXPro]

The fireworks were supposed to simulate Anti Aircraft fire.

[russelD9]

is this siren a FS SD10 low tone or a FS 500T?

[CaptainCool07]

aleins........

[speedracerjeff]

I love old Fort Macarthur... I went to my first Great Los Angeles Air Raid Festival there 3 years ago, and i've been to every one since... it's great...

So what exactly did fly over L.A. that morning? Japanese aircrafts? Aliens? SOMETHING flew over L.A...

[themanfromwyoming]

Or maybe someone was seeing something that wasn't there.

[RPKgunner]

Yeah I too agree with the fireworks, but dat 50cal  makes up for it IMO.

[cavscout6b]

Why did they have to ruin it with fireworks?

[DanCamFXPro]

They were trying to replicate Flak and other AA fire. I agree with you, when I heard there was going to be fireworks I thought they were going to have the ones that just go up and explode with out all the colors and whistles.

[cavscout6b]

I agree. Those would have been more "realistic", but I guess that the fireworks used give it a "festive" atmosphere. Not bad overall. Wish I'd have been there.

[airplanefreek247]

What do you do if the aar sirens go off? I heard you turn off every light in your house but what else?

[dannysmurf]

Seek shelter, perhaps?

[Janne358]

could someone tell me whats going on?

[twin2k6]

recreation of a true incident of an unidentified object that entered California airspace over LA in 1942. Some say it was a UFO, to this day, no one can identify what the object was, however, thousands of rounds of ammunition & bombs were spent. You can find more on the net, just google Battle of Los Angeles or the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942.

[Janne358]

Wow! I have never heard of that! I just thought this was some kind of WW2 reenactment, but in LA??? So thats why I asked. It took long untill someone answered me...Now I know. Thanks for sharing the information twin2k6 =)

[twin2k6]

You can google it

some sites have the actual audio from the army describing the oval shaped object.

[Janne358]

I already did. I went in wikipedia.

[tonybklyn]

A reenactment, yet my hairs are standing on the back of my neck.  My WORSE memories of childhood in L.A. those damned sirens tested the last Friday of the month.

[gaby149]

The whale of that siren is about the most blood curdling sound ihave ever heard. It means death is near.

[twin2k6]

It is an air raid siren.

All major cities in the US continued to test them once a month on a Friday till 1990. Then congress approved funding for the current alert system, which you hear all the time for weather or important news on your radio and tv.

[REALHAZMAT]

The whale of that siren is about the most blood curdling sound i have ever heard. It means death is near.

[veltro75]

Well heck that looks like fun. Not so much fun back in 1942 though I reckon. Awesome sirens.

[danwisbey85]

Cool, do I hear a UK made Secomak/Carter hand siren in there? Sounds like it, as I have one of each type at home, and they sound just like it.

[SWGTC]

Sounded like a hand carter was used in there.Gr8 vid!

[DanCamFXPro]

Yeah,They Had 2 or 3 Hand turned sirens and one Huge one. They also had another 50 cal, 30 cal, and canon fireing blanks which were on the other side of the base so I couldnt get them into the shot.

[RPKgunner]

Cool Vid!

[ThunderboltTactical]

I'm getting goosebumps watching it :D

[NLind]

Same here. Wow. all those sirens! Especially the 500AT

[ravenangels]

you sure did fool them