An American searchlight, 1937. An Italian searchlight crew in the mountains, 1915. A British searchlight crew depicted on a late 1930s tobacco card.
Searchlight beams dice the night during a training exercise.
A German searchlight crew is depicted on a Nazi postage stamp. A 1940s wooden searchlight model kit. From left to right, a sound locator, the light, and the truck containing the power plant. The light was rated for over 1 million candlepower at 150 amperes and 78 volts. An Artificial Moon.