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A P-47N Thunderbolt aircraft fires Tiny Tim rockets in Utah to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. 105mm Howitzer firing at targets into a hillside. Ground fire controllers at radio equipment. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) A-26 Invader bomber aircraft fire 11.75 inches Tiny Tim rockets and a USAAF P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inches Tiny Tim and 5 inches rockets. Explosions on the ground throw billows of smoke up in the air. Photographs evaluating the results of rocket attacks. Tiny Tim rocket being mounted on P-47N aircraft.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 3 min 25 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Bomber planes fall Tall Boy bombs over a target area in Utah to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. An unexploded Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) in a target area. The Tall Boy bomb hits a hillside. Smoke rises from the explosions on the hillside. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress bomber and a USAAF B-17F Flying Fortress bomber in flight and bombs fall. A survey team inspects the targets. Explosions at the hillside.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 58 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

B-25H Mitchell bomber fire 75mm cannon over a target area to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-25H Mitchell bomber aircraft equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device parked and taxiing. Two B-25Hs in flight, one fires a 75mm cannon. A survey team evaluates the results of the attack. An aerial view of the B-25H in flight and firing 75mm cannon.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 9 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

P-38 Lightening planes drop bombs over a target area in Utah to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-38 Lightening fighter plane drops 500 lb bombs. A bomb explodes in the target area. The P-38 drops two 1000 lb practice bombs on the target and the bombs ricochet on a hillside. An aerial view of P-38s in flight with two 1000 lb bombs, and in a glide pattern. A survey team evaluates the attack results.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 3 min 38 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

B-17E and B-29 planes bomb a target area in Utah to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. An aerial view of mountains in a target area to be attacked. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-17E Flying Fortress bomber aircraft in flight over the target area which is marked with a white circle on a hillside. The B-17E in flight and drops six 1000 lb GP bombs and three 2000 lb He bombs. The bombs explode in the target area and explosions throw billows of smoke up in the air. Photographs evaluate the result of the attacks. A USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber plane drops a salvo of bombs on the target area. Formation of six B-29s in flight. A gun crew fires a 105mm howitzer at the hillside. Ground fire controllers at radio equipment.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 39 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Photographs evaluate the results of attacks and show destroyed Japanese-type fortifications in Utah.

Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. Bombs explode in the target area. Smoke rises from explosions. Photographs evaluate the results of the attacks. A Tiny Tim rocket explodes over the target on the ground.

Location: Utah Dugway Proving Ground

Date: 1945

Duration: 1 min 13 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

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