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Glow Stabilizers and Radio Controllers attached to the tail section of a bomb to control the bomb during its glide.

A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A pointer marks deviations from the ideal of a bomb, gliding towards its target. Workers take out tail section of a glide bomb from a case and place it on a test bench. Assembling components such as Gyro-Stabilizers, which maintain vertical position of the Rudders of the tail. Release of bomb with rudders at a 45 degree angle. Radio Controllers attached with tail section . Worker operates control lever to control the movement of tail. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036033
Tail section and smoke flares attached to a glide bomb and operators observe its glide towards its target on ground.

A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A worker replaces cap of a bomb by a tail section. Smoke flares attached with this tail section. Bomb is placed on a cart and dragged towards a B-25 bomber aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force. Operators work on instruments to observe the glide of the bomb through a lower gun turret well. Bomb dropped traverses towards its target on ground (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 8 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036034
Power Bomb testing using PQ-2 and AT-19 aircrafts and anti-aircraft guns firing on them, at a United States Army Air Force base

A review of remote controlled weapons of the United States Army Air Force such as the Power Driven Bomb. A U.S. Army Air Force base, airmen drag out a test power bomb, an AT-21 aircraft and a target plane PQ-2. The control system instruments of the power bomb in its cockpit are shown, indication meters and controllers. Planes take off simultaneously on a runway, PQ-2 gliding in sky. AA outfit in the desert. Anti-aircraft guns fires on plane. Projectiles burst near the PQ-2 airplane. Both aircraft land on a runway. Flak holes in PQ-2 fuselage. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036035
B-29 bombers of the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force fly after bombing targets in Burma during World War 2

China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Bombing on targets by the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force. Smoke rises high due to a explosion. A number of B-29 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force flying in a formation.

Date: 1944, December 14
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036054
B-29 bombers of the 7th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Force land at base after bombing in Burma during World War 2

China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. B-29 bombers of the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force land one after the other at their base airfield in India. Landing after completing their mission of bombardment at the railroads in Burma. Taxi jeeps and people near the runway are visible. Puff of dust emerges as a B-29 lands on the runway.

Date: 1944, December 12
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036055
Dead bodies of soldiers killed by Nazis are exhumed from a mass grave and placed into caskets in Belgium.

Dead bodies of soldiers killed by Nazi forces are exhumed from a mass grave and placed into caskets in Belgium. All the dead bodies have their hands tied at the back. German officer prisoner watches as men take the bodies out. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036056