Outdoor sports in California, mostly among wealthy people. Polo match with views of field and then of mountains in background. Golfers at seaside course. Views of people playing tennis, Yachting. Swimming at a southern California resort. Women practicing archery. Family camped with their car and woman feeding deer in the campsite by hand. Horse riding in rocky terrain with a waterfall in background. Man fishing and landing a trout, forest camps, campfires are enjoyed by people.
Views of a racially segregated school for African American students. Children can be seen playing and running in the playground, playing around the trees. Food relief: African American students wait in a long line at the public school for bread distributed by Emergency Relief of Tennessee Administration during the Great Depression. People in a crowded market area. Sign on one store reads "Nichols and Hendrix Furniture and Stoves".
U.S. military technical report titled "Review of Guided Missiles-Guided Bomb GB-1". A GB-1 suspended for display. A B-17 Bomber of the U.S. Army Air Corps takes off with a GB-1 attached. Launching of GB-1. It follows a long aerial path and then hits the target. (World War II period).
A demonstration of the Aeronca GT-1 glide torpedo. Six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, fly in formation. Next, splashes from their guided bombs are shown in water below. A slate appears with illustration and title, "Preset Glide Torpedo Model GT-1." A GT-1 is shown rotating while hung from a chain in a manufacturing area. Another Aeronca GB-1 is on the floor in the background. Four airmen push a GT-1 on a wheeled dolly. They roll it and position it underneath the wing of a B-17. Closeup of them jacking up the dolley to position the GT-1. View of the torpedo secured under the aircraft. Gun camera footage shows a GT-1 on a long glide towards the water, after release from above. View from water surface of the GT-1 approaching the water. At the last moment, its paravane (wing) separates and the torpedo contacts the water. The paravane falls aside into the water. The camera pans over to a makeshift target. The process is repeated with a second GT-1 but it is not seen close to the water. A third demonstration is successful and the wake of the torpedo is tracked from an overflying aircraft.
Target Seeker Guided Missile GB-6 of the U.S. Army Air Corps kept at a laboratory at a USAAC base. Two Airmen attach components to the GB-6. Testing the missile by holding a flame in front of it. B-25 bomber with an attached GB-6 takes off. GB-6 fired takes an aerial route from among the clouds and strikes its target among trees. (World War II period).
Light Seeker Guided bomb GB-5 of the U.S. Army Air Corps fired on a target at night. The bomb moves in dark seeking lighted target. It strikes the target and a massive explosion takes place. (World War II period).
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