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Test of a B-17 Flying Fortress drone, converted into BQ-7 missile, at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah
Test at Wendover Army Air Field, New Mexico, of a drone B-17 Flying Fortress converted into a remote-controlled bomb (designated BQ-7 missile). The B-17 drone sits with engines running. Interior of the aircraft shows technicians of the "Weary Willie Project" checking over radio controls. The B-17 drone takes off followed by a B-17 controller (mother ship). The two aircraft in flight. A ground tracking and control crew on the ground, follows the two B-17s in flight. Ten miles from the target, the drone BQ-7 missile is released from the mother ship B-17. Tracking and controlling the BQ-7 missile, using ascania camera. A hand controlled unit as an operator tracks it through the camera. A finger tip control box is used to control the B-17 (BQ-7 missile). It flies towards the target area along slope of a mountain. The target is approximately 30 feet square white area on the side of mountain slope. The BQ-7 missile crashes into the area, a large column of flame and smoke rises. (World War II period).
Free French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tanks emerge from landing craft, drive on Utah Beach (WW2)
M4 Sherman tanks exit LST during the landing of the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy (World War 2). A Free French soldier peering from an M4 Sherman tank hatch waving. Two soldiers on top of an M4 Sherman tank. Three soldiers, two of them waving at the camera, on top of an M4 Sherman tank. The French flag is seen on the tank. M4 Sherman tanks in line on Utah Beach. A soldier jumps from an M4 Sherman tank, picks up sand from Utah Beach. The smiling French soldier holds sand from the beach. M4 Sherman tanks drive on the beach from the landing craft. Soldiers wave on top of M4 Sherman tanks (“TARDENDIS”). A soldier smiling on top of a moving M4 Sherman tank, passing by a barrage balloon in the sky. An M$ Sherman tank (“ESTEREL”) driving. An M5 light tank drives out of a landing craft.
French soldiers (2nd Armored Division) assemble after Utah Beach landing (WW2)
Free French 2nd Armored Division assemble near Utah Beach during World War 2. A half-track towing a trailer on Utah Beach. Various military vehicles parked near wooded area near Utah Beach. Soldiers standing near tanks. French soldiers chatting and smoking cigarettes beside tanks. French officers review papers and maps together while sitting in Jeep.
Various Allied Generals assume new commands in Italy during December, 1944, World War II.
On 12 December, 1944, at an airport in Naples, Italy, British General Sir Henry Nathan Wilson inspects an honor guard of American Military Policemen in formation. (Narrator states he is en route to replace the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill, in Washington, DC, USA) A contingent of British troops is also present as part of the honor guard, on the wet airport tarmac. (Narrator states that Wilson will head the British Joint Staff Mission and be personal military representative for Prime Minister Winston Churchill.) He approaches a line of U.S. military officers who salute him. Closeup of General Wilson With U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, next to U.S. Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt. Also with them (back to camera) is British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet. Next, General Wilson and his party are seen boarding a British Avro York four-engine Heavy Transport aircraft. View from the ground, of the aircraft cockpit and the engines running as it taxis out for takeoff. Change of scene shows troops gathered in open air battlefield environment. General Mark Clark, now Commander-in-Chief of the Allied 15th Army Group, decorates some members of the 5th Army, as General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (new 5th Army Commander) stands by his side. General Clark says farewell to members of the 5th Army and shakes hands with many of them. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Major General Leclerc meets United States Major General Walton H. Walker on Utah Beach (WW2)
The landing of Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops on Utah Beach, Normandy during World War 2. Major General Leclerc meets with United States Army Major General Walton H. Walker. General Leclerc and General Walker shakes hands during their meeting on Utah Beach. The two generals talking. A closer view of General Leclerc listening to General Walker. General Leclerc and General Walker board an army jeep. Army Jeep with General Leclerc and General Walker drives away from Utah Beach.
A TV presenter talks about Robert Golkas's Project Tesla at Wendover Air Force Base in Utah.
Robert Golka and Project Tesla - his effort to create an energy source from atomic fusion, called ball lightning, at Wendover Air Force Base in Utah. A television presenter stands before Golka's hangar and talks about the townspeople of Wendover and Golka's Desert Fire. He stumbles over his words several times, requiring multiple re-takes. Hangars and buildings at the Air Force Base. Hills in the background and sound of the wind.
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