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Components of tail of AZON bomb of United States

A scientist installs tail components of AZON. He installs radio receiver unit,gyro stabilizer unit,battery and an antenna. An automatic stabilization check is made on the bomb. Control lever and radio transmitter are tested to move the rudders. Movement of the lever to right and left makes the rudders m move to right and left. A flare is installed in the bomb which ignites after the bomb is away. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037318
Testing of AZON bomb by United States

United States B-17 bomber aircraft at an air base where AZON bomb is attached to it. An antenna for radio transmitter,compact transmitter and control stick are seen.working on controls. AZON bomb without its tail being attached to the bomber and tail is put after it is shut. Thereafter control stick is moved to check whether the rudders are responding and after this aircraft takes off. Bomb detaches from the aircraft in midair. Bomb drops and strikes an isolated area marked as a big triangle in white. Explosion occurs. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037319
U.S. 8th Air Force operating B-17s and B-24s in Europe and B-29s against Japan in Pacific during WW2

Formation of U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 bombers in flight over Germany during World War 2.Gunners firing 50 caliber machine guns from various positions in a B-17, as attacking German interceptor aircraft race past. One German aircraft is hit and pieces of it fall off. B-17 enters bombing run. View of bombardier and bomb sight image. German aircraft continue attacks and gunners continue defending as the bombardier announces "bombs away." This is a high altitude mission and all crew members are on oxygen. Glimpse of pilot and copilot in cockpit. Pilot alerts gunners to a German FW-190 aircraft attacking them. Waist gunners pause to look at a German fighter smoking, as it falls, and strikes the ground in an explosion. Sequence shifts to formation of B-24 Liberator bomber on a mission with bombs visible dropping from bomb bays. Sequence shifts again, rapidly, to a formation of B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs. Nighttime view of incendiary clusters being dropped on Japan. (Note: One of the B-29s seen is serial number 42-24547, assigned to the 6th Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing. This B-29 crashed short of the runway on 31 Dec 1944, at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, where the 6th bomb Group underwent combat crew training. And the B-29s shown do not display any tail codes.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037327
Port Construction in South Vietnam.River traffic. Ship labelled "States Marine Lines."

An aircraft flies over Mekong delta in Saigon and a few ships are seen including a United States ship labelled 'States Marine Lines'. Aircraft flies over areas of port construction where numerous small boats are anchored at the port as other ships come in and move away. Vehicles pass over a bridge built over the river as aircraft flies over derricks and cranes. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1966, July 14
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037331
Port construction in South Vietnam

Port construction in South Vietnam. Activity seen. Cranes, derricks. American soldier stands on steel platform overlooking activity across the water. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1966, July 17
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037332
United States soldiers marking and loading cargo at Saigon port in Vietnam

United States soldiers mark the date onto containers with a chalk and load it onto a ship in Vietnam. Cargo is brought near the ship by vehicles driven by United States soldiers. After marking the date cargo is loaded onto the ship with the help of a crane. A United States soldier reads a piece of paper. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1966, July 15
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037333