Hot lava of Mount Vesuvius destroys a town in Italy. Fire from lava destroys an orchard. Hot lava pushes through streets of the town and destroys everything in its path. A building tumbles down. Smoke and dust in the streets. A wall with a statue of Jesus Christ falls down. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy carrier planes hit oil fields in the China Sea. A storm in the China Sea. U.S. Navy 3rd fleet carriers on a ship. A diagram shows an arrow on the South China Sea. The fleet moves forward towards Japanese bases. U.S. airplanes bomb Japanese targets. Carrier planes return back to the ship. A plane crash lands on the ship. The pilot of ship is hurt and stuck in the cockpit. The crew runs toward the plane and gets him down. A diagram shows an arrow from the South China sea to IndoChina, Saigon. A tanker is torpedoed by U.S. planes. Bombing on Saigon. An oil reserve on fire. (World War II period).
Allied Conference in Yalta, Crimea in Ukraine on coast of the Black Sea. The British, Russian and United States representatives meet to plan the political future of Europe after World War II. Livadia Palace, the summer residence of former Czar Nicolas II. Special communication lines are strung. Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov waits at air base for the British and U.S. delegations. Soldiers march in a field. Flags of Russia, Britain and U.S. Plane arrives at base. British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Adviser to President Roosevelt Harry Hopkins and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, W.Averell Harriman arrive. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive by plane. Lavadia Castle at the island. Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston Churchill arrives by car with President Roosevelt's daughter Anna Roosevelt. Prime Minister of Soviet Union Marshal Joseph Stalin arrives. They discuss military and political postwar plans. They make decisions regarding postwar Germany. Family members of Allied officers visit the Palace. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin seated for a photograph.
A film titled 'Razon' by the Strategic Services, United States. Dropping of a 1000lb 'Razon' bomb or VB3. Man attaches the bomb's Razon tail. The tail Contains a Radio receiver fed by an antenna. Power supply is a 24 volt battery. A technician with a automatic Gyro stabilizer, the primary unit. He inspects the control rudders and elevators. He attaches a 600,000 candle power flare to the tail cover. The bomb is rocked during inspection. A control stick and transmitter used to check the rudders and elevators. The completed bomb with Nose arming tail arming. Technicians wheel the bomb on a carrier. (World War II period).
A film by Strategic Services, United States. Carrier of the Razon bomb on an air strip. The carrier contains an antenna, transmitter unit and control stick. Bomber controls Norden sight from the carrier. Animated diagram shows mirror of Norden sight. Bomber makes a modification called crab. View through Norden sight. Bomber makes manipulations, he moves the stick to control and pint point accurate dropping of bomb through radio control. Diagram shows image of target dropping in relation to bomber. (World War II period).
A film by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), United States. Demonstrates the accuracy and effectiveness of Razon control bomb drop. Two bombs dropped from plane, one Razon another uncontrolled bomb. Razon bomb drops on target and uncontrolled way left from center. Bomber controls the Razon and it drops slightly off the target lacking in accurate range. Diagram shows coverage of target in the radius of 500 feet. It shows the dropping of 11 Razons. Maximum distance from target of uncontrolled bomb is 1560 feet and 360 feet is of Razon. Diagram of enemy battleship and Razon covering the target. (World War II period).
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