The United States Army tests new weapons during World War II. United States Army Air Force bombers drop 100-pound bombs in a huge concentrated salvo over a field. Shells explode simultaneously. A medium bomber drops an aerial torpedo. Anti-personnel bombs burst in the air shortly after being dropped from a flying bomber. Fighter planes diving and dropping auxiliary gasoline tanks used as incendiaries. This is a WW2 example of napalm use. Gasoline tanks explode and burst into flames upon hitting the ground. Artillery officers fire phosphorus shells from mortars. Explosion from phosphorus shells. Soldiers testing flamethrowers on a tank. A group of soldiers use flamethrowers simultaneously, covering the screen with thick smoke and flames.
Slate reads “Secret”. A V-2 rocket launches from launch pad. A nighttime V-2 guided missile launching. Aerial view of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. View of the main entrance of the Air Materiel Command building of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Cars are parked near the building. Various buildings of the engineering division inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Three men enter the administration building of the Aero Med Lab, an engineering division laboratory. View of the Supply and test building. Officers (USAF) & civilians at meeting in above building. United States Army Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points out item on chart of air-to-air missile.
United States Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points to air-to-air missile on chart. An artist depiction of the supersonic United States Air Force Republic Hughes MX-904 Falcon air-to-air missile. Officers and civilians discuss during a meeting.
United States Air Force officers and civilians meeting. An officer points to surface-to-air missile on chart. An artist’s impression of the MX-606 guided missile releasing a stack in flight. The MX-794 missile is also known as Project Wizard.
United States Air Force officers meeting. Chart at meeting depicts a United States Army Air Force’s MX-776 supersonic air-to-surface missile in flight.
United States Air Force officers meeting. Artist’s concept of surface-to-surface cruise missiles by the United States Army Air Force such as the MX-771 (MGM-1 Matador), MX-770, and the MX-775A (MX775A Snark).
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