A mobile nuclear artillery cannon nicknamed 'Amazon Annie' (also called "Atomic Annie") passes over a bridge. M65 Nuclear artillery during transport. During the Upshot-Knothole series of nuclear tests, Nuclear artillery Amazon Annie is fired for the first time at Frenchman Flat on Nevada Test Site. Test codename was Grable. Fireball rises from the blast which was the first and only nuclear artillery shell ever fired from a cannon.
U.S. Navy officers inspect captured Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, the infamous "Zero" fighter plane. The captured enemy aircraft has been painted over with U.S. markings and tested at Naval Air Station in Anacostia . A test pilot prepares to fly the captured plane. The captured Japanese Zero taxiing out for take off. Japanese Zero in flight. (World War II period).
Piloted by the tug boat 'Thomas F. Timmins' the first German cargo submarine 'Deutschland', a blockade buster of the Entente Powers naval blockade, arrives in Baltimore Harbor. An animated map shows the movement of the submarine from Germany. Captain of the German submarine 'Deutschland', Paul König, with other men (Konig's name is listed in the slate as Koenig). German sailors on the submarine as it is escorted in port by the tug Timmins. Last part of clip switches to the Atlantic waters off of Provincetown, Massachusetts, where the latest United States Navy submarine, the USS M-1 (SS-47) is seen during its test trials. It was the world's first doubled-hulled submarine.
United States soldiers prepare 105mm Howitzer rounds for firing at Fire Station Base Elliot in South Vietnam. M-107 Howitzer with 175 mm gun moved into firing position. Soldier lifts projectile from its rack. Soldier removes gravel in front of the Howitzer. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers prepare 105mm Howitzer for firing at Fire Station Base Elliot in South Vietnam. Soldier lifts projectiles from its rack and places it next to the howitzer. U.S. Army soldiers, including one African American soldier, load and fire M-107 Howitzer. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1D Helicopters fly overhead at Camp Evans, Thua Thei Province, South Vietnam. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops work in camp area. M-110 Howitzer parked on ground. Crew loads shells into Howitzer. Ch-47 Chinook helicopter flies overhead. Quadrant placed on Howitzer to check level. (Vietnam War period).
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