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General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies with other officers in Europe for attacking the Germans.

Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Europe during World War II. U.S Army Air Corps P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft take off from an air base in East Anglia, England. P-51D number 44-13959 named “Proboscis" of 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, is seen closeup in flight . P-38 Lightning airplanes and P-51 Mustang aircraft strafe a German city. United States airmen relax and play billiards at a base camp. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies at a headquarters. Officers discuss pointing at a map on a wall. An officer briefs pilots about a mission. The officer points at a large map on a wall and a blackboard.Pilot writes mission profile on back of his hand during briefing.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063585
United States 8th Fighter Command P-51 gun camera footage showing German aircraft destroyed during World War II.

Activities of U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Fighter Command in Europe during World War 2. Gun camera footage showing P-51s downing German aircraft. German pilot bailing out in one scene. Brief view of a P-51 in D-Day paint stripes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063587
Strafing and bombing of a target area in Italy.

Bombardment of the target area of Aziso Viaduct in Italy. An aerial view of the target area. A bomb bursts in the target area. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, May 13
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045993
A DT-15 torpedo with air frames attached is dropped in water in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A DT-15 torpedo with air frames attached. The DT-15 is attached to the bottom of an aircraft. This is a preset control glide missile. DT-15 drops. It descends towards water. About 50 feet above water surface the air frame separates from the torpedo. Wake left by the torpedo as it goes through water. A freighter is hit by the torpedo. Explosion on the freighter. Black smoke rises up from water.

Date: 1944
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046003
A GB-1 bomb is dropped from a B-17 and the launch of a GB-8 missile in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A GB-1 bomb is suspended from a chain hoist in the interior of a laboratory. This is a preset glide bomb. A B-17 with GB-1 attached, takes off. The B-17 in flight with GB-1s attached to the bottom of the aircraft. Aerial launching of the GB-1 from the B-17. Side view of a GB-8. Flares attached to the tail section of the GB-8. This is a radio-controlled missile, flares are used to assist in guiding the missile to target area. The GB-8 descends. Smoke trails behind. The GB-8 hits a flat open desert terrain. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046004
Dropping of a heat seeker missile, GB-6 from a B-17 flying fortress in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. GB-6, a heat seeker missile, is assembled in a work laboratory. Men attach the homing device to the heat seeker unit then attach the same to the nose section of the GB-6 airframe. They test the heat seeker missile by holding a match flame in front of the same. Activating section of the heat seeker missile. A B-17 flying fortress in flight launches the GB-6 missile. The missile descends.

Date: 1944
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046006