A balloon carries U.S. Navy men during a training in California, United States. U.S. Navy personnel get into a wicker basket of a balloon at Moffett field in California. Balloon takes off and in flight. Men being trained in coastal patrol. Balloon's rip cord being pulled to land. Balloon lands and gas being let out. The fabric of the balloon deflates.
United States Anti Aircraft units operate guns in California desert. Anti aircraft units in vehicles advance across the California desert. Men at the M1 90mm anti aircraft gun. Guns being fired. 40mm Bofers Anti aircraft gun fires on tank as it is dragged in the desert. Tank destroyed by guns. At night search light being used to locate the aircraft and anti aircraft guns fire. Tracers seen in the night sky. (World War II period).
United States Anti Aircraft guns ready for use in a coastal area in case of air raid during World War 2. Anti aircraft gun crew man their positions to meet an air raid. Dwellings and haystacks give way to anti aircraft gun hidden under coverings that camouflage them. Roofs of houses being removed as guns are raised. A roof top tennis court moves to the side as an anti aircraft gun is raised.
Weapons being manufactured and tested in the United States during World War II. Women manufacture Bofors anti aircraft gun at a plant in Akron, Ohio. Men and women work on various parts of the Bofors gun. Bofors gun lined up at the plant. A one thousand pound bomb being tested at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Men push the bomb on a trolley. Bomb being loaded under the wing of an aircraft. Aircraft in flight. A bomb isdropped and it impacts causing billows of smoke to rise up. Another bomb being released and it hits the ground. Billows of smoke rise up.
Student bombardiers of the Midland Army Flying school being tested in Texas, United States. Aircraft in flight. Aircraft over the bomb range. The target identifies the caricature of Hirohito on the ground. Bombs aboard an airborne plane. Bombardier takes over. A lever being pulled as the bomb bay door opens and bombs being released. Bombs hit the target and smoke rises. (World War II period).
First American air raid on German positions in Rouen, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft on an airfield in England. Ground crew work on the aircraft. Bomb bay door opens up. Fuel tank as men refuel the aircraft. Combat crew members arrive at the briefing hut and being instructed by an officer. He instructs the pilots and other flight about the targets to be bombed. Radio men being instructed. After the briefing crew members head towards the airfield. Flight crew board B-17s. Aircraft take off from the field. B-17s in formation flight. Bomb bay door opens and bombs are dropped. Bombs hit the target and smoke rises. Aircraft head for England after the air raid. Aircraft arrive at the airfield in England. Major General Carl Spaatz , Head of the USAAF in England greet the pilots after a successful air raid. Crew members share their experiences of the mission with an intelligence officer. A pilot talks about how his aircraft was attacked by a German ME-109 aircraft during the air raid.
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