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Japanese bomb balloons bound for the United States are shot down; examination of parachute and bomb apparatus

Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071921
U.S. 8th and 5th Cavalry Regiment troops entering outskirts of Manila. Officers refer to map on the street

United States 8th Cavalry and 5th Cavalry Regiment troops enter Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. 8th Cavalry Regiment troops file past dead Japanese lying in a street. Major General Verne D. Mudge, commander, U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, and Regimental officers study a map at a street intersection.

Location: Manila Philippines
Date: 1945, February 12
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071953
Infantrymen of U.S. 36th Infantry Division, 143rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion cross Karls Canal in Leimersheim (WW2)

Infantrymen of U.S. 36th Infantry Division, 143rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company 'F' in Leimersheim, Germany. Infantrymen cross Karls Canal in pontoon rafts to take position on the Rhine River outside town of Leimersheim during World War II. Infantrymen walk through woods at Karls Kope Island after crossing canal. Two infantrymen in prone position look through trees. Shoreline of an opposite riverbank. German pillboxes on east bank of Rhine River. Several infantrymen in pontoon raft cross canal, disembark, walk to a Jeep, and receive their food.

Location: Leimersheim Germany
Date: 1945, March 25
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074331
Japanese soldiers fire antiaircraft guns on American bombers Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Slate in Japanese says "Iwo Jima" and "battle clouds approaching." Animated map of Iwo Jima. Waves crash against rocks on shores of Iwo Jima. Japanese pilots board fighter aircraft and take off. Air raid siren sounds on Iwo Jima and Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima ready their antiaircraft guns and prepare to fire. Guns being fired in the skies overhead at American bomber aircraft (unseen). Trail of bombs exploding on Iwo Jima as bombs from American bombers hit the island.

Location: Iow JIma
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675074924
A U.S. army cameraman takes motion pictures as a B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean soon after World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress bombers in flight over the Pacific Ocean soon after World War II. Interiors of a B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in flight shows a U.S. army cameraman taking motion pictures. B-29 Superfortresses in flight. A formation of B-29s above the clouds. Aerial view of a Pacific island. A B-29 aircraft in flight.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, September 20
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075689
Aerial view of a U.S. fleet and a U.S. air base in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft flies in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight over water. Aerial view of a island and a U.S. fleet in a harbor. Aerial view of a U.S. air base.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075692
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