Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bombs bound for the West Coast, USA during World War 2. A Japanese paper bomb balloon in flight. Fu-Go balloon pass by a small island as winds take the balloon toward the United States. A paper balloon bomb descending. A deflated paper balloon bomb. Animated map depicting the flight path and mechanism of the wind velocity of Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bombs to the West Coast of the United States.
A demonstration for United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower in New Hampshire. Supporters holding signs read “NEW HAMPSHIRE” and “LIKES IKE”. Other demonstrators holding signs reading, "Garden City Long Island We're Behind Ike!" and "Adelphi College Likes Ike." Men rolling out a poster that reads, “WE LIKE IKE”. Newspaper headline reads, "We Need Eisenhower." A woman covered in “I LIKE IKE” badges waves beside a sign that reads “AMERICA NEEDS EISENHOWER”. Eisenhower supporters holding signs that read “The Subway Circuit for Eisenhower” and “Hitch-IKERS.” Newspaper headlines read “Big Minn. Vote Spurs Ike Drive” and “IKE VOTE STUNS FOES”. General Eisenhower with Senator Cabot Lodge. Ike and Mamie Eisenhower shake hands with dignitaries in Europe. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie descend from an airplane. General Eisenhower walks past crowds. General Eisenhower saluting. General Eisenhower delivers his farewell to the armed forces as returns to civilian life, saying, "Comrades in arms and my friends. The Uniformed services of the United States are far too deeply embedded in my heart for me ever to say a final goodbye, I hope you will allow me to say "Until we meet again"”
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower's homecoming to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. Crowds cheer to welcome Eisenhower at the train station. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie descend from a train. Crowds surround the Eisenhowers as they walk away from train. Dwight Eisenhower speaks in Abilene as he announces his campaign for President, saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen - I believe we can have peace with honor - reasonable security with national solvency. I believe in the future of the United States of America".
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.
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 meeting. Chart at meeting depicts a United States Army Air Force’s MX-776 supersonic air-to-surface missile in flight.
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