Types of explosive bombs used during World War II. Animation of an “explosive bomb” depicting its anatomy and mechanism. High explosives are seen inside the bomb. Animation shows a bomb falling and exploding on impact, creating a crater. A cartoon showing the five sizes of demolition bombs compared to a soldier. The largest demolition bombs weigh around 1000 lbs. and 2000 lbs. The smaller demolition bombs weigh 500 lbs., 300 lbs., and 100 lbs. A 100 lbs. demolition bomb packed in an angle iron crate.
State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates anti-communist film during the Cold War. Klosson speaks about the divisiveness and infiltration by communists change the people’s psyche. “The ties that once bound people to each other is systematically severed. In a society pockmarked by unknown informers, suspicion came to replace friendliness” Klosson said. The communist system ensures the individual would feel isolated and helpless without the state. the individual is made to believe that their only choice is carrying the will of the communist state. “Submit or be crushed- This is the ultimate aim of the communist seizure of power” Klosson concludes. Closing slide reads “In our unrelenting fight against the poison of Communism, our greatest weapon is knowledge. The more we know about our enemy, the greater is our strength”. (Film is example of Anti-communist or so called Red menace propaganda)
Men unload and place OQ-19 target aircraft from a truck. The truck drives away. Sergeants fit a parachute in the aircraft. A man fixing JATO bottle to launcher with A7-type catapult. Men starting the target engine using a gasoline engine starter. Man adjusts the carburetor setting manually. Fixing starting device to aircraft. The OQ-19 target aircraft on launcher. The OQ-19 target aircraft launches and in flight. Men watching the officer fly aircraft using a hand control (B type radio command guidance system). OQ-19 target aircraft falling by means of parachute after the aircraft’s engine is cut off. The OQ-19 target aircraft and parachute lands on the ground.
Men stand at the entrance of the Boeing GAPA project building at the Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. A small high-velocity rocket is fired prior to launching. Launching of the Model 601 missile. Streak of smoke arises from the missile in the blue sky. Men using theodolite to track the rocket. A radar dish rotating while tracking rocket. Rocket smoke trail forming an arc-shape. The 602 Model missile launches from launchpad.
Men prepare to launch the Martin Matador MX-771 missile, a surface-to-surface guided missile. Civilian and military spectators, Captain McGovern stand beside a control truck. The third Martin Matador MX-771 missile before launching. A red smoke emits as a flare on signal truck. A man signaling. The Matador MX-771 missile firing as JATO bottle drops off from the missile after its launch.
An early electric streetcar parked in train yard. Edison batteries are seen installed under the streetcar. Vintage electric streetcar underway. An L. Bamberger & Co. (also known as Bamberger’s) Department Store electric delivery van drives to a building. An electric luggage car stops in front of a train carriage. A man driving a motorized electric cart and carrying boxes of sugar next to an “American Sugar” train car. A man operates an electric motorized cart carrying a crate marked, "General Electric Co. inside a warehouse. A warehouse employee drives an electric motorized vehicle pulling carts filled with barrels.
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