Man sitting in front seat of car yawning and saying 'what's going on?" Driver says, "ah go back to sleep." Back seat passenger says, "he got a ticket." Another says, "how fast were you going?" Yawning passenger says, "you think we can make it?" Frustrated driver closes car door. Zoom in on seatbelt dangling from closed car door. Zoom in on man driving a blue 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon at night while passengers are asleep. Highway Interstate 15 California – San Bernardino sign at night. Driver struggles to stay alert while driving at night. Driver’s eyes open wide briefly while driving. A casino dealer in sits on a Craps table while talking to the audience about gaming odds.
Types of bombs used during World War 2. Animation enumerates the chemical type bombs- namely the gas, smoke, and incendiary bombs. Fragmentation and demolition bombs are the classification of explosive bombs. Cross-section anatomy of a fragmentation bomb. Animation demonstrates a fragmentation bomb falling and exploding on impact. Close view of actual 20 lb. M41 fragmentation bomb and a 23 lb. M40 bomb.
Personnel from the Ordinance Department handling and packing bombs during World War 2. An Ordinance Department personnel fits the tail into a 100 lbs. explosive bomb. Nose plug of a bomb. Animation depicting fragmentation, demolition, chemical (except phosphorus) and chemical phosphorus bombs. A hand points to the table of contents of the Ordinance Department Training Regulation. Pen underlines “Quantity-distance tables”. A scene depicting the ideal distances between military establishments, inhabited buildings, railways, public highways and fuzing area for bombs.
Animation depicting the safety of bomb fuses used during World War 2. An artistic rendition of a bomb’s fuse. Animation depicts the inner parts of the fuse- the pin, striker, arming pin, arming spring, and arming wire. Animation shows the arming wire withdrawn, causing the arming spring to fall and ejects the arming pin. Sheer wire inside fuse is resistant to air pressure but light enough to break upon impact. Pin breaking through the sheer wire upon impact, detonating the fuse.
A bomber flying at low altitude. Bomber drops fragmentation bombs in flight. Parachutes delay the descent of fragmentation bombs. Fragmentation bombs fall with parachutes. A man assembles pins on fragmentation bomb. Man loosens a set screw of fragmentation bomb using a screwdriver. The fin assembly is placed into the tail of the bomb body. The fin turns carefully into the bomb body. Man locks the fin and bomb body into place by tightening the set screw.
Sign reads "Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo New Mexico”. An animated map of New Mexico showing the location of cities such as Alamogordo New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Map of New Mexico showing Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo and Mockingbird Gap. Then the animated map shows the various positions of phototheodolites and tracking radars between Holloman Air Force Base and Mockingbird Gap. Positions of the Beacon Triangulation Stations in New Mexico are also shown on the map.
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