AZON Aerial Bombs (VB-1 and VB-2 series) dropped. As seen from a bomber aircraft. Two successive bombs dropped, #64 and #105, and hit their targets. A pointer of a meter shows the deviation in the position of the bombs being dropped. (World War II period).
China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. A technician checks the working of control systems of an Azon Bomb at a laboratory in Burma. He turns the transmitter filament pilot light switch on, turns antenna, checks frequency. He controls the rudders of the tail with a control lever.
Damage to buildings and houses in South Eastern town in England due to bombing by German bombers, during World War II. Routine life of the people of the town resumes in morning after bombing at night. Men and women walking on paths along the bomb struck roads. British Army soldier and police men walking on roads. Damaged buildings and houses, road with rubbles. Workers clearing trash on a dairy building. Shops working normally after blasts. Woman buys fish from a shop.
The Pacific Theater of World War II. A United States Navy ship cruising towards Iwo Jima attacked by Kamikaze planes of Imperial Japan. Kamikaze planes dive bombing toward US Navy ships. Huge ship anti aircraft guns on warships fire at the Japanese planes. Explosions on the ships and in the ocean. View as kamikaze aircraft is hit by anti-aircraft fire but continues on its path and strikes the USS Saratoga (CV-3), causing large explosion and smoke billowing upward. US Navy sailors fight fires and try to extinguish fire.
Two members of the Presidential party traveling on President Nixon's VC-137C, Spirit of 76, discuss plans and procedures for the President's next stop, at Vnukovo II Airport in Moscow. They refer to a chart depicting the President's airplane and diagramming the path to be taken from the aircraft and the position of various parties in the arrival ceremonies.
Three clocks show time in Washington, DC, local, and destination (Moscow). National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger seen with members of his staff. White House Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman huddles with his assistant, Dwight Chapin and another staff person. Radio messages being transmitted from the aircraft communication center. Controls and displays shown at various flight crew positions in the cockpit.
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