Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. Camera pans over a hilltop with foliage and several buildings, near the U.S. Navy Air Base at Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. It focuses on several sailors standing near a completely destroyed Navy R5D (Douglas DC-4) aircraft. The outer wings are missing and its four engines have been removed. While panning the wreckage, the camera picks up part of a tail number reading:" 80395." To the right, another aircraft fuselage is seen. Strips of aluminum are missing from it. It also appears to be a Navy R5D. A view of the cockpit shows the two control yokes missing from their pedestals. (Apparently salvageable parts have been removed from these crashed aircraft by Navy personnel.)
A GB-4 radio controlled glide bomb at a United States Air Force base. Airmen assemble various components to the missile. Tail section and wings are placed on the warhead and then fixed with the missile. The radio station and smoke flares are fixed with it. The control station of the bomb. Airmen checking the movement of the tail. (World War II period).
High angle bomb controllable in range and azimuth, generally called 'Razon'. Models VB-2 and VB-3. A high angle bomb placed on a rack kept at a United States Air Force base. (World War II period).
Heat Seeking Bomb VB-6 called 'Felix' kept on a rack at a United States Army Air Corps base. The target seekers on its nose covered. Airmen attach tail section to the bomb. The glide controllers in tail can be seen. VB-6 released and glides towards the target leaving behind smoke flares. Target striking at night. (World War II period).
Powered Controllable Weapon, a YPQ-12-A Experimental Aerial Missile assembled by airmen at a U.S. Army Air Corps base. Airmen affix bomb onto YPQ-12-A flying craft, then install cover, then install the aerial antennae. YPQ-12-A takes off together with another plane beside. The missile during a flight. Missile hits the target and explodes. Convoy of trucks passes by the wreckage. (World War II period).
China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. B-29 bombers of the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force land one after the other at their base airfield in India. Landing after completing their mission of bombardment at the railroads in Burma. Taxi jeeps and people near the runway are visible. Puff of dust emerges as a B-29 lands on the runway.
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