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Animation shows types of bombs used during WW2

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.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079824
Animation depicts bombs used by the United States Army during WWII

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.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079825
Animation depicts bomb fuse safety, internals of bomb used during World War II

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 Animation shows the arming wire withdrawn, causing the arming spring to fall and ejects the arming pin.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.

Date: 1941
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079827
U.S. 347th Regiment troops meet civilians, search for mines in the city of Saint-Hubert, Belgium (WW2)

United States 347th Regiment troops re-enter the city of Saint-Hubert in Wallonia, Belgium during World War II. Groups of United States soldiers and trucks move on the snow-covered street. Snow-covered soldiers talk to cheerful women standing at a doorway. A young Belgian woman and her grandmother speaks to a soldier. Soldiers look at a map as one of them points to a direction. Soldiers smiling while looking at the map. Soldier talks on field telephone in the street. A snow-covered Jeep with wagon moves away. Soldiers use a metal detector to look for mines on the street.

Date: 1945, January 12
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080014
The rugged durability and characteristics of Edison Batteries under testing and in use.

A diagram compares the payload capacity between vehicles powered by lead battery versus Edison battery. A WW1 era United States battleship sailing in an ocean. Steel beams of a skyscraper under construction. Vibration testing of Edison battery to check durability under use. A man operating an electric motorized cart carrying packages crosses a train track and loses one of the packages. Animation demonstrates the benefits of the Edison Battery, noting that it can be overcharged, overcharged, and even reverse charged. Photo of Edison battery array in a control room. A ‘Mrs. Wagner’s Pies- The Wagner Pastry Co.’ Edison battery electric delivery van is started and drives in the midst of a blizzard, thus demonstrating battery resistance to freezing conditions. This is probably near Newark, New Jersey, headquarters for the company.

Date: 1926
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080179
U.S. Army 51st Armored Division troops pinned down near Moers, Germany (WW2)

“Crotinger” written with chalk on brick wall. United States Army 51st Armored Division troops unloading crates of 105mm ammunition from 2-ton truck near Moers, Germany during World War II. Soldiers opening crates and taking out the shells. Wooden crates on the ground. A 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (M7 Priest) firing. An officer crouches down and uses binoculars. Soldiers tow half-tracks running across the field. Troops under fire lying on the battlefield. Other soldiers are digging foxholes. A tank driving past the field. Soldiers running back to their half-tracks.

Date: 1945, March 5
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080285