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U.S. Navy personnel demonstrates balancing mechanism of fire balloon used to attack North America during World War II.

Diagram shows pattern of air currents that carried Japanese paper balloon fire bombs from Japan to America's West Coast, during World War II. The paper bomb balloon or fire balloon unit consists of the paper gas sac and an automatic balancing and firing control device. United States Navy personnel inspects the balloon as it descends to the ground. He looks at the paper bags filled with sand which provide balance and the central payload,incendiary and bombs. He holds paper material and inspects its strength. The balloon is filled with hydrogen gas. Pressure is exerted by a rubber ring. United States Navy personnel demonstrates the various parts: demolition block,aneroid switches,jacks,blow out plugs,incendiaries and central payload. He demonstrates the balancing mechanism: Balance bags,payloads and incendiaries are suspended by T-hooks switched between the blow out plugs on the balancing ring. A man unhooks the T-hook and releases balance bags.

Location: Pacific Theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 3 min 49 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675072436

U.S. President Roosevelt reads cards and letters received after his victory in the U.S. Presidential election in New York.

After the United States Presidential election of 1936 in New York. Women seated on wheel cart or carriage move through streets of New York City in humorous stunt. Poster on cart reads "We Bet on Roosevelt". Man pulling the wheel cart hold a poster which reads "Landon also ran". President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at desk. Woman shows him letters and cards he received after his victory in the Presidential election. President Roosevelt reads them.

Location: New York City USA

Date: 1936, November 4

Duration: 1 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675072528

U.S. Navy TBF Avenger and SB2C Helldiver land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.

USN (United States Navy) Task Force 38 ships in Gulf of Leyte during World War II. USN TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and SB2C Helldiver dive bomber approach and land on deck. TBF makes one-wheel crash landing on deck. Ground crews work on wrecked aircraft.

Location: Gulf of Leyte

Date: 1944, October 25

Duration: 2 min 25 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675074607

U.S. Navy planes land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.

United States Navy planes land on USN Task Force 38 carriers in Gulf of Leyte during World War 2. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway. Formation of planes. A Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver airplane is waved off during approach and executes go-around before landing on USS Essex. Crewmen examine battle damage on wings and around cockpits of an SB2C-5 aircraft (pilot Lt. Roger Noyes) parked on the flight deck. Pilot in F6F Hellcat fighter (with four rising sun flags for enemy kills on fuselage) awaits signal for takeoff. Formations of other aircraft returning to the carrier.

Location: Gulf of Leyte

Date: 1944, October 25

Duration: 1 min 59 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675074608

Approach and landing of a U.S. Air Force UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter on a helipad at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

Helipad traffic at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. A control tower and the Pentagon in the background. A USAF (United States Air Force) UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter approaches and lands on a helipad. The helicopter takes off.

Location: Virginia United States USA

Date: 1972, April 11

Duration: 51 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675075759

People are alerted about a tornado using various sources and a Cincinnati Ohio local emergency broadcast station in the U.S.

A documentary about the 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes in the United States, and specifically on occurrence of a tornado in the Cincinnati, Ohio area of the United States. Men working at a control area and on switch boards at the Cincinnati airport. Weather experts and other men working in an office and trying to locate the center of the tornado. They discuss among themselves. Buildings in an area of Cincinnati. Men and women talking about the tornado. A man at a local emergency broadcast station warns people about the tornado. Views of the tornado as it is seen near the Cincinnati airport. A man locating the area of the tornado on a map. Men carrying wounded people on stretchers. People walking in a street following a tornado strike in the area.

Location: Cincinnati Ohio USA

Date: 1974, April 3

Duration: 2 min 42 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675076780

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U.S. Navy personnel demonstrates balancing mechanism of fire balloon used to attack North America during World War II.

U.S. President Roosevelt reads cards and letters received after his victory in the U.S. Presidential election in New York.

U.S. Navy TBF Avenger and SB2C Helldiver land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.

U.S. Navy planes land on deck of U.S. Task Force 38 carrier in Gulf of Leyte during World War II.

Approach and landing of a U.S. Air Force UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter on a helipad at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

People are alerted about a tornado using various sources and a Cincinnati Ohio local emergency broadcast station in the U.S.