An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about why had he said that the United States Army Air Force was inferior to certain European air forces in the beginning of World War II. He said that European air forces were in operation during the war. He says that very few people in the U.S. had visualized that the country would get involved in the war. European Air Forces were in urgent need of advanced air forces and further efforts to win against the enemy. U.S. was not in the same position. Their aircraft production was also limited.
A video explaining the components of a Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bomb- a weapon launched by Japan to drop bombs on the United States during World War 2. A United States Navy personnel inspects the Fu-Go paper balloon on its ballast. Paper bags and sandbags tied to the ballast of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Payload comprises of incendiaries and anti-personnel bombs. Inflated “Type B” Fu-Go balloon made of 5 ply “washi” rice paper. United States Navy personnel lets go of holding the ballast of balloon bomb. Man unfolds a piece of rice paper. Man ripping a piece of rice paper, demonstrating the durability of the material. Fu-Go bomb inflated with hydrogen gas. Man holding the escape valve of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Escape valve is shown as made of pressed steel and has a rubber gasket. Pressure is exerted by the rubber ring the escape valve. Spider bracket of escape valve.
The Roswell incident according to the United States Air Force. Slate reads “Alien bodies and the Roswell Incident”. The next slide mentions about the claims of alien bodies found in Roswell only sprouted in later decades from secondary and tertiary sources. Books by American Ufologist Kevin D. Randle such as “The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell with Donald R. Schmitt”, “UFO Crash at Roswell”, “A History of UFO Crashes”, “Roswell Ufo Crash Update: Exposing the Military Cover-Up of the Century” and “A History of UFO Crashes” by Kevin D. Randle and “The Roswell Incident” by Charles Berlitz. A book titled “The Roswell report: fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert” by James McAndrew. Staff working inside the United States Air Force (USAF) Archives. Documents scrolling into the screen. Cover of a book “Roswell report: case closed” by James McAndrew. Men in white suit unravels a long red plastic-like fabric from a spool of a truck. Truck drives away. An Air Force pilot with oxygen mask is being assisted into a vehicle during an Air Force experiment. Pallbearers carry a coffin draped with the United States flag during a full honors funeral.
The Roswell incident according to the United States Air Force. View of books titled “The Roswell report: fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert” and “The Roswell Report: Case Closed” by James McAndrew. A test dummy is released from a high altitude. An experimental balloon device is launched. Narrator indicates that misidentification of such events leads to UFO claims. A scientist holds a radar target tied to a weather balloon. Men in white suits unravels a long red plastic-like fabric from a spool of a truck. A large high-altitude balloon is inflated and ascends. Two dummies attached to a balloon are hanging from a crane. The crane lets go of two dummies. White, transparent balloon climbs upwards. An early aircraft flyer utilized by the United States Air Force. Two pilots on flyer. Photographs of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle, Dr. Theodore von Karman and General Bernard A. Schriever. A Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk aircraft takes off from an airfield. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in flight both day and night. A target shoots a flying aircraft. A United States missile launching. A group of fighters flying.
Training facility for African American teachers in Bowie, Maryland, United States. Houses at a distance on a farmland. Trees and tower in the background. Board on the farmland reads "Maryland State Normal School, Colored, Bowie Maryland, trains elementary teachers." School building with a flag on its top. House behind the trees.
U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Washington DC, United States during middle east peace talk efforts. A signboard outside the U.S. Department of State building reads 'Department of State, 2201 C street NW'. Flags hoisted on poles in front of the building. Vehicles parked outside the building. Cyrus Vance, Prime Minister Begin and their wives with other officials inside the building. Pictures displayed on a wall. Photographs with caption 'Israel' on display. State Secretary Vance, Prime Minister Begin and their wives stand and talk in front of a few pictures. 'Shalom Prime Minister and Mrs. Begin' written on the top of the pictures. Prime Minister Begin, his wife Aliza Arnold, U.S. State Secretary Cyrus Vance and his wife Grace Sloane pose.
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