New dropping tactics in aerial torpedo attack, in the United States. A ship underway at sea. Attack using the high speed and high altitude combination and using evasive maneuvers. An aircraft in flight. The aircraft releases torpedoes at different angles in water simultaneously to attack the target area. Target ship maneuvers out of way. Torpedoes track in various directions through the water. (World War II period).
Swearing in of Secretary of the Treasury and Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion in the United States during World War II. Frederick Moore Vinson sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury by Justice Groner. Former Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. stands nearby. Officials greet Secretary Frederick Vinson. At White House in Washington DC: Ex-Federal Loan Administrator John Wesley Snyder sworn in as Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Officials greet Director John Snyder.
Officers training at artillery school in the United States. View of the Fort Sill Field artillery school, Oklahoma. Officers look through binoculars during their gunnery training class. They learn service and firing techniques on field. They learn techniques of rocket bombardment. They learn to fly aircraft and phenomenon of meteorology. They release weather balloons. At Fort Scott, Kansas, officers load coastal guns and are trained about destroying sea borne assets. At Fort Bliss, Texas, officers learn antiaircraft techniques. Long range rocket is launched at the White Sands Proving Grounds.
Railroad in the United States. View of tracks from a moving train. Trees in the background. Huts near the railroad crossing. View of high railroad trestle. A train crosses the high trestle. Smoke emits from the engine. The train at a depot. Workers haul trolley and load boxcar. 'Napoleon' written on the depot building. The train moves on the track.
Railroad in the United States. Workers load railroad gondolas. A rail car pushes a locomotive forward. View of railroad yard. Smoke emits from chimneys. Trains move on track. A train backing out of a building.
Railroad in the United States. View of track from a moving train. Trees in the background. A train moves on the bridge over a river. Buildings along a street. Men at corner wave. Truck and streetcar traffic on the street. A hand points out features of track.
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