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Assembling an Azon Bomb, attaching it to a B-17 Bomber of United States Air Force and its firing at the target.

An unassembled Azon Bomb at a United States base. Airmen removing protective plugs from nose section of warhead. Attaching various components control surface, instruments to the bomb, and then the bomb to the underside of a B-17 bomber. It takes off. Dropping bomb to the target. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036012
U.S. Army Air Forces demonstrate a glide torpedo for use against water-borne targets in World War II

A demonstration of the Aeronca GT-1 glide torpedo. Six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, fly in formation. Next, splashes from their guided bombs are shown in water below. A slate appears with illustration and title, "Preset Glide Torpedo Model GT-1." A GT-1 is shown rotating while hung from a chain in a manufacturing area. Another Aeronca GB-1 is on the floor in the background. Four airmen push a GT-1 on a wheeled dolly. They roll it and position it underneath the wing of a B-17. Closeup of them jacking up the dolley to position the GT-1. View of the torpedo secured under the aircraft. Gun camera footage shows a GT-1 on a long glide towards the water, after release from above. View from water surface of the GT-1 approaching the water. At the last moment, its paravane (wing) separates and the torpedo contacts the water. The paravane falls aside into the water. The camera pans over to a makeshift target. The process is repeated with a second GT-1 but it is not seen close to the water. A third demonstration is successful and the wake of the torpedo is tracked from an overflying aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036014
Target Seeker Guided Missile GB-6 fired for a target from B-25 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Corps

Target Seeker Guided Missile GB-6 of the U.S. Army Air Corps kept at a laboratory at a USAAC base. Two Airmen attach components to the GB-6. Testing the missile by holding a flame in front of it. B-25 bomber with an attached GB-6 takes off. GB-6 fired takes an aerial route from among the clouds and strikes its target among trees. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036017
Light Seeker Guided Bomb GB-5 of the U.S. Army Air Corps causes explosion at its target in night.

Light Seeker Guided bomb GB-5 of the U.S. Army Air Corps fired on a target at night. The bomb moves in dark seeking lighted target. It strikes the target and a massive explosion takes place. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036018
Radar Seeker Guided Bomb GB-7 of the U.S. Army Air Corps with nose cover removed showing a radar antenna.

Radar Seeker Guided bomb GB-7 kept at a base of the U.S. Army Air Corps. An airman removes the nose cover of the bomb. A radar antenna inside the nose with an aerial can be seen. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036019
High angle bomb controllable in range and azimuth generally called Razon, kept on a rack at a U.S. Army Air Corps base.

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).

Date: 1940
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036022